Download or read book Malice in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osborne, accompanied by her beloved spaniel Hepzie, has had her fair share of unfortunate occurrences while house-sitting, and her new assignment for the mysterious Yvonne Parker is no exception. The isolated and somewhat unsettling village of Snowshill, has Thea on edge as soon as she arrives, and Hyacinth House - her new, rather cluttered home - does nothing to dispel such feelings. Soon enough, her intuition in this case proves to be right, and once again Thea becomes entangled in another horrifying murder. Stevie Horsfall, a mischievous child from the village is found brutally strangled outside Hyacinth House, with his eccentric mother Gudrun as the prime suspect. Believing in Gudrun's innocence, Thea, alongside Sonia Gladwin and her friend Drew Slocombe, work together to uncover a sinister plot, where seemingly separate lives are intertwined with secretive and strange relationships. This malicious web of suspects leads Thea through the lives of the villagers and their secrets, to London and beyond.
Download or read book Shadows in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2013-03-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to house-sit for Oliver Meadows as a favour to her mother, she expects a few days of peace with her spaniel, Hepzie. Uncomfortable with the news of her mother's sudden involvement with an old flame, and Thea herself unsure of how to deal with her feelings for Drew Slocombe, she hopes that some time alone in the historic town of Winchcombe will help to clear her head. But, as usual, Thea quickly finds herself at the centre of a dark mystery when she discovers a dead body in the gardens of the house.
Download or read book A Cotswold Killing written by Rebecca Tope and published by Cotswold Mysteries. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osbourne has just lost her beloved father and, with her faithful spaniel Hepzie, she retreats to her next house-sitting job, hoping to find peace and quiet to deal with her grief. As she settles down to two weeks of solitude her biggest challenges are jigsaw puzzles, and bats in the bedroom, but when her bossy elder sister arrives on the doorstep having witnessed a horrific killing, the rural serenity in Lower Slaughter is shattered. Investigating a murder while being a responsible house-sitter is no easy task, especially when you've got a dog-killer and a temperamental parrot on your hands.
Download or read book A Cotswold Killing written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison and Busby. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A sly but memorable book, which creeps up on the reader unawares' Yorkshire Post
Download or read book Peril in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Slocombe is trying to settle into normal family domestic life with Drew and his two children in Broad Campden. But any sense of cosy domesticity is shattered when Thea finds the body of a neighbour. No longer a house-sitter, Thea has no choice but to stay in the village and deal with whatever happens next, even when this risks damage to her marriage.Unconvinced that the swift conclusion made about the death by the police is the right one, Thea is compelled to follow her nature and investigate herself. But what repercussions might there be for her, Drew and those with whom they share this corner of the Cotswolds?
Download or read book Slaughter in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once again, there's death on her doorstep - Thea throws herself into house - sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father's death - anything to keep her busy and away from some of her rather difficult relatives. Although it's lonely, she has her spaniel Hepzie for company, and keeping the house in order and looking after the Angells' menagerie of animals does the trick for a short period of time. But when Thea's prickly older sister turns up, after witnessing a horrific killing, the timeless tranquillity of Lower Slaughter vanishes, replaced by the sinister connotations of the town's name.
Download or read book Guilt in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osborne's latest house-sitting assignment is a little different to the rest. Along with her spaniel, Hepzie, Thea finds herself in the village of Chedworth. She is tasked with creating an inventory of Rita Wilshire's possessions, requested by her son, Richard Wilshire, after moving her into a care home. All goes to plan, until Thea and her fiancé, Drew Slocombe, find Richard dead in a barn. When family members come knocking, Thea and Drew struggle to give them answers. The Wilshire family has its own past and, whilst Thea knows it is not really her business, she cannot help but become involved in the case. Was Richard's death suicide? Or something more sinister? When the clues lead them in circles, Thea's relationship with Drew is put to the test. But there is a crime to solve, and neither of them is willing to give up just yet.
Download or read book Death in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Cotswold Mysteries. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osborne is thanking her lucky stars. After two disastrous house-sitting incidents in which she unwittingly became embroiled in murder and mayhem, she is only too happy to have a bit of time to concentrate on her blossoming relationship with DI Phil Hollis. But the bad luck that plagues the hapless Thea and her beloved spaniel Hepzibah is never far away. With autumn drawing in, preparations for Samhain, the pagan origin of Halloween, are well underway when Ariadne discovers a very tangible reminder of the season of death: a body laid out like a sacrificial victim on Notgrove Barrow. It soon becomes apparent that the cosy village has more than its share of secrets. But just how far will some go to keep them hidden?
Download or read book Slaughter in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Cotswold Mysteries. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osborne has just lost her beloved father and retreats to housesitting in Lower Slaughter hoping to find peace. But reality soon catches up in the shape of her elder sister, the witness of a horrific killing. The rural serenity descends into a web of suspicions, accusations and confrontations.
Download or read book Trouble in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thea Osborne hopes to spend a quiet Christmas house sitting for the Shepherds in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton. Walks in the local countryside with the dogs and perhaps a meal in the pub are all the excitement she wants. When her arrival at the village coincides with the funeral of local businessman Douglas Callendar found electrocuted in his bath, Thea's interest is piqued. When another villager is discovered brutally murdered the following day, Thea is thrust into the middle of yet another police investigation.
