DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate when two couples mysteriously vanish from the village of Monks Barton amid rumours of witchcraft and haunted woods. As the body count rises, flamboyant psychic Cyrus LeVanu clashes with the pompous cleric, Reverend Wallace Stone, while other villagers seem to be caught up in a stolen antiques racket.

During the Christmas holidays DCI Barnaby and DS Jones have to solve an explosion as well as a number of murders near a freight company, while trying to cope with the new Acting Chief Superintendent, John Cotton, who has very strong beliefs about teamwork and how things should be done.

DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate the traditions of a local pagan cult in Midsomer, the Temple of Thoth, when a magician's assistant dies on stage during a children's magic show.

DCI Barnaby and DS Jones investigate the death of Charlie Finleyson, who is found dead in the wood after being missing for two weeks. As the investigation progresses, Barnaby discovers connections between Finleyson and Guy Sandys, the publisher of the Midsomer Life magazine known for his scathing reviews of local hotels and restaurants.

DS Ben Jones returns home to the village of Dunstan when an elderly couple are found dead in their home. Although initial signs point to a botched burglary, DCI Barnaby begins to suspect that the deaths may be connected to Ben's group of childhood friends, and a mysterious disappearance that occurred years earlier.

DCI Barnaby becomes an unwelcome guest at a society wedding after the maid of honour is found skewered to a wardrobe in one of the hotel bedrooms. However, with his own daughter Cully about to get married, will Barnaby be able to solve the grisly murder in time to walk her down the aisle?

An old feud between the Hammond and Hicks families appears to have escalated to murder when the grandfather of the Hammonds is executed in Midsomer Parva.