The Spare Signatory at Brentwood & Hale
When a junior analyst notices an oddity in a dormant account, she quietly unravels a decade-long fraud hidden inside a respected City firm.
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The Dahlia That Didn’t Belong
When a prize dahlia appears in the wrong garden the morning after a village show theft, retired schoolteacher Maud Pelstone knows exactly what it means.
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The Cleared Cheque at Coppice & Wren
When junior accountant Miriam Pell notices a dormant estate account receiving unexpected credits, she quietly unravels a decade-long deception hiding in plain sight.
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The Blackbird in the Back Pew
When a stranger’s coat turns up folded neatly in St. Edith’s church, retired schoolteacher Millicent Hare suspects the village’s missing charity tin is closer than anyone thinks.
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The Final Audit at Ferncastle Trust
When junior auditor Priya Chandran notices a single dormant account generating suspiciously regular interest, she must decide how far she is willing to dig.
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The Borrowed Mourning Brooch
When a grieving widow appears at the village fete wearing jewellery she claimed to have buried with her husband, retired schoolteacher Agnes Peel takes quiet notice.
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The Golden Handshake at Gresham Street
When a retiring bank director’s farewell gift reveals a discrepancy only a cautious internal auditor would notice, the truth behind a quiet fraud begins to unravel.
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The Peculiar Freshness of Mrs. Alderton’s Bread
When the village baker is found robbed on market day, retired schoolmistress Agnes Peel notices something in a loaf that nobody else thought to question.
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The Referendum Clause at Whitmore & Bell
When junior auditor Priya Chandran notices a dormant subsidiary drawing funds from a client trust account, the trail leads somewhere no one at the firm expected.
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The Organist’s New Shoes
When Brambleholt’s beloved organist is found innocent of theft, retired schoolmistress Agnes Peel realises the real thief has been hiding in plain sight all along.
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The Quarterly Review at Finch & Morrow
When junior auditor Priya Chandran notices a ghost vendor in the accounts, she must outmanoeuvre a charming senior partner before the board meeting ends.
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The Charity Raffle at Piper’s Hollow
When the village fete’s raffle prize goes missing, retired schoolmistress Agnes Cloke follows a trail of prize ribbons and polite evasions to a quietly dishonest conclusion.
