Barnaby and Troy investigate the horrible murder of a womanizing postman in "Dark Autumn," a 2001 fourth season entry.
The village this time is Goodman's Land. The postman, Dave Cutler, who seems to have slept with every woman in the village, is found murdered, nearly decapitated by some sort of scythe. One person claims to have heard faint music playing outside on the night he was killed.
Needless to say, the women of the village are devastated and the men are suspects. But a few of those suspects wind up dead themselves, by the same method, and with musical accompaniment.
A messy case, in which the detectives are helped by a local police officer, Jay Nash (Gillian Kearney) whom Troy falls for. However, she tells him that she can't have a relationship with him. She is still very hurt from her last one.
Then Jay is nearly killed herself. Barnaby and Troy notice that the murders have a distinctly '50s theme going on -- there is old lipstick, and also records, old clothing near the victims, and someone describes "dance hall" music being heard.
Interesting case but not one of the best. As I've said before, every Midsomer Murder can't be a masterpiece. This one is good and intriguing, with the usual high production values, and a realization by Barnaby at the end that is rather sad.
The village this time is Goodman's Land. The postman, Dave Cutler, who seems to have slept with every woman in the village, is found murdered, nearly decapitated by some sort of scythe. One person claims to have heard faint music playing outside on the night he was killed.
Needless to say, the women of the village are devastated and the men are suspects. But a few of those suspects wind up dead themselves, by the same method, and with musical accompaniment.
A messy case, in which the detectives are helped by a local police officer, Jay Nash (Gillian Kearney) whom Troy falls for. However, she tells him that she can't have a relationship with him. She is still very hurt from her last one.
Then Jay is nearly killed herself. Barnaby and Troy notice that the murders have a distinctly '50s theme going on -- there is old lipstick, and also records, old clothing near the victims, and someone describes "dance hall" music being heard.
Interesting case but not one of the best. As I've said before, every Midsomer Murder can't be a masterpiece. This one is good and intriguing, with the usual high production values, and a realization by Barnaby at the end that is rather sad.