A Cotswold Killing

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Cotswold Mysteries
ISBN: 9780749021832
Category : Housesitting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.

A Cotswold Killing

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Allison and Busby
ISBN: 9780749083984
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
'A sly but memorable book, which creeps up on the reader unawares' Yorkshire Post

A Cotswold Killing

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781459678606
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442

Book Description
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.

A Cotswold Ordeal

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Cotswold Mysteries
ISBN: 9780749021887
Category : Housesitting
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Thea Osborne embarks on her second housesitting assignment with very few worries, after her first disastrous venture during which she became entangled in a murder case. But the Phillips are obviously a laid-back family, and there is little to do but tend and ailing pony and feed various furry pets and farmyard birds. However, it seems that Thea is jinxed after an apparent suicide takes place in one of the barns. But was it suicide or murder?

REBECCA TOPE COLLECTION

Author: REBECCA. TOPE
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780480954
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Melody of Murder

Author: Stella Cameron
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780107595
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
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.

Death in the Cotswolds

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Cotswold Mysteries
ISBN: 9780749020941
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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?

Out Comes the Evil

Author: Stella Cameron
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780107048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Second in the traditional British mystery series featuring rural inn owner and amateur sleuth Alex Duggins: an intriguing departure for bestselling romantic suspense author Stella Cameron. Once again Alex Duggins and her veterinarian friend Tony Harrison are thrown into a major murder investigation. An almost fresh body is discovered in a disused well among the ruins of a 14th-century manor house ... the motive for the killing a baffling mystery. The victim was a widow who had lived quietly in the picturesque Cotswolds village of Folly-on-Weir for the past ten years. Who on earth could want her dead, and by such brutal means? As rumour and speculation engulf the town, another woman is attacked – and Alex discovers that behind a tranquil face lurks a cunning and vengeful mind. Despite warnings from the police to stop interfering, she finds herself in the sights of a ruthless killer who has decided she knows too much ... The Alex Duggins series will appeal to fans of Louise Penny and Elizabeth George.

A Cotswold Casebook

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd
ISBN: 0749020091
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
A brand-new collection of twelve short stories, featuring the popular characters from Rebecca Tope's Cotswold mystery novels. A suspicious funeral, a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places, and a country walk marred by the discovery of a hidden corpse, are just some of the perplexing situations with which Thea Osborne, her friends and a further cast of characters must contend. In this expanded view of the world of her popular books, Tope reminds us that death and crime will visit even the most idyllic country villages.

Slaughter in the Cotswolds

Author: Rebecca Tope
Publisher: Cotswold Mysteries
ISBN: 9780749021023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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.