Death in Disguise

by Caroline Graham

Other authorsJohn Hopkins (Narrator), Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (Publisher)
Digital audiobook, 2022

Publication

Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd (2022)

Original publication date

1992

Description

Fiction. Literature. Mystery. HTML: The English inspector confronts a cultist enclave where mysticism meets murder in the series that inspired the ITV crime drama Midsomer Murders. The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse has provided the citizens of Compton Dando with splendid fodder for gossip, prompting speculation of arcane rituals and bizarre sexual practices. But with the murder of the commune's leaders, the rumor-mill goes into overdrive. Now Chief Inspector Barnaby must separate rumor from reality in a case where the facts are often stranger than fiction. The residents of the Windhorse commune may have been seeking the simple life, but they're all concealing complicated pasts�??or past lives. Macavity Award-winning author Caroline Graham once again demonstrates why she is "simply the best detective writer since Agatha Christie" (The Sunday Times, UK).… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member -Eva-
A commune of mystics preaches and teaches love and understanding, but when their leader is murdered during a ritual, Inspector Barnaby and a very skeptic Sergeant Troy have to sort out who in the colorful group, if any, are who they say they are. Most of this book deals with the everyday life at
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the commune, mainly personal relations and the various religious rituals they perform. The mystery part is interesting, but it does seem a little like an afterthought (Barnaby and Troy don't even show until 1/3 of the story is done). Not uninteresting, the people at the commune – au contraire, it’s quite an intriguing cast – but if you’re after a regular mystery, it’s somewhat lacking in this installment of the series. When they are around, though, Barnaby is his usual, and entertainingly, gruff self and Troy his usual, and entertainingly, politically incorrect self.
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LibraryThing member bsquaredinoz
Slow and turgid in parts, good in other parts.
LibraryThing member diana.hauser
DEATH IN DISGUISE: Inspector Barnaby #3 written by Caroline Graham.
The Lodge of the Golden Windhorse is a new-age commune/cult and a subject of gossip, ridicule and suspicions for the local village inhabitants. When murders occur on the grounds, Causton CID’s DCI Barnaby and Sergeant Gavin Troy
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are sent to investigate and solve the cases.
Author Caroline Graham is at her wittiest and most scathing in presenting the characters of this ‘closed community’.
A great read. ****
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LibraryThing member Kaczencja
A fantastic read. A bit satirical look at the religious community with as brilliant as usual in-depth analysis of the human nature. Sounds a bit serious but in fact it is a book that is difficult to put down. And, of course, Tom Barnaby and Gavin Troy in top form. Highly recommended!

Language

Original language

English

Other editions

Library's rating

½

Rating

(79 ratings; 3.5)
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