Likable, hardworking family man and astute detective Tom Barnaby is back with new mysteries in Midsomer County, and is succeeded by his is cousin DCI John Barnaby upon his retirement.

Likable family man Tom Barnaby is the down-to-earth Chief detective for a cluster of idyllic English country villages where some of the rose-covered cottages are home to murderers, thieves, and blackmailers. Barnaby exposes the criminals with the help from his eager young assistant Sargeant Troy and from his supportive wife.