After a noted author speaks before a group of local Midsomer writers, the naked body of the event's host is found bludgeoned to death in his bedroom.

Anna Massey, Annoushka Le Gallois, Brian Parr, Daniel Newman, David Maybrick, Jacqueline Morgan, Jane Booker, Jay Barrymore, Joanna David, John Bardon, Judith Scot, Marcus Rogers, Mark Bagnall, Murray Ewan, Nancy Lodder, Paul Putner, Timothy Bateson, Zoot Lynam