A Place of Safety
| Author | Caroline Graham |
|---|---|
| Series | Inspector Barnaby |
| Published | St. Martin's Minotaur, 1999 |
| ISBN | 9780312244194 |
| OCLC | 42196867 |
| Preceded by | Faithful Unto Death |
| Followed by | A Ghost in the Machine |
A Place of Safety is a crime novel by Caroline Graham, the sixth in her popular Chief Inspector Barnaby series, which has been adapted into the successful ITV drama Midsomer Murders.
Plot summary
Ferne Basset vicar's wife Ann Lawrence accuses Carlotta, a young homeless girl her husband has taken in, of stealing her precious heirloom earrings. Their argument escalates and the pair end up fighting on the area's picturesque bridge, when Carlotta falls off into the river below.
After her body doesn't re-surface, witness Charlie Leathers begins blackmailing Ann for money, until he's found garrotted and his pet dog, Candy, left savagely beaten. However, still another blackmail demand arrives and this time Ann won't pay. Meanwhile, Chief Inspector Barnaby peels away at the wholesome veneer of Ferne Basset in his hunt for a dangerous and sadistic killer.