It is December 1884, and we have a murder to solve. First, a house: a brand-new country estate, with all the latest technological innovations – electric light-bulbs, running water, dumb-waiters, hydraulic lifts. Second, a family: celebrated inventor Sir Russell Morgan, his grown-up children, his elegant new wife. Next, their guests: the great and the good […]
The Model Patient by Lucy Ashe
In the quiet hush of her therapist’s office, Evelyn Westbrook finds herself revealing secrets she’d prefer to keep hidden. Abandoning her successful modelling career to become a model wife for her husband, Henry, has left her days feeling empty. Her mother-in-law is pressing for a child that Evelyn doesn’t want. And her nights are haunted by […]
Twice Dead at the Tavern by TA Belshaw
In October 1939, with an injury forcing her to take time off work from the Mill, amateur sleuth Amy Rowlings has the perfect opportunity to help Inspector Bodkin with a baffling new investigation. A notorious gangster is found murdered at a local pub. But the real mystery is that Bodkin already investigated this same man’s […]
Cold Case at the Cottage by TA Belshaw
It’s ,August 1939. For decades, local children have feared Creepy Cottage, a derelict house rumoured to swallow intruders whole. But after a violent summer storm collapses an end wall, the ruins give up a grim secret: the skeleton of a young woman. When it’s revealed that the local police botched the original investigation, amateur sleuth […]
Murder on the Medway by TA Belshaw
July 1939. A pleasant afternoon by the river turns tragic when the body of young party girl Effie Watkins is discovered in the reed beds. For an overstretched Inspector Bodkin, it’s the worst possible time for a murder inquiry. When the clues point toward the exclusive Highwater Boat Club, Amy Rowlings and her best friend […]
Vengeance at the Vicarage by TA Belshaw
It’s March, 1939, and a quiet Sunday morning turns deadly when the Reverend Villiers is found poisoned, propped up in the church’s lychgate. With a cryptic scripture reference scrawled in chalk beneath the body, the killer has left a shocking message for the small town of Spinton. Amateur sleuth Amy Rowlings is first on the […]
Murder at the Mill by TA Belshaw
In January, 1939, when clothing-factory heir Edward Handlsey is found murdered in a snow-covered Kentish town, mill worker Amy Rowlings finds herself at the top of the suspect list. The man had many enemies, many of them female, but Amy was the most recent victim of his wily ways. Luckily, as a certified lover of […]
Betrayal in Black Tie by TA Belshaw
It’s May, 1939. A black-tie civic awards ceremony promises a dull evening for Amy Rowlings and Inspector Bodkin – until the ‘Businessman of the Year,’ called away to answer the telephone, is found stabbed to death. The victim’s lucrative new armaments factory contract means half the town’s elite had a motive to kill him. When […]