Troy has gone off to pastures new, Barnaby has a new colleague, the straight laced and cocky Sergeant Scott, a totally different guy to Troy. It's not long before he and Barnaby are on the hunt for a killer, after a Spanish dancing evening, Fiona Thompson is found stabbed to death in Midsomer Mallow Field with a Red Rose in her mouth. Cully is meeting up with a group of friends that she hasn't seen for ages.
This has an absolutely fantastic cast, shame this is the last time we've seen Nina Marc (Fiona) on the TV, lovely and talented actress, John Standing, John Normington, Esther Hall, Ruth Jones, all utterly brilliant, they had a cracking script to work with, the standout performance here though came from Helen Grace, she's a magical actress, shockingly underrated and massively talented.
Series 7 is a very strong season, no wonder they were averaging ten million viewers per episode, this is one of the better ones, something very dark and nasty about this one, it's very very good. 9/10