Chief Inspector Barnaby investigates when the charming English village of Ferne Basset is turned upside down by the murder of local man who had recently witnessed the suicide of a young woman who was in trouble with the law. Reprint. About the Author: Caroline Graham was born in Warwickshire, England. Her first Inspector Barnaby novel, "The Killings at Badger's Drift," was selected as one of the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time by the Crime Writers' Association.