Market For Murder

Plot

Stock broker Selwyn Proctor is furious when his classic car blows up outside his prestigious home in Midsomer Market. On the other hand, he would be more furious if he discovered that the reading club, of which his wife Tamsin and a group of other ladies from the village are part, is actually a group of middle-aged women investing in the stock market. These include glamorous divorcee, Ginny Sharp, local GP's wife Sandra Bradshaw, and Lady Chetwood of Chetwood House on the outskirts of the village. After one meeting, when Lady Chetwood and Mrs Proctor announce they'd like to sell their shares, the elderly head of the group is brutally battered to death with her walking stick whilst getting ready for bed that night. D.C.I. Barnaby and D.S. Troy are called in to investigate the mysterious death but don't catch the killer before more deaths occur.

Murders

Throughout the episode, there are 3 murders and one attempted murder:

Marjorie Empson: Multiple blows to the back of her head with her walking stick after she had fallen down a flight of stairs.

Ginny Sharp: Whilst fishing out ashtrays placed in her swimming pool by the murderer, Ginny is struck dead by an ashtray to the head.

Lady Chetwood: The murderer pushes Lady Chetwood off the roof of her Stately home.

Cast

John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby

Daniel Casey as Sergeant Gavin Troy

Jane Wymark as Joyce Barnaby

Jesse Birdsall as Harry Painter

Eamon Geoghegan as Barman

Serena Gordon as Ginny Sharp

Caroline Harker as Tamsin Proctor

Barry Jackson as Dr. George Bullard

Dilys Laye as Vera Hopkins

Barbara Leigh-Hunt as Marjorie Empson

Christopher Ravenscroft as Dr. Rupert Bradshaw

Anton Rodgers as Lord James Chetwood

Jay Smith as Police Technician

Gerda Stevenson as Sandra Bradshaw

Angela Thorne as Lady Lavinia Chetwood

Rupert Vansittart as Selwyn Proctor

Catherine Bott as Solo Voice