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This final in the Midsomer Murders series is the longest and the most slow burning, character developing novel. When a death occurs, it looks like a simple accident. And yet…

I‘m so glad I found this series on audio! #BBRC #YeahBaby #ADevilInTheDetails

Really enjoying this book.I have seen some of the Midsomer Murders, but not every season, & not this book.John Nettles writes the Foreword to my edition.In it he discusses how for a myriad of reasons,TV has to quickly tell the story, so inevitably characters & plot can come across differently.Most importantly, Nettles writes, characters are more fleshed out in the written form.I am thoroughly in agreement and love all the quirky characters.

Barnaby's investigations only really get started just over half way through, and so most of the book is spent following the various characters before, during, and after the investigation rather than the investigation itself. Having said that, it was an intriguing mystery albeit with some characters left at loose ends the reader may wish to finish off for themself.

"It proved as grateful as a cat could be - which admittedly isn‘t saying a lot - purring extensively and sitting on her lap whenever she wanted to work at her tapestry or read the papers." - A Ghost In The Machine by Caroline Graham.

https://www.kobo.com/GB/en/ebook/a-ghost-in-the-machine

My #bookhaul from the library for $2.00 what what! Starting the tagged book! Have you read any of these? If so what did you think!