Midsomer Murders: Set One (Death's Shadow / Strangler's Wood / Blood Will Out / Beyond the Grave)

ISBN 10: 1569385882 ISBN 13: 9781569385883

Publisher: ACORN MEDIA, 2003

Synopsis

Novelist Caroline Graham has an uncanny knack for leavening her macabre mysteries with British drollery. Four of her finest are set in the seemingly benign villages of Midsomer County. But bucolic charms can mask a multitude of sins, as Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby (played by John Nettles) and his brash assistant, Sergeant Troy, discover. DVD special features include a Midsomer map, a biography of Graham, and cast filmographies. 6 hours 40 min. on 4 DVDs.

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Review

Acorn Media presents a beautifully realized boxed set that brings to life all the ghastliness and arch humor of Caroline Graham's intriguing mystery series. Set 1 includes four episodes: Death's Shadow, Strangler's Wood, Blood Will Out, and Beyond the Grave Each is set in a different village in the quaint but surprisingly lethal Midsomer County, complete with sharp portraits of the love and loathing that small-town life can breed. John Nettles plays Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with a wry wit, a satisfyingly keen-but-not-supernatural intelligence, and a deep understanding of human nature. Daniel Casey as the much younger Sergeant Troy has a somewhat tougher job, painting his younger policeman's character in shorter bits over the course of the series, but he becomes a most welcome face. The series is beautifully acted and produced and the solutions are satisfying--not a clinker in the bunch. The DVDs include selected cast filmographies, a biography of author Caroline Graham, and a map of Midsomer County. --Ali Davis

From the Back Cover

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these darkly humorous British television mysteries. John Nettles stars as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby with Daniel Casey as Sergeant Troy, his brash young assistant. Based on the novels by Caroline Graham, a modern master of the English village mystery. The Mysteries: Death's Shadow-A string of bizarre murders in Badgers Drift leads to the discovery of a long buried secret; Strangler's Wood-The strangling of a beautiful Brazilian, whose body is found in Raven's Wood, harks back to three earlier murders; Blood Will Out-Rival clans of travelers disrupt the peace of Martyr Warren and incense the local magistrate; and Beyond the Grave-Unearthly happenings in and around the Aspern Tallow museum create an atmosphere of terror. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE Midsomer map, cast filmographies, Caroline Graham biography and scene index.

Edition details

• Publisher: ACORN MEDIA
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1569385882
• ISBN 13: 9781569385883
• Binding: DVD