Once again there are crimes being committed in the Midsomers although as the episode starts the crime is theft rather than murder. Somebody is breaking into the houses of the well to do and stealing items from the residents' bedrooms while they sleep, this thief has been given the nickname The Creeper. Sgt. Jones is in charge of the case until the Creeper robs the Chief Constable then Barnaby is put on the case. Of course the case will get more serious. Jack Filby has invited family and friends around to celebrate the birthday a friend's son. This being Midsomer the party ends with raised voices; Jack's daughter Martha being thrown out for flirting with friend David Roper and him later leaving after an shouting match with his host over a threat to write a book featuring the lives of their circle of friends. David turns up at the Chetthams' house bleeding from the head. During the night The Creeper pays a visit and the next day David is dead... was he murdered by The Creeper or is there somebody else committing crimes?
At first The Creeper is the obvious suspect but Barnaby isn't convinced, he is even more convinced when The Creeper pays him a late night visit but instead of robbing him leaves him two photographs, one of which has a hair caught in the frame... it appears the Creeper has made their first mistake. I won't say more as I don't want to spoil the ending.
While the plot is fairly standard for country house murder mysteries it doesn't feature the silliness some episodes contain. Having become a classic of its genre Midsomer attracts a range of well known guest stars including Rik Mayell, Jenny Agutter and Amanda Ryan, these all performed well as did the less well known guests. I especially liked Amanda Ryan in the relatively minor roll as "bad daughter" Martha who flirts with David, Sgt. Jones and the audience. I had an idea what the ending would be and it turned out Barnaby had the same idea... but this proved to be incorrect and he had to turn to an unlikely source to solve the crime.
At first The Creeper is the obvious suspect but Barnaby isn't convinced, he is even more convinced when The Creeper pays him a late night visit but instead of robbing him leaves him two photographs, one of which has a hair caught in the frame... it appears the Creeper has made their first mistake. I won't say more as I don't want to spoil the ending.
While the plot is fairly standard for country house murder mysteries it doesn't feature the silliness some episodes contain. Having become a classic of its genre Midsomer attracts a range of well known guest stars including Rik Mayell, Jenny Agutter and Amanda Ryan, these all performed well as did the less well known guests. I especially liked Amanda Ryan in the relatively minor roll as "bad daughter" Martha who flirts with David, Sgt. Jones and the audience. I had an idea what the ending would be and it turned out Barnaby had the same idea... but this proved to be incorrect and he had to turn to an unlikely source to solve the crime.