A Ghost in the Machine
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ISBN 0755307720 | | |
Preceded by | A Place of Safety |
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A Ghost in the Machine is a
Unlike the majority of Graham's previous Chief Inspector Barnaby novels, A Ghost in the Machine was not adapted for the television series Midsomer Murders. According to Graham, this was because Chief Inspector Barnaby and Sergeant Troy are absent through the first half of the novel.[1]
Plot summary
Village resident Dennis Brinkley, an enthusiastic collector of old war machines and
However, the elusive murderer silences her before the event can go ahead, leaving Chief Inspector Barnaby, accompanied by his Sergeant Gavin Troy, with two gruesome slayings and a complex mystery to unravel. Several of Dennis's friends and associates come under suspicion, and much of the book is devoted to detailing their tangled lives.
Reception
Publishers Weekly stated in its review of the novel: "With its focus on a dozen or so richly diverting characters, British author Graham's well-plotted ninth novel featuring Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby has more in common with Dickens than with Conan Doyle."[2]
References
- ^ http://midsomermurders.org/conventionreport.htm
- ^ "Fiction Book Review: A Ghost in the Machine by Caroline Graham". Publishers Weekly. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2021.