Midsomer Murders - Shot At Dawn [DVD]

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When Nick Cheney, the film's director, is found dead by the use of the prop guillotine, the detectives have several motives to examine. When the village church becomes the setting for a magic show by famous illusionist Gideon Latimer, it starts a series of mysterious events in Midsomer Oaks, when pub landlady and pianist Hannah Altman is crushed during the opening set piece. Shortly after running away to elope with her boyfriend, Finn Robson, Harriet had been left for dead in local woodland.

Barnaby and Jones look into whether the attack could be connected to rivalry in a chess club, whose members are very competitive. Strickland was the landlord of Wyvern House, an upmarket and picturesque country house restaurant run by a passionate celebrity chef, Ruth Cameron. Legend has it that the headless apparition of Sir Geoffrey DeQuetteville, riding a grey horse, spells imminent death to any member of the DeQuetteville family who sees it. The following day, photographer Lionel Bell is found murdered in woodland, strangled with the cord of his light meter. Barnaby and Jones discover that Sonia had passed a letter to the vicar a few days before, but the handwriting is not hers.

When the manuscript is stolen and a woman is found dead after spinning a roulette wheel trap, Barnaby and Nelson know they are set to work to uncover many secrets and obsessions within the village. Sophie Hammond and Kate Hammond were the daughters of Arabella Hammond and her father-in-law, Henry Hammond. Barnaby and Jones realise the killer’s identity, but finding hard evidence proves difficult until one of the nuns puts her safety at risk. After a successful day at the races for the racehorse, Bantling Boy, it is not long before one of the horse's owners is found murdered in the horses' stables.

When Grady Felton was convicted for the murder of Daniel Denning, he protested his innocence and left a 'death list' of people he blames for his conviction, including then Constable Ben Jones. Brenda Buckley ( Sophie Stanton), Alan’s new mistress, follows Alan to Finchmere Market and sees him depositing a suitcase containing what appears to be a ransom payment. When barman Jamie Cruickshank, and then Stephen Bannerman, are shot dead, Barnaby and Scott have to find out whether Jamie or Stephen was the intended target of the first murder.The astrological sign Scorpio seems to be a common theme of the killings, but Barnaby begins to doubt whether the case is so straightforward. Barnaby and Winter get the full picture of Ventuity and that Naomi Ashworth, Oscar Hayden and Thea Stannard all had connections to a company that may have put people’s lives at risk. As Barnaby and Jones delve into the complicated nature of this Midsomer village, they realise the key to solving the case lies under a well-concealed pact between several of the villagers. When Jacob is found strangled with a violin string and the treasured Stradivarius violin on loan to him disappears, Barnaby and Winter must delve into rivalries, disappointments, and hidden identities. When a grudge from the past later starts to resurface, an unknown killer soon begins to target the bell-ringers, one by one.

John Ransom gets thrown out of the village pub in Midsomer Mere for fighting with his brother-in-law, and a short while later he is found dead on the green. As residents of Midsomer Mallow prepare for the 'Perfect English Village' competition, local thief and lothario Peter Drinkwater ( Orlando Bloom) is stabbed with a pitchfork at the abandoned Windy Whistle Farm. Barnaby and Jones suspect that the killer is operating with an accomplice, as it seems impossible for a single person to be involved.There is a wide list of suspects, including farmer George Napier, who has fallen out with Peter over his plans to drain adjacent land, and members of the Midsomer-in-the-Marsh ornithological group, whose members have had a heated argument over an alleged sighting of a rare African bird. Upon discovering that a local girl had been married to Peter Slim, the detectives realise that the motive for the killings is far darker than they had imagined. It is later revealed that a previous death is the central theme of the murder case, and the murderer now seeks revenge. Nothing prepares a forest ranger, when upon driving through the forest, she suddenly gets stopped by mysterious lights in the sky over UFO hotspot Cooper Hill. Hammond's son Johnny is gay and unhappily married to Arabella while their daughter Kate just cannot understand why her mother married the man in the first place.

The family firm, King's Crystal, is in financial uncertainty, with plans to close its factory in Midsomer Magna. In the affluent village of Midsomer Malham, pariah Melissa Townsend ( Lucy Punch) is found murdered by an injection of barbiturates.DCI Barnaby and DC Jones work their way through the extended Butler family and uncover hidden secrets, illegitimate children, and elusive treasure before they catch the killer. When James Harrington is also found murdered, Barnaby and Troy realise, that they need to work fast to avoid further deaths. Shortly before his retirement, Superintendent Pringle ( James Bolam) arrests a local poacher for the murder of a tramp during a fox hunt in woodland close to the village of Upper Marshwood. Barnaby is taken off the case by the National Intelligence Squad and it is left to Troy to 'apprehensively' keep Barnaby informed on the investigation.