The death of Easterly Grange Hotel's owner sparks a murder investigation when one of the beneficiaries is found brutally murdered, leading DCI Barnaby to unravel a web of secrets and lies.

Mark Smith, director of the Grange Moor Hotel in Maidstone, says a decline in guests since the Covid pandemic has made Grange Park - an annexe previously used as overspill accommodation - unviable.

A popular hotel has new owners and a new name. The Grange Moor Hotel in St Michael’s Road, Maidstone, has been bought by Surrey-based Smart In Hotels Ltd, run by Mark Smith, and has been re ...