Overview

Murder stalks a writers' group in this postcard-pretty little English village. The Midsomer Worthy's Writers' Circle has never had much luck in attracting guest speakers: They invite famous authors but usually have to content themselves with a local fellow who publishes the occasional article in Practical Woodworking. Consequently, there is much surprise--and, in the case of the Circle's secretary, Gerald Hadleigh, a furious, inexplicable objection--when best-selling novelist Max Jennings accepts their invitation. Surprise turns into a variety of responses when Hadleigh is found dead the morning after Jennings's visit. Chief Inspector Barnaby, called in to investigate, is intrigued by the range of reactions but soon determines that the key to solving the murder will lie with the illustrious Jennings. There's only one problem: He seems to have disappeared.

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""A mysterious past is dropped into the middle of village life...this is brilliant."" --Northern Echo ""A wonderfully rich collection of characters...all of it enlivened by a sardonic wit and a narrative drive that never falters...altogether a most impressive performance."" --Birmingham Post ""Blends the best qualities of Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, and P.G. Wodehouse...a special treat."" --Houston Chronicle ""Caroline Graham has the satirist's jaundiced eye and wicked heart, and the best parts of Written in Blood are in fact written in purest acid"" --Philadelphia Inquirer

Author Information

Caroline Graham was born in Warwickshire, UK, on July 17, 1931. Graham received a degree in theater writing from the University of Birmingham, but she held a number of jobs before settling on writing. She attended ballet school in Paris, ran a marriage bureau, worked in a factory, served in the Royal Navy, and worked as an actress and radio broadcaster, among other things. After attempting a variety of genres, including writing for the long-running British series Crossroads, Graham wrote the first Barnaby novel, The Killings at Badger's Drift, which was an instant hit and was eventually selected by the Crime Writers' Association as one of the hundred best crime novels of all time. Starting in 1997, the Barnaby books were adapted into the immensely successful television series Midsomer Murders; the author herself has cameos in some early episodes, and it's still running now! Graham lives in Suffolk, England.

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