Midsomer Murders - Season 17

The unveiling of a newly-discovered novel by deceased Midsomer crime-writer George Summersbee at the Luxton Deeping Crime Festival is jeopardised when the manuscript is stolen and a woman is fatally electrocuted by a booby-trapped roulette wheel.Can new dad DCI Barnaby untangle a web of jealousy and obsession to find the killer?

When a pub landlady is killed whilst assisting illusionist Gideon Latimer at a charity show in Midsomer Oaks, DCI Barnaby and DS Nelson uncover conflict between the village church and ancient pagan traditions.

DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate when organiser Toby Winning is found dead on the day of the Little Crosby Folk Festival, drowned in a bowl of eggs and live eels. Could a ballad made famous by late, lamented folk singer Johnny Carver be an inspiration for murder? Did someone want to kill Toby for threatening to take the festival away from Midsomer – or is the true motive something hidden for 20 years?

The fizz goes out of a sparkling wine launch when the glasses are laced with slug poison. Who is targeting the Midsomer Vinae Winery and what does the attack have to do with the death of a child in a hit-and-run accident?