Download or read book A Killing in the Cotswolds written by Lorrie Holmgren and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily is delighted to be in England writing about old fashioned Cotswold villages with their honey-colored buildings, historic castles, and posh manor houses. But when a politician is found dead with snakes slithering about his body, Emily and her fiancé Jack are drawn into a murder investigation. Emily's childhood friend, now married to a British lord, begs her to uncover the truth and save an innocent woman from prosecution. Clues lead from Chipping Campden to Stratford upon Avon, to prehistoric Avebury as Emily tracks down the suspects -an actor with a talent for deception, a schoolmaster forced to retire after a boy died under mysterious circumstances, a tour guide at Warwick Castle who believes her husband was killed, and an entrepreneur whose business is revenge. Emily must use all her reporter's skills to solve the mystery. By the time she realizes who the killer is, Emily is in deadly danger.
Download or read book Murder by the Book written by DEBBIE. YOUNG and published by Hawkesbury Press. This book was released on 2018-04-07 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to get away with murder in the close-knit Cotswold village where everyone knows each other? Sophie's determined to find out in her fourth laugh-out-loud cosy mystery, helped and hindered by her bookseller boyfriend Hector Munro, set in the dark days between New Year and Valentine's Day.
Download or read book Murder on Madeline Island written by Lorrie Holmgren and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When travel writer Emily Swift agrees to join her boyfriend Chet for a romantic getaway on Madeline Island, she has no idea she will end up accused of murder. But that's what happens when she finds a dead lawyer stashed in an abandoned refrigerator. Who could have killed him? Could the fact that he was on the island to help Chet's grandmother rewrite her will be a motive? Chet's family is outraged by a will that excludes them unless they find Gram's Ojibway half-brother. But surely they aren't angry enough to kill. Or are they? When everyone on the island assumes that Emily and Chet are engaged and the victim's blood stains are found in her car, she quickly becomes the prime suspect. Can Emily clear herself and solve the case in time to prevent the killer from striking again? Or will her sleuthing lead her into a new romance and even greater danger? Find out in MURDER ON MADELINE ISLAND.
Download or read book Echoes in the Cotswolds written by Rebecca Tope and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I'm inclined to believe her' Daily MailAs spring returns to the Cotswolds, so too does Thea Slocombe to house-sitting. She has agreed to look after Lucy Sinclair's new home in Northleach while she is away, and Thea is glad of the change of scene. She soon meets several of the locals who seem to irritate Lucy so much, and comes to the conclusion that Lucy is far from popular herself. When a man's body is found in Northleach, Thea needs all her wits about her. At the heart of the mystery are secrets betrayed and revenge exacted, and Thea is once again caught up in underhand dealings played out in the idyllic countryside.
Download or read book Melody of Murder written by Stella Cameron and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The arrival of a talented, ambitious and unusual new family leads to mayhem and murder in the peaceful Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir The idyllic Cotswold village of Folly-on-Weir, with its traditional pub, sumptuous tea rooms and fragrant bakery, is a piece of paradise found ... until ‘those incomer Quillams’ arrive. A young piano virtuoso and his neglected but talented half-sister, their controlling father, the pianist’s beautiful, acquisitive and passionate mother, an ambitious family retainer, and an intimidating woman who has always run the Quillam household form a successful little empire - until it starts to crumble. The Quillams’ arrival has also attracted the attentions of a sly, clever and perverted killer who desperately needs a jackpot and knows where to find one – if the obstacles can be removed. Once again pub owner Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison must use their wits and resourcefulness to prevent further carnage – and ensure that they themselves don’t become the killer’s next victims.
Download or read book A Cotswold Killing written by Rebecca Tope and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-23 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well - kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house - sit for a local couple, her only fear is that three weeks there might prove a little dull. Her first night s sleep at Brook View is broken by a piercing scream outside but she decides such things don t require investigation in a sleepy place like this. At least not until a body turns up... In calling on her neighbors to get some answers, Thea uncovers more tragedy and intrigue than she thought possible behind the peaceful Gloucestershire village. The first in a new series of thrillers to be set in the Cotswold area, A Cotswold Killing takes the reader on a tense journey along winding roads and muddy paths towards a dramatic and unexpected denouement.
Download or read book Murder in the Cotswolds written by A. B. Guthrie and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Montana sheriff solves a quintessentially English mystery in this lively episode in A. B. Guthrie Jr.’s beloved suspense series Sheriff Chick Charleston is used to the big sky, wide-open spaces, and no-nonsense attitude of the American West. But when his wife suggests a trip to England to research her family history, he is happy to tag along. The Cotswolds may not be Montana, but the rolling green hills have a majestic beauty all their own. No sooner does the sheriff begin to relax, however, than his vacation is interrupted by murder. An American tourist is found face down in the Ram’s Head Inn with a knife buried deep in his back. Fearing scandal and international headlines, the local constabulary asks Charleston for help in questioning the other Yankees visiting this quaint country village. He may be a fish out of water, but the sheriff’s hard-won experience and keen understanding of human nature soon lead him deep into a tangled web of local intrigue. Filled with the droll humor, meticulous plotting, and unforgettable character studies that distinguish Guthrie’s award-winning Western fiction, Murder in the Cotswolds provides delightfully unexpected entertainment from one of America’s most acclaimed authors.
