Nicholas Laughland

The English village mystery gets a contemporary spin in this deliciously sinister British series that has earned a worldwide following. Bucolic settings harbor macabre crimes and eccentric characters that are no match for DCI John Barnaby and his assistant, DS Charlie Nelson. In A Christmas Haunting, Barnaby and Nelson investigate a stabbing death during a ghost-hunting party at the Morton Shallows manor house.

Oxford's favorite detectives Lewis and Hathaway return for the eighth and final series of the hit series. Investigating the city's most complex and intriguing crimes, Lewis clashes with the new Chief Superintendent, who questions his traditional approach. Will Lewis decide to call time on his policing career? Meanwhile, Hathaway is forced to confront his past.