A young man's murder touches off a search for his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes.A young man's murder touches off a search for his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes.A young man's murder touches off a search for his girlfriend and partner in ballroom dancing classes.
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Geoffrey Leesley
- Jim Druce
- (as Geoff Leesley)
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- TriviaRichard Budd, the postmaster, states that Laura Sharp used the post office to "cash her giro." In the UK, "giro" is a nickname for a bi-weekly government benefit cheque.
- GoofsThe Union Flags hung in the hall, on the walls, and from the beams (during the dancing to "Goodnight Sweetheart") are hung upside-down.
- Quotes
Cully Barnaby: Where's Dad's investigation taking place at the moment?
Joyce Barnaby: Some village or other.
Cully Barnaby: You've been conned, Mum.
Joyce Barnaby: What?
[Cully indicates Ben, then goes over to him]
DS Ben Jones: Hi, Cully.
Cully Barnaby: Don't tell me what you're doing here; I've already sussed it.
DS Ben Jones: I'm undercover.
Cully Barnaby: Yes, but your feet give you away.
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Lifestyles of the Missing
"Dance with the Dead" starts the tenth season of Midsomer Murders. It's a wild one, but I liked it.
A jogger discovers a dead body in a car at an old airfield. It seems to have been carbon monoxide poisoning but it's discovered to be murder. It's a young man. The young woman he was seeing, Laura, is nowhere to be found. Barnaby and Jones check out her two jobs, one in a bar and one at a kennel, but she hasn't shown up at either place.
Ditto for where she lives, a private home where the owner took her in as a boarder.
Laura does seem to be quite charismatic, though -- the bar owner is sure she's stealing from the cash register, but he hasn't fired her.
One element of the story is an elderly woman with dementia who is waiting for her brother at the airfield, bringing him food and clothes. He was killed in World War II. The World War II theme is carried through to a nostalgia evening attended by Barnaby, Joyce, Cully, and Jones.
After the young man's murder, there is another one, that of the jogger's randy husband. There is also an attempted murder.
The question is, where is Laura?
The denouement is very good but also sad, speaking to the loneliness and isolation people sometimes feel, and how people can be deceived because of their vulnerability.
Very absorbing. Cully seems to have a mild flirtation going on with Jones, as she had one going with Troy. Nothing seems to come of these, but it's an enjoyable aspect of the characters.
A jogger discovers a dead body in a car at an old airfield. It seems to have been carbon monoxide poisoning but it's discovered to be murder. It's a young man. The young woman he was seeing, Laura, is nowhere to be found. Barnaby and Jones check out her two jobs, one in a bar and one at a kennel, but she hasn't shown up at either place.
Ditto for where she lives, a private home where the owner took her in as a boarder.
Laura does seem to be quite charismatic, though -- the bar owner is sure she's stealing from the cash register, but he hasn't fired her.
One element of the story is an elderly woman with dementia who is waiting for her brother at the airfield, bringing him food and clothes. He was killed in World War II. The World War II theme is carried through to a nostalgia evening attended by Barnaby, Joyce, Cully, and Jones.
After the young man's murder, there is another one, that of the jogger's randy husband. There is also an attempted murder.
The question is, where is Laura?
The denouement is very good but also sad, speaking to the loneliness and isolation people sometimes feel, and how people can be deceived because of their vulnerability.
Very absorbing. Cully seems to have a mild flirtation going on with Jones, as she had one going with Troy. Nothing seems to come of these, but it's an enjoyable aspect of the characters.
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- Jul 18, 2015
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