Jason Hughes
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Four funerals and a wedding: Every year, the Skimmington Fayre, a medieval ritual, rekindles an age-old battle of the sexes in Broughton. But this year, the men decide to reclaim their dignity and the bodies really start to accumulate. Country matters: With the town of Elverton in an uproar over a new supermarket, an environmental...
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The house in the woods: According to local legend, Winyard is haunted, and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion. Dead letters: As Midsomer Barton celebrates Oak Apple Week, the mother of a former festival queen drowns herself. But is it really suicide? Vixen's run: At a family...
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The sleeper under the hill: Barnaby and Jones investigate a group of Druids in Midsomer Mow. The night of the stag: Local bootleggers come under suspicion after the disappearance of a government inspector. A sacred trust: Vandalism and violence send shock waves through MIdsomer's cloistered nunnery. A rare bird: The detectives...
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries inspired by the novels of Caroline Graham. Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby has policed the murderous county for decades, and now he is ready to retire. In these four episodes Barnaby investigates his final cases before leaving the denizens of MIdsomer in the capable hands of his cousin, DCI John Barnaby and his partner,...
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Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile delinquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior. Includes the controversial final chapter deleted from the first American edition and Burgess's introduction...
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The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. Small mercies: Little Worthing's model village is the highlight of its tourism trade, until a dead body disfigures it. The creeper: A cat burlar's robberies exppose the dark secrets of a prominent family. The great and the good: A village school's possible closing leads to murder, mayhem, and a sleepwalking schoolteacher.