Download or read book Murder at the Book Festival A Violet Brewster Mystery Book 2 written by Jane Bettany and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

Download or read book A Violet Brewster Mystery Murder at the Book Festival written by Jane Bettany and published by HQ Digital. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: '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,

Download or read book A Pen Dipped in Poison written by J.M. Hall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma have a brand-new mystery to solve in this witty tale – perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman

Download or read book Without a Trace Detective Isabel Blood Book 2 written by Jane Bettany and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This was such a brilliant whodunit thriller that I didn’t want to put down. I picked it up in the morning and by lunchtime I was finished.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You can cover up the truth, but every murder leaves a trail...

Download or read book In Cold Blood Detective Isabel Blood Book 1 written by Jane Bettany and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘I read this in one sitting and loved every minute of it. The detective story reads like an episode of Vera.’ 5 stars, NetGalley reviewer No secret can stay buried forever...

Download or read book A Fatal End Ryder and Loveday Book 8 written by Faith Martin and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-06-22 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book The Whitstable Pearl Mystery written by Julie Wassmer and published by Constable. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 . . .

Download or read book A Wartime Secret written by Helen Yendall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book Murder at Mount Ephraim written by Julie Wassmer and published by Constable. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder at Mount Ephraim is the ninth book in Julie Wassmer's popular crime series - now a major Acorn TV drama, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman as private detective and restaurateur, Pearl Nolan 'While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for its oysters, has Pearl' Daily Mail Pearl Nolan receives a wedding invitation from an old school friend. Journalist Amy has chosen somewhere very special for the wedding ceremony - the historic Kent manor house of Mount Ephraim - and the invite includes a pre-nuptial stay for Pearl and other guests at this venue. Nestled in an 800-acre estate, and surrounded by beautiful gardens and a lake, Pearl sees this break as a chance to leave crime behind, along with her own detective agency and her restaurant, The Whitstable Pearl. Accepting the invitation, Pearl looks forward to meeting the happy couple's friends and family, as well as Amy's fiancé, Guy, a handsome and successful adventurer who appears to be Mr Perfect. She also has time to reflect on her own engagement to Canterbury CID detective, DCI Mike McGuire... But before any wedding bells sound, murder strikes - and Pearl and McGuire are thrust together again - as partners in crime. Praise for Julie Wassmer's Whitstable Pearl Mysteries... 'One of the best episodes in Wassmer's longrunning Whitstable saga' Daily Mail 'As light as a Mary Berry Victoria sponge, this Middle-England romp is packed with vivid characters' Myles McWeeney, Irish Independent 'All of the thrills without any of the gore' The Sun 'This is a quality title...a very entertaining read' The Puzzle Doctor 'A wonderful way to explore Whitstable . . . if you love cosy mysteries, then get acquainted with Pearl (and her mum and her cats!) and enjoy a trip to Whitstable through the eyes of this very convincing author' Trip Fiction 'Proves she's mistress of her craft' John McGhie, author of White Highlands 'Good, solid whodunits, without gruesome details or gratuitous violence, Murder on Sea may be just your cup of tea' Bec Stafford Praise for the TV series... 'Scandi noir meets the English seaside in Whitstable Pearl, a murder mystery series based on Julie Wassmer's novels...' Drama Quarterly '...explores all the murder and debauchery in the seemingly perfect English seaside town of Whitstable...' Washington Post '...you never know what might turn up, either on the menu or alongside an oyster boat.' Wall Street Journal

Download or read book Last Seen Alive Detective Isabel Blood Book 3 written by Jane Bettany and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2022-04-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘This is a cracking page turner with twists galore. When I wasn't reading it I was thinking of this book trying to work out what was going on.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fans of Vera, Val McDermid and Elly Griffiths will love Last Seen Alive!

Download or read book Murder in Steeple Martin written by Lesley Cookman and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

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Download or read book Mum in the Middle written by Jane Wenham-Jones and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fresh, funny and wise’ Katie Fforde‘I love Jane’s writing!’ Jill Mansell‘feel-good’ Woman and Home