The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 7 books · 1987 to 2004 · Set in the fictional Midsomer, England

Caroline Graham

Crime and mysteryPolice proceduralCosy and comic

Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and his sergeant Gavin Troy uncover the poison beneath the prettiness of English villages. The seven novels became the long-running Midsomer Murders.

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Caroline Graham books in order

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Inspector Barnaby

7 books · Set in the fictional Midsomer, EnglandPolice proceduralCosy and comic
  1. 1The Killings at Badger’s Drift1987With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Death of a Hollow Man1989With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Death in Disguise1992With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Written in Blood1994With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  5. 5Faithful unto Death1996With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  6. 6A Place of Safety1999With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon
  7. 7A Ghost in the Machine2004With Tom BarnabyBuy on Amazon

Characters

4 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

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