Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift (UK 2007)

From the Publisher:
Badger's Drift - a tranquil English village, home to Miss Emily Simpson, a kindly, well-liked spinster. But when poor Miss Simpson takes a gentle stroll in the woods near her home one day and sees something among the trees that she was never meant to see, her peaceful existence is brought to an abrupt end.

To most, Miss Simpson's death looks natural enough, but her old friend Miss Lucy Bellringer is unconvinced and calls on Chief Inspector Barnaby for help. Sure enough, as he investigates, a previously unseen seamy side to Badger's Drift is revealed - one where old rivalries, old loves and new scandals are rife. And then there's a second, horrifically gruesome killing...

Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift. A Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby Case. Headline, ISBN: 0755342151 (September, 2007), 277 p., £7.99.

Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift (USA 2005)

From the Publisher:
The First Book in the Inspector Barnaby Series
Badger's Drift is the ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster with a nice line in homemade cookies. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up an unseemly fuss, loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. And when Barnaby and his eager-beaver deputy start poking around, they uncover a swamp of ugly scandals and long-suppressed resentments seething below the picture-postcard prettiness.

In the grand English tradition of the quietly intelligent copper, Barnaby has both an irresistibly dry sense of humor and a keen insight into what makes people tick. Badger's Drift marks Barnaby's debut, and offers ample proof that Caroline Graham may indeed be "simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie" (Sunday Times of London).

Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift. The First Inspector Barnaby Mystery. Felony & Mayhem Press, ISBN: 1933397047 (June, 2005), 272 p., $14.95.

Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift (UK 1989)

From the Publisher:
Badger's Drift - a tranquil English village, home to Miss Emily Simpson, a kindly, well-liked spinster. But a gentle stroll in the woods near her home one day brings an abrupt end to her peaceful existence, for Miss Simpson sees something among the trees that she was never meant to see, and someone makes sure she will never reveal what it was... To the village doctor, Miss Simpson's death looks natural enough, but her old friend Miss Lucy Bellringer is unconvinced and eventually drags the unwilling Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby into the case. His investigation reveals an unexpectedly seamy side to Badger's Drift - old rivalries, old loves, new scandals all come to light. And a second, horrifically gruesome killing shocks Barnaby into running the murderer to ground...

Caroline Graham: The Killings at Badger's Drift. Headline, ISBN: 0747232334 (April, 1989), 264 p., £2.99.