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Murder in the Abbey

Murder in the Abbey
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

Situated in the rolling hills of England’s pastoral Cotswolds, the Abbey is a charming Bed & Breakfast allowing its guests to taste the pleasures of rank and prestige from a bygone era—until murder slams face first onto its welcome...

Murder in the Air

Murder in the Air
  • Author(s): David Pearson
  • Location(s): Connemara
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

A local businessman’s plane crashes into bogland killing all three occupants… Galway’s detectives investigate. It’s not long before experts establish that the small aircraft’s engine had been tampered with. From dealing with a tragic accident, senior DI Maureen Lyons...

Murder in the Bistro

Murder in the Bistro
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): Provence
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

Maggie finds her hands full with village politics ratcheting up, her best friend back in Provence, and an uproar over the new American-owned bistro. When the American chef turns up dead, Maggie needs to find out who killed her...

Murder in the Caribbean

Murder in the Caribbean
  • Author(s): Robert Thorogood
  • Location(s): Lesser Antilles
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Fiction, Food and Drink
  • Era(s): Contemporary

DI Richard Poole is hot, bothered and fed up. He’s stuck on the tropical island of Saint-Marie, forced to live in a rickety old shack on a beach, and there isn’t a decent cup of tea to be found...

Murder in the Cathedral

Murder in the Cathedral
  • Author(s): J M Dalgliesh
  • Location(s): Orkney Islands
  • Genre(s): Police Procedural
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Lost Orkney, 1 As the bell tolls, the hunt for a killer begins… A reverend is found dead on the altar of St Magnus cathedral in Orkney, his white robes stained in blood. Every door into the building...

Murder in the Fens

Murder in the Fens
  • Author(s): Clare Chase
  • Location(s): Cambridge
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

As always at the Cambridge constabulary, the case turns personal. Detective Blake is exhausted after the arrival of a new baby with wayward wife Babette, and Tara is keen to put as much distance between herself and Blake as...

Murder in the Lakes

Murder in the Lakes
  • Author(s): Rachel Amphlett
  • Location(s): The Lake District
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A wedding, a missing fiancée, and a murder – Melody Harper is about to discover just how dangerous “I do” can be… Fledgling private detective Melody Harper is down on her luck and nursing a black eye when she’s...

Murder in the Latin Quarter

Murder in the Latin Quarter
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

Expatriate Maggie’s Paris holiday takes a dark turn when she ventures into the city’s famed Latin Quarter to visit Laurent’s ailing aunt—only to find a very healthy aunt and a very dead body. Maggie’s search for the killer uncovers...

Murder in the Maldives

Murder in the Maldives
  • Author(s): Sanchita Sarin
  • Location(s): The Maldives
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A promising blue-sky holiday drew celebrated detective, Devin Langhar, to the pristine beaches of Maldives. The ultra-luxury Embassy Island resort with its exclusive over-water private villas, Michelin-star restaurant and a cosmopolitan guest list, fulfilled the conditions of excellent wine...

Murder in the Marais

Murder in the Marais
  • Author(s): Cara Black
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Modern

In the Jewish quarter of Paris an old nightmare is reborn. Aimée Leduc, a half-American, half-French investigator in Paris, is approached by a rabbi to decipher a fifty-year-old encrypted photograph and deliver it to an old woman in the...

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