Murder at the Book Festival (A Violet Brewster Mystery, Book 2)


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Don’t miss the next utterly gripping Violet Brewster Mystery, available to pre-order now! When a body is found at the Merrywell Book Festival, amateur sleuth Violet Brewster must leave no page unturned to solve the mystery...




A Violet Brewster Mystery - Murder at the Book Festival


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'Wow, what a read! Great plot and characters. Everything you want in a mystery. This series gets better with every book' NetGalley reviewer, When a body is found at the Merrywell Book Festival, amateur sleuth Violet Brewster must leave no page unturned to solve the mystery... The small and idyllic village of Merrywell is getting ready to host its first ever book festival, and Violet Brewster is delighted when she is asked to interview the star author. Leonie Stanwick, now a bestselling romance author, is the featured guest of the festival. She was born in Merrywell, but abruptly left when she was 18 years old and never came back. But the festival takes a dark turn when Leonie is found murdered; her return to the village had clearly shaken someone up. When a shocking secret about Leonie's past is revealed, Violet's suspicions must turn to her own neighbours. Who in the village was intent on making sure Leonie could never leave the village again? An utterly gripping and unputdownable English cozy mystery, perfect for fans of Clare Chase, Frances Evesham and Betty Rowlands. Readers LOVE Murder at the Book Festival! 'An enjoyable cozy, with plenty of twists and turns, and a fun glimpse into village life.' Clare Chase 'Jane Bettany delivers a cozy with a dash of sass - thoroughly enjoyable and utterly irresistible.' Peter Boland 'A murder mystery with a blossoming romance... what more could one ask for? Delicious!' Katie Gayle 'Murder at the Book Festival is a delightful cozy mystery... I can't wait to follow Violet and her friends in their next adventure!' NetGalley reviewer, 'Another enjoyable and entertaining mystery in a well imagined and delightful setting, a credible and deftly drawn cast and a solid mystery at its very heart.' NetGalley reviewer, 'A thoroughly good read. Cosy crime at its best.' NetGalley reviewer,




A Fatal End (Ryder and Loveday, Book 8)


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Don’t miss Faith Martin’s fiendishly clever new novel, Murder by Candlelight, set in the 1920s and described as ‘the perfect village mystery’ by J.M. Hall ‘There is so much to love about A Fatal End... Another nail-biting mystery awaits.’ The Lancashire Post




Agatha Christie's Poirot


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A Wartime Secret


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England, 1940. Can Maggie keep her family – and her secret – safe? An emotional and heartbreaking wartime novel for fans of Diney Costeloe, Dilly Court and Mandy Robotham.







The Whitstable Pearl Mystery


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The Whitstable Pearl series is now coming to TV on 24th May! 'What Colin Dexter did for Oxford, Julie Wassmer is intent on doing for Whitstable' Daily Mail Pearl Nolan always wanted to be a detective but life, and a teenage pregnancy, got in the way of a police career and instead she built up a successful seafood restaurant in her coastal home town of Whitstable - famous for its native oysters. Now, at 39, and with son Charlie away at university, Pearl finds herself suffering from empty nest syndrome . . . until she discovers the drowned body of local oyster fisherman Vinnie Rowe, weighted down with an anchor chain, on the eve of Whitstable's annual oyster festival. Is it a tragic accident, suicide - or murder? Pearl seizes the opportunity to prove her detection skills and discover the truth but she soon finds herself in conflict with Canterbury city police detective, Chief Inspector Mike McGuire. Then another body is discovered - and Pearl finds herself trawling the past for clues, triggering memories of another emotional summer more than twenty years ago . . .




The Philosophy of Mystery


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Paper: An Elegy


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A witty, personal and entertaining reflection on the history and meaning of paper during the (passing) era of its universal importance.




Murder in Steeple Martin


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This is a tale of engaging misfits and muddlers in a Kent village, whose theatrical endeavours rouse the long arm of the past with murderous consequences. Artist Libby Sarjeant's fresh start in a picturesque Kent village includes a new venture - the Oast House Theatre. She never expects it to include a new romance in the form of Ben, but who's complaining? She just isn't expecting ingredients three, four and five: mystery, intrigue, and the shadow of old murder...