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The Killings at Badger's Drift
The Killings at Badger's Drift (Chief Inspector Barnaby, #1)
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September 1, 2018
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September 30, 2018
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Winner of our September group read poll - the first in the Inspector Barnaby series, adapted as TV's Mids…more

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Ruth
Feb 08, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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I enjoyed going back to the first Midsomer Murders mystery and listening to it as an audiobook as I'd read the paperback previously - long enough ago to have forgotten most of the plot.

As always with Caroline Graham's books, it's the characters who drive the story which is much richer and has so much more depth than the TV series. I enjoy the TV series but it feels quite light in comparison to the books. ...more
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