Death in Disguise (1992)

by Caroline Graham

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Series: Chief Inspector Barnaby Mysteries (3)

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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)

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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! (

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Kaczencja | Feb 12, 2023 |

Midsomer Murders 3

SueJBeard | Jan 8, 2023 |

I'm still so in love with the way Caroline Graham describes things. She just draws you into her descriptions and her indirect dialogue so well that you never get overwhelmed when you're reading a character's backstory. (

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cthuwu | Jul 28, 2021 |

This is the third in the Inspector Barnaby series and proved to be a disappointment. Nearly the first half of the book is spent setting the scene and describing the main characters. What also proved disappointing was the amount of Brit slang and New Age lingo that was, for me, mostly unintelligible. (

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M_Clark | Feb 24, 2021 |

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 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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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Graham, Caroline	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bascove	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Chief Inspector Barnaby Mysteries (3)

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Felony & Mayhem Mysteries

Goldmann (45006)

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Death in Disguise [and] Death of a Hollow Man by Caroline Graham

Death in Disguise [and] Written in Blood by Caroline Graham

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Midsomer Murders: Complete Season 01 by Jeremy Silberston

Midsomer Murders: Set 05 [TV Series Episodes] by Jeremy Silberston

Midsomer Murders: Death in Disguise [1998 TV Series Episode] by Baz Taylor

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1992

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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).

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Murder in a country manor inhabited by a cult of mystics tests the patience and skills of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, last seen in Murder at Madingley Grange . After the death of cult member Jim Carter is ruled an accident, various residents of the Lodge of the Golden Windhorse in the English village of Compton Dando go about their normal lives - communing with the spirits, astral-planing to the planet Venus, holding "psychic weekends."

One event looms, however: a scheduled visit by financier Guy Gamelin, a ruthless robber-baron and father of cult member and heiress Suhami, known as Sylvie Gamelin in her earlier life. Following Gamelin's unsuccessful attempt to reconcile with Suhami, the Master of the lodge is killed by a knife thrown during a psychic regression by one of the cultists. Barnaby's investigation uncovers a variety of suspects and discrepancies: Suhami accuses her father; several of the residents, including the Master, prove to be other than they claim; a retarded boy holds important information but cannot speak about it.

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