Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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These things become even more complicated when the estate manager and former cook are also found murdered.

At the end of the Thassington classical music festival in the village church, the winner of the Falconer Award is announced as Jacob Wheeler. With a break-in at the local museum, a cricket match, rivalries, and secret loves, other murders take place and Barnaby soon suspects the killing of Larkin has links to events in Berlin during the Cold War. Barnaby and Troy realise that the case will only be solved when the garden gives up a sinister secret.The case leads them to North Wales — the former home of Delyth Mostyn, James's fiancée, to delve further. The investigation encounters family rivalries and a recurring Wild West theme before the killer can be caught. When both Elizabeth and a local labourer are also killed, Barnaby and Scott uncover more secrets in Fletcher's Cross in their quest to find the perpetrator.

DCI Barnaby and new DS Jamie Winter investigate and find suspects among the factions of rival bidders. Her niece, Phyllis Fernsby, tells Barnaby of her suspicion that Katisha’s doctor, Simon Charteris, might have been involved in her aunt’s death as it is revealed that he was the main beneficiary of her will.Early on in the case, they learn that their son Michael, a classmate of Jones in primary school, had been killed in a hit-and-run. Shortly after running away to elope with her boyfriend, Finn Robson, Harriet had been left for dead in local woodland. The Manor has a haunted reputation involving stories of a blacksmith's daughter, and the voice of a young girl on a tape recording from the night of the murder adds to the mystery. The wealthy, eccentric, and obese Sir Freddy Butler dies shortly after gathering his current and former wives at a dinner to make an announcement.

The school is now hosting a vintage car rally, but the event is disrupted by the death of one of the judges, a local celebrity DJ. The case also leads them to uncover secret affairs between villagers and RAF personnel to catch the culprit responsible. Shot at Dawn is the first episode of the eleventh series of the popular ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders and originally aired 1 January 2008. Barnaby is taken off the case by the National Intelligence Squad and it is left to Troy to 'apprehensively' keep Barnaby informed on the investigation.Finleyson was married to Christine Sandys, ex-wife of Guy Sandys, the wealthy owner of the magazine. As Barnaby and Jones delve deeper into his background, a second murder during a night time tour of the hospital points them to the killer. A third murder attempt follows, and Barnaby and Winter find out that the murders are connected to events on the same night when Francesca Lounds was injured. Serena Madison, who Gavin previously jilted, had to provide Laurel's wedding dress from her design and vintage business because their wedding package was won in a magazine competition. Shortly afterwards another reformed criminal, Eddie Marston, is murdered after having attempting blackmail.