Nicholas Laughland

Death in the slow lane: Detective Chief Inspector John Barnaby and his new partner Detective Sergeant Ben Jones investigate the death of a classic car show judge. Dark secrets: Barnaby and Jones investigate the suspicious death of a social services employee. Echoes of the dead: The detectives look into a series of copycat murders. The Oblong murders: Jones goes undercover to investigate a local new-age cult.

Disc one: After a daring diamond heist, all fingers point to crime boss Jimmy Vincent, released from prison on the very day of the robbery. When teenagers find the two-week-old corpse of Dominic Sylvester, everyone in the Willesden constabulary dismisses it as the lonely death of a reclusive old man - everyone, that is, except Davies. Bunny Hopper is half of the almost-famous comedy team Bunny & Jules, dies onstage in a bingo hall, the apparent victim...