Midsomer Murders: Season 12

The notorious 13th hole at the prestigious Whiteoaks Golf Club, known as Crisp's Folly, becomes the scene of a brutal murder when member Alistair Kingslake is found bludgeoned to death. The many suspects include fellow members and the club's staff against a background of snobbery, gambling, illegal money lending, jealousy and extortion. Before long, another member is found stabbed to death in woodland close to the course. It is a golfing clue that finally leads Barnaby and Jones to the killer.

A newly discovered landscape painting by the 19th-century artist Henry Hogson creates a sensation in the art world when it is discovered, and is sold at auction for £400,000. That night, Felicity Law, the previous owner of the artwork, is tortured and killed. When another Hogson is stolen in a burglary Barnaby finds himself having to investigate both crimes. Meanwhile, Graham Spate, a small-time villain, is also tortured to death, and an art dealer is found with his throat slashed. To solve thes

The 'Beast of Midsomer' is blamed when former secret agent Geoffrey Larkin is found murdered in the village of Midsomer Parva with savage wounds to his face. He had been staying at Allenby House, a country manor run by former spies, the Frazer family, as a safe house. Barnaby, who is himself revealed as a former spy, becomes involved in the case. With a break-in at the local museum, a cricket match, rivalries, and secret loves, other murders take place and Barnaby soon suspects the killing of La

George Jeffers is a professor of Midsomer University and cycling enthusiast. He has invented a state-of-the-art use of computer wafers to enable more powerful computer processing. But Jeffers believes he has found a glitch in his invention which will put millions of people at risk if his discovery is improperly used. This angers software boss Clinton Finn, who fears he will lose millions if the truth is exposed. A series of incidents involving car attacks, break-ins and deaths follow, and Barnab

It is the end of the tourist season for the Little Worthy model village, owned by the elderly Compton sisters. Model maker Bob Moss is carrying out his daily early morning rounds of the village when he discovers the body of Richard Tanner, stabbed and tied down in a scene reminiscent of Gulliver's Travels. As Barnaby and Jones start questioning the villagers, more deaths follow before they finally identify the family connections that lead them to a very disturbed killer.

The 'Creeper' is a daring cat burglar responsible for a series of daring thefts across Midsomer. After the Creeper strikes twice in one night, a writer, David Roper, is found smothered to death in his bed on the Chettham family estate. The police soon learn that Mr. Roper had been planning to write a book that could have exposed many Chettham family secrets of years past. The mystery deepens when a second victim who knew the family is shot in woodland. The detectives have to search the family's

Connie Bishop, a school teacher who is known to sleepwalk, begins to experience disturbing dreams and is convinced of an intruder in her home. She becomes a murder suspect when a local councillor and, soon after, a local handyman are found with their throats cut near to her house. Her friends are not convinced of her guilt and nor is Barnaby. As the investigation continues, local philanthropist Howard Richardson and his social-climbing wife Zukie irritate the community when they introduce their