Renny Rye

The idyllic villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these three feature-length mysteries from the perennially popular British series.

Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate sightings of a headless horseman, a series of revenge killings, and a string of deaths that imitate the horror films of two actress sisters.

[disc 1]. The house in the woods. "Schoolchildren believe that Winyard, a secluded and long-abandoned house, is haunted. Eerie lights and mysterious noises seem to confirm their belief. But when a young couple looking to buy the property gets garroted, Barnaby recruits Detective Constable Ben Jones to help him catch a very corporeal killer" ; [disc 2]. Dead letters. "In Midsomer Barton, tragedy intrudes on the celebration of Oak Apple Week when Marion...

DCI Barnaby and Sergeant Scott are called upon to solve a series of crimes in Midsomer County, England.

These mysteries see Barnaby pursuing a French Revolution-style executioner and getting caught in a frame-up during a photography fest.

Oliver is a penniless orphan at the Parish Workhouse. After he is forced by the other boys to ask for more food, he is sold as an apprentice to a miserly undertaker. He runs away and is taken in by Fagin, a thief who is in league with a murderous pair determined to see that Oliver never inherits the fortune he deserves. Life twists and turns again for Oliver, landing him in alternately dangerous and hopeful circumstances.

"Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby has policed the murderous county for decades, and now he's ready to retire. In these four episodes, Barnaby investigates his final cases before leaving the denizens of Midsomer in the capable hads of his cousin, DCI John Barnaby."--Container.

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries.

The brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case in these episodes of the wildly popular British television adaptation, in which David Suchet stars as the foppish and downright vain sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Small mercies: Little Worthing's model village is the highlight of its tourism trade, until a dead body disfigures it. The creeper: A cat burlar's robberies exppose the dark secrets of a prominent family. The great and the good: A village school's possible closing leads to murder, mayhem, and a sleepwalking schoolteacher.