Written in Blood — Caroline Graham

Chief Inspector Barnaby and his colorful sidekick Sergeant Troy have once again been called upon to poke and pry beneath the surface of a seemingly peaceful country village to find a killer.

Just hours after the members of the Midsomer Worthy Writers' Circle adjourned for the night, one of them is found battered to death. Now Barnaby and Troy must delve into some secret passions among this eccentric group of amateur writers to discover who among them had written a plot for murder.