The deadliest county in England

THE SLEEPER UNDER THE HILL Fingers point at local druids when a farmer is found horribly murdered at a sacred stone circle in Midsomer Mow.

But Barnaby is convinced that basic human greed rather than spiritualism is the real motive for murder.

NIGHT OF THE STAG When a missing tax inspector turns up dead in a vat of cider, Barnaby and Jones must hunt for a giant killer within a Midsomer village steeped in bizarre local traditions, where residents have a fondness for illicit hooch, known as The Beast.

A SACRED TRUST The cloistered world of Midsomer Priory is forced to open its doors to 21st century policing when a nun is strangled to death. Teenage liaisons, missing antique silver, African art and holy orders add up to make a complex investigation for Barnaby and Jones.

A RARE BIRD A row between keen birdwatchers in Midsomer-in-the-Marsh turns nasty when their president is killed. Patrick Morgan met his death while hoping to sight a rare bird, but is his obsession with ornithology to blame or something more sinister?