FollowingDSJones’spromotiontoDetectiveInspector,BarnabyisjoinedbyDSCharlieNelsonwhohasmovedtoMidsomerfromLondon.ThevillagersofMidsomerMallowaretryingtoawakentheghostoflittleRosie,theBlacksmith’sdaughterandfollowingamurderduringtheManorHouse’sFrightNight,Nelsonisthrowninatthedeepend.WillBarnabyandNelsonunravelthemysteriesthatliebehindtheghoststoriesorwilltheeccentricitiesofthevillagershindertheirinvestigation?
