The Midsomer Literary Festival opens with the real-life murder of a famous author at Midsomer St Michael. In investigating the killing, Barnaby and Scott find that the village highbrows are busy with corruption, embezzlement, and sexual peccadillos of various kinds. And the dead bodies go on piling up.
Quest roles:
Caroline Lintott(Sally Middleton), Susan Engel(Harriet Wingate), Stella Gonet(Grace Maplin), Donald Sumpter(Tim Settingfield), Rachel Bell(Mrs. Hunnicutt), Mark Umbers(Harry Fitzroy), Margot Leicester(Kay Settingfield), Michael N. Harbour(Harry Poulson), Tom Mannion(Sam Callaghan), Robert Whitelock(John Denton), Emma Buckley(Jezebel Tripp), Victoria Wicks(Sarah Stone), Damien Lyne(David Lowry)