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By Fiona Leitch
‘A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader’s appetite’ Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in the Cornish village she calls home. Having quit the Met Police in search of something less dangerous, the change of pace means she can finally start her dream catering company and raise her daughter, Daisy, somewhere safer.But there’s nothing quite like having your first job back at home be catering an ex-boyfriend’s wedding to remind you of just how small your village is. And when the bride vanishes, Jodie is drawn into the investigation, realising that life in the countryside might not be as quaint as she remembers.With a missing bride on their hands, murder and mayhem lurks around every corner…But surely saving the day will be a piece of cake for this not-so-amateur sleuth?This title was previously published as Murder on the Menu.
By Ngaio Marsh
Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the fifth volume in a set of omnibus editions presenting the complete run of 32 Inspector Alleyn mysteries. DIED IN THE WOOL One summer evening in 1942 Flossie Rubrick, MP, one of the most formidable women in New Zealand, goes to her husband's wool shed to rehearse a patriotic speech - and disappears. Three weeks later she turns up at an auction - packed inside one of her own bales of wool and very, very dead... FINAL CURTAIN Just as Agatha Troy, the world famous painter, completes her portrait of Sir Henry Ancred, the Grand Old Man of the stage, the old actor dies. The dramatic circumstances of his death are such that Scotland Yard is called in - in the person of Troy's long-absent husband, Chief Detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn... SWING, BROTHER, SWING The music rises to a climax: Lord Pastern aims his revolver and fires. The figure in the spotlight falls - and the coup-de-théatre has become murder... Has the eccentric peer let hatred of his future son-in-law go too far? Or will a tangle of jealousies and blackmail reveal to Inspector Alleyn an altogether different murderer?
By Colin Dexter
[Read by Frederick Davidson]Little progress had been made by the Thames Valley Police since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The police had no weapon, no suspect, and no motive. But within days of taking over the investigation, Chief Inspector Morse and Detective Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of the victim, Dr. Felix McClure, late of Wolsey College, Oxford.The trail leads to a staircase in Wolsey College and a former ''scout'' there, one Edward Brooks, who disappears following the theft of a knife from the Pitt Rivers Museum. When another body is discovered, Morse suddenly finds himself with too many suspects, including Brooks' wife, a prostitute, and an enigmatic schoolmistress. Attracted to one of the possible killers, the chief inspector may be too involved for success.It will take much thought, many pints, and not a little anguish before Morse sees the connection between McClure's death and the daughters of Cain.
By Stephanie Austin
I've been able to add amateur sleuthing and accidental corpse finding to my CV. I'm not sure it's a good look. Juno Browne, self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess who can turn her hand to cleaning, dog walking or home help jobs, is feeling overworked and underpaid. However, she is not the only one with problems, very serious problems. Among her friends, Elizabeth is being blackmailed, and Ricky's errant nephew is on the run from criminals in London. In an attempt to get to the bottom of these disturbing developments, Juno finds herself drawn from an isolated manor house on Dartmoor to London's glamorous but shady theatreland. Can she avoid being fatally entangled in threads of deception and murder?
By Fiona Leitch
'A sparklingly delicious confection to satisfy the mystery reader's appetite' Helena Dixon, bestselling author of the Miss Underhay Mysteries A film company is coming to the Cornish village of Penstowan, and the whole community turn up to be cast as extras, even Jodie 'Nosey' Parker. Determined to join in with the fun and ignore any dramas, Jodie intends to make the most of this time with her mum and daughter and hopefully see their names in lights ... or really small writing on the credits page. But right on cue, the company's caterer is sabotaged and Jodie must step up. It soon becomes clear that someone is out to spoil the filming... With actors behaving out of character and the house literally being brought down, breaking a leg is the least of their worries. Can Jodie save the day once again, or will it be their final curtain call? The third book in the Jodie 'Nosey' Parker cozy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cozy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes! Written in British English. Mild profanity and peril. Previously published as A Sprinkle of Sabotage
By Charlotte MacLeod
With husband Max away in Argentina, Sarah Kelling plans to do a killer job of relaxing at her shorefront home. Then a real killer foils her plans when the administrator of Boston's Wilkins Museum is murdered with a lovely antique hat pin. Named executor of the will, Sarah must find the murderer--before her own life is added to the murderer's collection.
By Kate Ross
No detection team was ever more mismatched: Julian Kestrel, the debonair and elegant Regency dandy, and Sally Stokes, a bold and bewitching Cockney prostitute and thief. But one night Fate throws them together, giving them the only clue that can unmask a diabolical killer. It all starts in London's notorious Haymarket district, where Sally picks up three men one after the other and nicknames them Bristles, Blue Eyes, and Blinkers. From each of them Sally steals a handkerchief - and from one she mistakenly steals a letter that contains an urgent appeal for help as well. But which man did she get the letter from? Who is the distraught young woman who wrote it? And where is she being held against her will? These questions take on a new urgency when Sally finds the writer of the letter - dead. Luckily, Sally's brother is none other than Dipper, reformed pickpocket and now valet to gifted amateur sleuth Julian Kestrel. The authorities dismiss the girl's death as suicide, but to Kestrel it looks more like murder. To prove it, he must track down Bristles, Blue Eyes, and Blinkers, and find out which of them had the dead girl's letter. Sally uses all her ingenuity and daring to help Kestrel solve this case. But she is out to solve another mystery as well: Is there a man of flesh and blood under Kestrel's impeccable clothes?
By Dorothy Simpson
When the wife of a prominent QC is found dead at the bottom of a well, Inspector Thanet wants to know who wanted her dead and gone.
By H.Y. Hanna
Holiday baking and murder in a snowy English manor… Join tearoom sleuth Gemma, her cheeky cat Muesli, and the meddling 'Old Biddies' for a festive, funny British mystery this Christmas. Cozy up with a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie in this heartwarming Christmas whodunit! Tearoom owner Gemma Rose is looking forward to holiday baking, time with friends and family, and maybe even a "white Christmas" in Oxford... But when she's snowed in at a country manor in the Cotswolds, she finds herself investigating a mysterious murder - complete with the classic 'body in the library', a house full of suspects and a trail of mysterious footprints! Luckily, the nosy Old Biddies are on hand to help, not to mention her cheeky tabby cat Muesli. Add in some bathroom carol singing, Yuletide treats and flannel underwear, and Gemma's stocking is bursting at the seams. Can she solve this festive whodunit in time to enjoy the most wonderful time of year? This holiday mystery features your favourite tearoom sleuth, her little tabby cat and the four meddling 'Old Biddies' in a hilarious festive whodunit. So come and enjoy a traditional British Christmas... and see if you can solve the case before they can! (* Traditional fruit mince pie recipe included!) This book follows British English spelling and usage. Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language. Genre: holiday mystery / Christmas cozy mystery / traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crime The OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES: A Scone To Die For Tea with Milk and Murder Two Down, Bun To Go Till Death Do Us Tart Muffins and Mourning Tea Four Puddings and a Funeral Another One Bites the Crust Apple Strudel Alibi The Dough Must Go On The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year Wrongfully Infused A High Whisk Situation