The People in The House In The Woods

MIDSOMER NEWTON

Anne Merrick
Anne is an attractive, hard-working single mother who works as the Feathers Hotel in Midsomer Newton. She has two sons, bright and feisty Philip, aged 10, and awkward adolescent Danny, aged 14.

Barbara Flux
Barbara is middle-aged and amply proportioned. She taught home economics before taking early retirement and throwing herself into the life of her adopted village. With her husband Lesley, she is a self-appointed heritage expert and amateur author.

Lesley Flux
Lesley taught geography at the same school as his wife before retiring. Like Barbara, his enthusiasm for organising is matched only by his talent for irritating his new neighbours in Midsomer Newton.

Harriet Davis
Dry-eyed and ambitious, Harriet has worked hard to establish her estate agency as the most efficient and ruthless in an overcrowded market.

Gerry Moore
Self-employed builder Gerry has a job in every village and a woman in every job. He enjoys a good time with Anne Merrick but Harriet Davis is out of his league.

Charlie Magwood
Charlie is the son of market traders and was evacuated to Midsomer during the war with his brother Jack. He missed the East End and was glad to return home.

Jack Magwood
Jack thrived when he was evacuated to Midsomer as a lad, studying hard and learning the piano. But his talents were thwarted by his suffocating family back in London.

Giles Cato
Giles is the curator of Midsomer Museum. His devotion to the preservation of the area’s heritage is matched by a mean-spirited pursuit of his own self-interest.

Grace Woodhall
Now in her 70s, Grace was a former classmate of the Magwood brothers at Midsomer Newton Primary School. She lives near Winyard and is loyal to her friends.

Caroline Cave
Metropolitan, moneyed and professional, Caroline knows what she wants and intends to get it.

Peter Cave
Caroline’s enthusiastic husband Peter works in the city but longs for the simple life.