All 7 Chief Inspector Barnaby Novels Books In Order at Book DNA

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The Killings at Badger's Drift

Book cover of The Killings at Badger's Drift

Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster with a nice line in homemade cookies. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up an unseemly fuss, loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. And…

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Death of a Hollow Man

Actors do love their dramas, and the members of the Causton Amateur Dramatic Society are no exception. Passionate love scenes, jealous rages'they're better than a paycheck (not that anyone one in this production of Amadeus is getting one). But even the most theatrically minded must admit that murdering the leading…

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Death in Disguise

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times

Discover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.

Featuring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and created by Caroline Graham, Death in Disguise is the third Midsomer Murders mystery, now featuring an exclusive…

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Written in Blood

The Midsomer Worthy's Writers Circle has never had much luck in attracting guest speakers. Consequently, there is much surprise'and, in the case of the Circle's secretary, Gerald Hadleigh, a furious, inexplicable objection'when best-selling novelist Max Jennings accepts their invitation. Surprise turns into a variety of responses when Hadleigh is found…

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Faithful Unto Death

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times

Discover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.

The compelling fifth novel in the Midsomer Murders series by Caroline Graham, starring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive foreword by John…

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A Place of Safety

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times

Discover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.

A Place of Safety by prize-winning writer Caroline Graham is the sixth Midsomer Murders novel starring much-loved Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Featuring an…

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A Ghost in the Machine

'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' The Sunday Times

Discover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.

A Ghost in the Machine is the captivating seventh novel in the Midsomer Murders series starring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive…

7 Chief Inspector Barnaby Novels books in order

1 The Killings at Badger's Drift

Katarina's list on the best books that prove that there’s no place on earth more dangerous than the english village

H L's list on the best classic english murder mysteries

2 Death of a Hollow Man

R. J.'s list on the best mysteries in the theatre world

3 Death in Disguise

4 Written in Blood

5 Faithful Unto Death

6 A Place of Safety