Renny Rye
Series
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
A collection of episodes involving crimes investigated by detectives Tom Barnaby and Ben Jones.
These mysteries see Barnaby pursuing a French Revolution-style executioner and getting caught in a frame-up during a photography fest. Contains: Death in the slow lane; Dark secrets; Echoes of the dead; The oblong murders; The sleeper under the hill; The night of the stag; A sacred trust; and A rare bird.
"The British rural version of Law & Order"--San...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Dance with the dead: A young man's apparent suicide leads Barnaby and his team searching for the man's missing girlfriend and ballroom dance partner. Animal within: When a woman presumed dead in a plane crash visits her uncle's estate three years later, she surprises everyone there, but it's an even greater shock when the...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The straw woman: When a curate dies tragically at a festival revival, some villagers of Midsomer Parva suspect black magic. Barnaby and Scott unravel a centuries-old mystery, complicated by Scott's attraction to a schoolteacher who has been branded a witch by the village
The Maid in Splendour: Unrequited love, secret business deals, and passionate affairs threaten the lives of those connected to The Maid in Splendour, Midsomer Worthy's beloved local...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these contemporary British television mysteries. The house in the woods: According to local legend, Winyard is haunted-- and it lives up to its reputation when a young couple dies on the property in a grisly fashion. Dead letters: As Midsomer Barton celebrates Oak Apple Week, the mother of a former festival queen drowns herself. But is it really suicide? Vixen's run: At a family...
14) Poirot: Series 1
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot is on the case in these episodes of the wildly popular British television adaptation, in which David Suchet stars as the foppish and downright vain sleuth who solves the thorniest of cases with his formidable intellect. Set in glittering 1930s Europe, these adaptations capture every splendid detail of the Art Deco era.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Blood Wedding -- Cully's wedding day is fast approaching, but a series of bizarre murders at an upper-class wedding leave Barnaby distracted. Shot at Dawn -- A long-standing family feud erupts into violence after a disgraced soldier's name is placed on a World War I memorial. Left for Dead -- Barnaby discovers a potential...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets. Second sight: A mysterious death brings Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby and his young assistant Sergeant Dan Scott to Midsomer Mere, where villagers claim psychic powers. Hidden depths: Barnaby and Scott face a bizarre crime scene when a local oenophile gets killed by a combination of catapult, croquet, and Chateau Lafite. Sauce for the goose: After a visitor dies while touring...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in these four contemporary British television mysteries. Midsomer Life -- Guy Sandys, owner and editor of Midsomer Life magazine, has made a name for himself by publishing unfavorable reviews of local businesses. When his ex-wife's lover is found dead, the detectives are forced to dig into the editor's past, where they find a tangled web of affairs, criminal associations, and...
19) Poirot: Series 2
Publisher
ITV Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Agatha Christie's marvelously mustachioed Belgian detective returns in the second series of the hit PBS mystery. Hercule Poirot uses his formidable 'little grey cells' to outwit criminals and fellow sleuths alike.