Inspector Barnaby Books in Order

When elderly Emily Simpson dies in the village of Badger's Drift, most people accept it as natural. Barnaby does not, and his search uncovers poison, panic, and an older secret buried in local life.

At an amateur performance of Amadeus, Barnaby watches an actor die on stage when a prop razor becomes real. The investigation leads him through backstage jealousies, brittle egos, and a village full of private grudges.

A suspicious death at a New Age lodge already has the locals talking. When the group's leader is killed during a psychic regression, Barnaby must sort fraud, family damage, and murder from all the mystical smoke.

A village writers' circle invites famous author Max Jennings for an evening that goes badly wrong. By morning the host is dead, and Barnaby has to pick through envy, old scandal, and a room full of difficult personalities.

When Simone Hollingsworth vanishes, her absence barely stirs the village at first. But late night digging in her husband's garden sends Barnaby into a case built on suspicion, routine, and secrets people thought would stay buried.

A fight on a village bridge sends a young woman into the river, and the fallout should have ended there. Instead it sparks blackmail, another killing, and one of Barnaby's bleakest looks at small-town respectability.

Dennis Brinkley dies in what looks like a grotesque accident involving one of his own antique machines. When a psychic plans to name his killer and is silenced first, Barnaby is pulled into a sprawling village tangle.