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Murder at the Nineteenth: A Gripping Cotswolds Murder Mystery (Lambert and Hook Crime Mysteries Book 1) by J.M. Gregson - Kindle Book
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In the still, ominous valleys of Gloucestershire, Superintendent Lambert conducts a murder inquiry that yields five suspects, five motives, and five alibis. So who’s lying?
On a warm, heavy evening in late spring, Superintendent John Lambert is spending the end of a tedious day in his garden when the phone rings. James Shepherd, the Chairman of his golf club, urgently wants to meet.
Lambert arrives at dusk to find the clubhouse as quiet as the grave. And in the Committee Room: Shepherd, lying spreadeagled on the floor. His jacket is open, and in the centre of his white shirt, the handle of a heavy knife protrudes from a patch of still-fresh blood.
From among the Club Committee, Lambert identifies five chief suspects. He knows them well, and all are prominent members of the community.
Aided by the deceptively stolid Sergeant Bert Hook, his questioning of them yields five motives, five solid alibis, and not a single shred of remorse.
In the days that follow, amid a rapid succession of startling developments, Lambert and Hook will have to work hard and fast to find out which of the five is lying.
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Determined to save her beloved bookshop’s reputation and solve the baffling mystery, Flora enlists the help of handsome and brooding Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.
The unlikely duo set about investigating the extraordinary case, following a lead across the sleepy village of Abbeymead to The Priory Hotel. When the hotel’s gardener dies suddenly, and they find out their victim was staying there, Flora’s suspicions are raised.
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As the trail of clues takes Flora and Jack all over the village it becomes clear there’s more than one person hiding secrets in Abbeymead…
In the still, ominous valleys of Gloucestershire, Superintendent Lambert conducts a murder inquiry that yields five suspects, five motives, and five alibis. So who’s lying?
On a warm, heavy evening in late spring, Superintendent John Lambert is spending the end of a tedious day in his garden when the phone rings. James Shepherd, the Chairman of his golf club, urgently wants to meet.
Lambert arrives at dusk to find the clubhouse as quiet as the grave. And in the Committee Room: Shepherd, lying spreadeagled on the floor. His jacket is open, and in the centre of his white shirt, the handle of a heavy knife protrudes from a patch of still-fresh blood.
From among the Club Committee, Lambert identifies five chief suspects. He knows them well, and all are prominent members of the community.
Aided by the deceptively stolid Sergeant Bert Hook, his questioning of them yields five motives, five solid alibis, and not a single shred of remorse.
In the days that follow, amid a rapid succession of startling developments, Lambert and Hook will have to work hard and fast to find out which of the five is lying.
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Mystery on Hidden Lane (An Eve Mallow Mystery Book 1)
When Bernard Fitzpatrick drowns in a river close to his home, the village mourns a tragic accident… and amateur sleuth Eve Mallow is on the case.
Obituary writer Eve is looking forward to her new assignment, as well as spending a few days in the sweet little village of Saxford St Peter, walking the country lanes with her beloved dachshund Gus. But it turns out that it’s Bernard’s death that she’ll need to investigate, not his life. On the day she arrives, news breaks that the world-famous cellist was the victim of a grisly murder. Could this quaint English village be hiding a dark secret?
As Eve starts to interview Bernard’s friends and colleagues, she finds that he’d ruffled more than a few feathers. In fact, from the landlords of the Cross Keys Inn to his own seemingly devoted secretary, there’s barely a person in town who doesn’t have some reason to hate him… is one of the friendly villagers really a cold-blooded killer?
Eve hoped Saxford St Peter would be the perfect escape from her busy city life. But there is darkness even in the most sunlit of settings. And when a second body is found, Eve realises she's spoken to every single suspect. Her notebook contains all the clues she needs. But will she be able to crack the case and identify them… before they realise she’s on their trail and make her their next target?
A Body in the Village Hall (A Kate Palmer Mystery Book 1)
Kate Palmer is more than ready for the quiet life in Lower Tinworthy, Cornwall. But within weeks of her arrival, a woman is found dead in the village hall, stabbed to death with her own kitchen knife… The victim is Fenella Barker Jones: chairwoman of the Women’s Institute, doyenne of the amateur dramatic society, and reigning champion of the WI cake-baking contest. But whilst she may have been at the centre of village life, there were plenty who had reason to dislike her – as Kate is about to find out. As a practice nurse and one of the first on the scene, Kate can’t help but get drawn into the investigation. Her patients are only too eager to tell her about the victim’s extra-curricular activities and, the more Kate hears about Fenella, the more the list of suspects grows: it seems half the village wanted her dead. Kate’s sister Angie tells her to leave it alone, but Kate can’t resist piecing together the clues. Especially not if brings her closer to the handsome Detective Inspector ‘Woody’ Forrest, who is near to retiring himself and determined to crack his last case. But when someone breaks into Kate’s home and leaves a warning note on her pillow, it becomes clear the murderer is prepared to do anything to keep their identity hidden… Will Kate and Woody work out who’s responsible, before she becomes the next victim?
The Bookshop Murder (A Flora Steele Mystery Book 1)
Sussex, 1955: When Flora Steele opens up her bookshop one morning she’s in for the surprise of her life! Because there, amongst her bookcases, is the body of a young man, with a shock of white-blond hair. But who was he? And how did he come to be there?
Determined to save her beloved bookshop’s reputation and solve the baffling mystery, Flora enlists the help of handsome and brooding Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.
The unlikely duo set about investigating the extraordinary case, following a lead across the sleepy village of Abbeymead to The Priory Hotel. When the hotel’s gardener dies suddenly, and they find out their victim was staying there, Flora’s suspicions are raised.
Are the two deaths connected? Is someone at the hotel responsible – the nervous cook, the money-obsessed receptionist, or the formidable manageress?
As the trail of clues takes Flora and Jack all over the village it becomes clear there’s more than one person hiding secrets in Abbeymead…
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