{"product_id":"9781472243652","title":"The Killings at Badger's Drift","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed by the CWAs as one of 'The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time', \u003ci\u003eThe Killings at Badger's Drift\u003c\/i\u003e is the first spectacular novel in the \u003ci\u003eMidsomer Murders\u003c\/i\u003e  series by Caroline Graham, the novel that inspired the ITV hit drama, now featuring an exclusive foreword by John Nettles who played best-loved TV detective and star of \u003ci\u003eMidsomer Murders\u003c\/i\u003e, DCI Tom Barnaby.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you love Agatha Christie, M C Beaton and James Runcie's \u003ci\u003eThe Grantchester Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e, you won't be able to get enough of the \u003ci\u003eMidsomer Murders \u003c\/i\u003emysteries.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe village of Badger's Drift is the essence of tranquillity. But when resident and well-loved spinster Miss Simpson takes a stroll in the nearby woods, she stumbles across something she was never meant to see, and there's only one way to keep her quiet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiss Simpson's death is not suspicious, say the villagers. But Miss Lucy Bellringer refuses to rest: her friend has been murdered. She is sure of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe calls on Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby to investigate, and it isn't long until the previously unseen seamy side of Badger's Drift is brought to light. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as old rivalries, past loves and new scandals surface, the next murder is not far away. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Caroline Graham's novels:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One to savour' Val McDermid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A mystery of which Agatha Christie would have been proud. . . A beautifully written crime novel' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Tension builds, bitchery flares, resentment seethes . . . lots of atmosphere' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A witty, well-plotted, absolute joy of a book' \u003ci\u003eYorkshire Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Swift, tense and highly alarming' \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Lots of excellent character sketches . . . and the dialogue is lively and convincing' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Read her and you'll be astonished . . . very sexy, very hip and very funny' \u003ci\u003eScotsman \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caroline Graham","offers":[{"title":"Headline |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2018-02-20","offer_id":44151339385087,"sku":"9781472243652","price":15.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_a82b0d2e-1819-41f6-a220-56628bfbe28d.jpg?v=1621399863","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781472243652","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}