Caroline Graham (b. 1931) is perhaps the only classic of the English detective story of modern times, almost unknown to Russian readers. Meanwhile, it is she who is called in England the direct literary heir of Agatha Christie, and it is based on her novels that one of the most popular detective television series in the UK and in Russia, “Midsomer Murders,” (“Purely English Murders”), which has not left television screens for eighteen seasons, is filmed. The writer’s work was awarded the prestigious literary award “Macavity Award”, and the book “Murders at Badgers Drift” was included in the list of “The 100 Best Detective Novels of All Time”. “Death in Mask” is the third novel in the series of detective stories about Inspector Barnaby. In the village of Compton Dondo there is a mysterious secluded Estate in which the Golden Horse commune, a spiritual and esoteric community, has settled. One of the founders of the commune died in what is believed to be an accident. The society is led by the respected Ian Craigie, the Teacher, and the members of the commune united around him, each of whom was brought there by his own complicated story. One day, during a session of moving souls, a terrible murder occurs, and the famous Inspector Barnaby appears on the scene with his assistant Sergeant Troy. Cunning moves and unsolved secrets, the philosophy of Zen Buddhism and exposed fraud, a rich inheritance, love, envy and sincere faith - the reader is in for a truly exciting read that keeps you in suspense until the last page.