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A successful local composer, Joan Alder has been dead for decades when a series of mysterious events revive interest in her work. From murder to forgery to the sudden appearance of long-lost relatives, Barnaby struggles to uncover the culprit before further murders add a deadly coda to Alder's career.

"Educator Connie Bishop faces a slew of troubles. A decline in pupils may close down her village school, and she herself suffers from night terrors. But has she been imagining an intruder in her home, or are her suspicions well founded? When a local politician dies in her garden, it confirms her worst fears. As Barnaby and Jones investigate, another man is murdered on Connie's property. Is the sweet-natured schoolteacher a victim--or a killer?"--Container....

When local doctor James Kirkwood and Delyth Mostyn, a recent divorcé, decide get married, their families don't exactly celebrate and people begin to show up dead. When a hit-and-run driver kills Dr. Kirkwood's colleague, Barnaby concludes that the murderer actually had Delyth's fiancé in mind, and someone will stop at nothing to prevent their nuptials.

Detective Chief Insepctor Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the murder of Milton Cross resident Sonia Woodley as well as the death of her husband two years before.

Never mind the tube connecting the exhaust pipe to the window of the vintage automobile-- Simon Bright's death only looks like suicide. The lovesick young man's murder touches off a search for Laura, his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes. But who saved the last dance for Simon?

"As the detectives investigate the murder of a chess society president, they find a connection to the previous year's attack on a couple trying to elope. To break the case, Barnaby must immerse himself in the world of chess." -- from back of container.

A tour of Plummer's relish factory proves too hot to handle when a man gets crushed by a tower of bottles, then thrown into a sterilizing oven. Upon learning that the deceased worked for a competitor in the industry, Barnaby and Scott discover that the Plummers harbor far more secrets than just the family recipe.

Owners of an artisan glassworks, the King family harbors relationships of positively Shakespearian complexity. When the enterprise shatters into pieces and it's accountant winds up stabbed, Barnaby digs into rivalries of business and blood-- while DS Jones explores secret Masonic rites.

Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate a murder during the reenactment of a championship Victorian prizefight.

The detectives investigate a string of savage murders precipitated by a local art auction.