A Ghost in the Machine

Simply the best detective writer since Agatha ChristieThe Sunday Times

Discover the novels that inspired the hit ITV series Midsomer Murders, seen and loved by millions.

A Ghost in the Machine is the captivating seventh novel in the Midsomer Murders series starring Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. Features an exclusive foreword by John Nettles, ITVs DCI Tom Barnaby.

If you love Agatha Christie, Ann Granger and James Runcies The Grantchester Mysteries youll love the Midsomer Murders mysteries by Caroline Graham.

For all its old-fashioned charm, Forbes Abbot is far from the close-knit community that ex-Londoners Mallory and Kate Lawson expected. In this village, everyday squabbles can quickly turn to murder.

As the couple begins to settle into their new life away from the big city, it isnt long until theyre thrown into the horror and mayhem of a true Midsomer Murders mystery.

Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby has encountered many intriguing cases in his years on the force, but soon he will discover that the incident of the ghost in the machine is the most challenging of them all.

Praise for Caroline Grahams novels:

Wickedly acidic, yet sympatheticPublishers Weekly

Swift, tense and highly alarmingTLS

One to savour Val McDermid

Lots of excellent character sketches . . . and the dialogue is lively and convincingIndependent

Hard to praise highly enoughThe Sunday Times

Her books are not just great whodunits but great novels in their own right Julie Burchill

Enlivened by a very sardonic wit and turn of phrase, the narrative drive never faltersBirmingham Post

An uncommonly appealing mystery . . . a real winnerPublishers Weekly

Read her and youll be astonished . . . very sexy, very hip and very funnyScotsman

The mystery is intriguing, the wit shafts through like sunlight . . . do not miss this bookFamily Circle