Ghost In The Machine Midsomer Murders 7 - Softcover

Caroline Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472243714 ISBN 13: 9781472243713

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

''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 foreword by John Nettles, ITV''s DCI Tom Barnaby.

If you love Agatha Christie, Ann Granger and James Runcie''s The Grantchester Mysteries you''ll love the Midsomer Murders mysteries by Caroline Graham.

For all its old-fashioned charm, Forbes Abbot is far from the close-knit community that ex-Londoners Mallory and Kate Lawson expected. In this village, everyday squabbles can quickly turn to murder.

As the couple begins to settle into their new life away from the big city, it isn''t long until they''re thrown into the horror and mayhem of a true Midsomer Murders mystery.

Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby has encountered many intriguing cases in his years on the force, but soon he will discover that the incident of the ghost in the machine is the most challenging of them all.

Praise for Caroline Graham''s novels:

''Wickedly acidic, yet sympathetic'' Publishers Weekly

''Swift, tense and highly alarming'' TLS

''One to savour'' Val McDermid

''Lots of excellent character sketches . . . and the dialogue is lively and convincing'' Independent

''Hard to praise highly enough'' The Sunday Times

''Her books are not just great whodunits but great novels in their own right'' Julie Burchill

''Enlivened by a very sardonic wit and turn of phrase, the narrative drive never falters'' Birmingham Post

''An uncommonly appealing mystery . . . a real winner'' Publishers Weekly

''Read her and you''ll be astonished . . . very sexy, very hip and very funny'' Scotsman

''The mystery is intriguing, the wit shafts through like sunlight . . . do not miss this book'' Family Circle

About this title

From the Back Cover

SOME SECRETS ARE DEADLY IN THIS WORLD-
AND THE NEXT...

Scrupulously honest and warm-hearted, solicitor Dennis Brinkley was about the most-liked person in the peaceful country village of Forbes Abbot. His only eccentricity: restoring fearsome ancient war machines. So when he's killed by a cannonball from one of his contraptions, even Chief Inspector Barnaby believes it's a freak accident. Until an opportunistic medium claims Dennis is about to reveal his murderer to her ...and soon turns up deceased herself.

Now, with two people dead and a possible witness missing, Barnaby must untangle the sinister doings and passionate obsessions underneath Forbes Abbot's vale of seeming tranquility. And the eminently rational chief inspector must uncover evidence of things not seen before time runs out-and a calculating killer forever gets beyond his reach.

"Graham's ingeniously constructed novels featuring Chief Inspector Barnaby are actually clever satires, closer to Robert Barnard than Agatha Christie in their cruel theatricality."
-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"The investigation is top rate, but it is the eccentricity of the villagers that make for a fantastic cozy-like tale."
-Midwest Book Review

From the Inside Flap

"Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie."
- The Sunday Times of London

"Graham writes in an old-fashioned way with leisurely grace, ironic wit, and a corker of a plot. The result: top-flight entertainment."
- Kirkus Reviews (starred reviews)

Edition details

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472243714
• ISBN 13: 9781472243713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560