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Murder At the Lighthouse

Murder At the Lighthouse
  • Author(s): Frances Evesham
  • Location(s): Somerset
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Have you ever found a body on the beach? Recently widowed Libby Forest arrives in the small coastal town of Exham on Sea, keen to start a new life baking cakes and designing chocolates. Walking on the beach one...

Murder at the Mela

Murder at the Mela
  • Author(s): Leela Soma
  • Location(s): Glasgow
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Newly appointed as Glasgow’s first Asian DI, Alok Patel’s first assignment is the investigation of the brutal murder of Nadia, an Asian woman. Her body was discovered in the aftermath of the Mela festival in Kelvingrove Park. During the...

Murder at the Music Factory

Murder at the Music Factory
  • Author(s): Lesley Kelly
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Health Enforcement Team is struggling with the aftermath of IT specialist Bryce’s sabotage of government systems. As Bryce threatens to shoot a civil servant every day until his demands are met, the civil service is in melt-down. Tasked...

Murder at the Old Abbey

Murder at the Old Abbey
  • Author(s): Pippa McCathie
  • Location(s): South Wales, Brecon Beacons
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Present day

A suspicious death casts a dark cloud over a small community south of the Black Mountains… White Monk Abbey is a local landmark and its resident patriarch, Caradoc Mansell, a foreboding presence. He runs his household and family as...

Murder at the Old Cottage

Murder at the Old Cottage
  • Author(s): David Pearson
  • Location(s): Connemara
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Are detectives right to think that the brutal murder of a pensioner is more than just a burglary gone wrong? A health-worker visiting clients in a remote area on the West Coast of Ireland has a nasty surprise when...

Murder at the Pony Show

Murder at the Pony Show
  • Author(s): David Pearson
  • Location(s): Connemara
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

4th book in the Hays & Lyons detective series Amazon.Co.Uk number 1 best seller September 2018 The discovery of a man’s body puts a damper on the annual Connemara Pony Show. DI Maureen Lyons investigates a difficult case of...

Murder at the Seaview Hotel

Murder at the Seaview Hotel
  • Author(s): Glenda Young
  • Location(s): Scarborough
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In the charming Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough, a murder is nothing to sing about . . . After the death of her husband Tom, Helen Dexter is contemplating her future as the now-sole proprietor of the Seaview Hotel....

Murder at Waldenmere Lake

Murder at Waldenmere Lake
  • Author(s): Michelle Salter
  • Location(s): Fleet
  • Genre(s): Historical, Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

A murder shocks the small town of Walden. And it’s only the beginning… Walden, 1921. Local reporter Iris Woodmore is determined to save her beloved lake, Waldenmere, from destruction. After a bloody and expensive war, the British Army can’t...

Murder Before Evensong

Murder Before Evensong
  • Author(s): Richard Coles
  • Location(s): England
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Canon Daniel Clement is Rector of Champton. He has been there for eight years, living at the Rectory alongside his widowed mother – opinionated, fearless, ever-so-slightly annoying Audrey – and his two dachshunds, Cosmo and Hilda. When Daniel announces...

Murder Below Deck

Murder Below Deck
  • Author(s): Orlando Murrin
  • Location(s): The Atlantic Ocean
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A chef Paul Delamare Mystery Book 2 Worse things happen at sea… Paul Delamare has been roped into accompanying his old friend on a luxury cruise aboard the magnificent superyacht Maldemer. It’s all plain sailing until his friend’s priceless...

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