- The sale of a previously unknown painting by an 18th century painter sends Barnaby into an investigation of murders as well as art forgery.
- An elderly woman discovers an old painting in her house. It turns out to be a previously unknown painting by Hogson, a famous 18th century painter. It's sold at an auction for 400 000 pounds to a collector. The same night, the woman who found it is found murdered in her home. As more and more bodies turn up, Barnaby uncovers an art forging business among Midsomer's art society.—J. Rieper
- Felicity Law auctions a painting by eighteenth century Midsomer artist Henry Hogson for four hundred thousand pounds, giving the money to Matilda Simms, who runs a therapeutic art school, inherited from her father. Felicity is murdered, as is a young thief who steals another Hogson, causing Matilda to confess that both paintings were forged by her father. A greedy gallery owner tries to blackmail the killer and is himself slain. All three victims were, variously and dangerously, in possession of the forgers' notes, kept in the black book.—don @ minifie-1
- DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate the murder of Felicity Law who had recently sold at auction a painting she found in her attic. The previously unknown work, 'Midsomer Meadow' by Henry Hobson who lived in Midsomer, went for an unbelievable £400,000 and was purchased by well-known collector George Arlington. Joyce Barnaby had worked to raise money for the local Hobson Society which wanted to purchase it but came nowhere near having the necessary amount, which didn't stop its chairperson, Patricia Blackshaw from overbidding in a desperate attempt to win the prize. After the sale, Felicity had announced that she was giving most of the money to Matilda Sims, who runs a local art school. Soon after Felicty's murder, another Hobson painting is stolen from the home of Alan Best, who was also outbid at the auction. The presence of an insurance investigator leads Barnaby to believe that art forgery is at the root of it all. Several will die however before the perpetrator is arrested.—garykmcd
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