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Oxford summer balls are one of the highlights of the calendar and tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to taking a break and slipping into something gorgeous for the evening. But when the night ends with a celebrity chef murdered by his own whisk, Gemma finds herself plunged into a new mystery - and the nosy Old Biddies keen to help with the investigation.

Autumn has arrived, with crisp, cold mornings, dew on the grass, and hedgerows full of blackberries...When budding garden sleuth Poppy is invited to a party in a beautiful orangery, the last thing she expects is to witness a lethal wasp attack! As authorities investigate the possibility of murder, Poppy is horrified when local handyman Joe Fabbri, her friend and mentor, becomes the main suspect. Determined to prove Joe's innocence, Poppy sets out to solve the case - with help from her "mad scientist" neighbour, his new robotic invention, and a particularly stinky mushroom!

After solving their shepherd's murder, the flock, led by their new shepherdess Rebecca, embarks on a European journey, settling near a French château for the winter. Their new home, however, is shrouded in mystery. Sheep from a previous flock have vanished, deer are found dead under suspicious...

A shotgun marriage leads to deadly celebrations in this gripping English seaside cozy mystery When his bride is discovered lifeless mere hours after their wedding vows, D. I. George Carter's wedding takes a sinister turn. Reluctant guest, Tanya Bowe, an investigative journalist turned local...

Murder is never just a walk in the park . . . When friends Louise and Irina find a dead body in the local park whilst walking their dogs, they are soon drawn into the mystery of who murdered local entrepreneur Phil Creasey. Phil used to be a member of their dog walking community – nicknamed...

Like it or not, when a sorcerer asks you to track a magician, you track a magician. It's that or spend life as a hamster. So we did. But, turns out, the scary magician is the least of our worries. Between raging squirrel mobs, My Little Ravenous sewer monsters, and bungalow-dwelling necromancers with a good line in attack dogs, it's all we can do to keep ourselves the right side of dead. And that's before we stumble onto something far more sinister. Something that makes one dead son look like small carrots. Something that's going to raise an ancient almost-god and bring the world to its knees.

Who says your forties can’t be magical? Amelia Matthews, innkeeper of the Crescent Moon Inn in Cypress Grove, Florida, is back — and her sleuthing skills are about to be tested in new and spellbinding ways. With her sidekick cat Freddie Purrcury, Amelia finds herself caught in mysteries that mix sunshine, sorcery, and a sprinkle of danger.

Let bestselling author T.A. Williams whisk you away to beautiful Venice in this cozy murder mystery featuring a retired DCI and his loyal companion, Oscar. 🐶 It really is murder in paradise! 🔎🩸🇮🇹 A movie icon 🎥 A murky past 👀 And a murder mystery set in the magical city of...

Business is going well at Gemma Rose’s quaint English teashop, and she's delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral...until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder! Now, the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly arsenic - and who might have wanted the wealthy widow dead....

One missing passenger. One dead body. Is it murder on the Cornish train? It is a dark and stormy night when Jeff boards the Cornish sleeper train at Paddington station. As they make their way down the dark British coast, waves crash over the carriages and the wheels rattle in the gale. Arriving...

When Ella accepts a mysterious job in the picturesque town of Gloamington, all she wants is six weeks of peace and a place to call home. Instead, she finds herself assistant to Malcolm Fawkes, a renowned paranormal detective with no memory of hiring her—or much of anything else.

'An absolute delight to read. A cozy mystery set in France and I loved all the twists and lots of clues' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Highly entertaining' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It's harvest season in Sainte-Catherine, which means helping out with the local vineyard, sipping on wine and...

Brought to you by Penguin. The highly anticipated new novel - The Kokoro Clinic for the Soul reopens in this delightful follow-up to the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel We'll Prescribe You a Cat for fans of The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Cat Who Saved Books It’s time to...

Tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to a holiday filled with delicious Yuletide treats, time with friends and family, and maybe even a "white Christmas" in Oxford. But when she's snowed in at a country manor, she finds herself stumbling on a puzzling murder, complete with a body in the library, a house full of suspects, and a trail of mysterious footprints!

Aunt Lavender is gearing up for the quest of a lifetime, while I’m settling into life in my newly renovated home and dreaming of long summer days spent on the lake. However, with the appearance of two old rivals in Winterspell and a harrowing premonition, our dreams fall into jeopardy. Selene has to prove herself right (naturally…), and before I know it, I’m chasing her furry behind smack dab into the middle of a cutthroat world of scheming adventure-seekers, who will do anything for their next big thrill. Let’s just hope she has an escape plan.

Hettie and Tilly find themselves plunged into a spate of fairground murders as a carefree vacation turns into a holiday nightmare Hettie and Tilly book themselves into the Sandscratchers Villa for a seaside holiday. The feline duo find themselves plunged into a spate of alarming fairground...

Evelyn Christie has resigned herself to another long, boring weekend at Hessleham Hall, the home of her husband, Tommy's, family. However, it turns out to be anything but dull when his uncle, the Earl of Northmoor, is shockingly murdered! Evelyn must use all of her sleuthing knowledge, gained whilst she was a member of the Police force during the war, to find out who the murderer is before the bungling local police force decide the Earl was bumped off so Tommy could inherit his title.

The second book in the heartwarming and charming Baby Ganesh series. For centuries the Koh-i-Noor diamond has set man against man and king against king. Now part of the British Crown Jewels, the priceless gem is a prize that many have killed to possess. So when the Crown Jewels go on display in...

***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** 'Witty, poignant, and joyfully romantic' LYRA SELENE 'Dazzling with joy . . . A perfect cosy fantasy' K. M. ENRIGHT 'The perfect blend of escapism and romance' HOLLY RACE 'I couldn't stop smiling the whole way through' JULIE LEONG 'Spiritually, I'm still...

Brought to you by Penguin Flo is sick of Tokyo. Suffering from a crisis in confidence, she is stuck in a rut, her translation work has dried up and she's in a relationship that's run its course. That's until she stumbles upon a mysterious book left by a fellow passenger on the Tokyo Subway. From...