Mystery
The Killings at Badger's Drift
1987·264 pages
An elderly spinster's sudden death draws DCI Barnaby into a web of scandals and resentments beneath a picture-perfect English village.
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An elderly spinster's sudden death draws DCI Barnaby into a web of scandals and resentments beneath a picture-perfect English village.
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Badger's Drift is an ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster with a nice line in homemade cookies. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up an unseemly fuss, loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. And when Barnaby and his eager-beaver deputy start poking around, they uncover a swamp of ugly scandals and long-suppressed resentments seething below the picture-postcard prettiness.
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Romance & sex
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Two acts of deviant sex; sexual scandals and forbidden relationships central to plot.
Violence & gore
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Gruesome murders including a second horrifying killing; graphic violence depicted.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Homosexual characters and lifestyles featured prominently with associated scandals.
Religious content
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Village vicar appears in minor background role.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Suicide referenced as recurring thematic element in village setting.
Abuse & suffering
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Blackmail, murder, and systemic cruelty uncovered among villagers.
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