Neil Stuke

A number of murders near a government safe house in Midsomer appear to be connected to a group of British spies stationed in East Berlin during the Cold War.

In the quaint Norfolk town of Market Shipborough, Peter Kingdom runs a law practice with his reliable secretary, Gloria, and an apprentice from London, Lyle. His life is slowly returning to normal following the disappearance of his brother at sea six months earlier, but then his sister, Beatrice, returns to town, fresh from rehab.

The brutal murder of Christine Archer, proprietress of a local dog day care center, introduces Ash and Scribbs to some temperamental canines and their eccentric, equally temperamental owners. But, as Ash and Scribbs soon discover, the bonds between dogs and their masters often prove stronger than those between human beings.