Midsomer Murders, Season 2

A succesful theatrical director, Simon Fletcher, returns to Badger's Drift, his head filled with disturbing childhood memories. Soon after, a local property developer becomes the first in a string of baffling murders. Barnaby and Troy investigate the murders, looking for a common thread.

When Carla Constanza - the face of Brazil’s leading cigarette brand for Monarch Tobacco - is found strangled in the infamous Strangler’s Wood, Barnaby and Troy not only find themselves investigating her murder, but three identical unsolved murders of innocent girls from eight years before. John Merrill, the self-loathing Marketing Director of Monarch Tobacco, is prime suspect. His watch is found near the body, clay matching that from the scene of the crime is discovered on his car and a shirt smeared with lipstick, the same colour as Carla’s, is found in his wardrobe. Moreover, both his wife, Kate and his mistress, Liz Frances, admit to his penchant for strangling them in bed...

Shock ripples across the village of Fletcher's Cross when a prominent businessman's trophy wife is bludgeoned to death with a cricket bar. While the victim had no apparent enemies, her avaricious husband, Robert Cavendish, is hated by all.

Amid the excitement of preparations for the Perfect Village Competition in Midsomer Mallow, a local rogue is found brutally murdered. Barnaby discovers a wealth of suspects--all of whom appear to be lying--and a determination by the villagers to keep his investigation quiet so as not to jeopardize their chances in the competition.