Surplus to Requirements at Saltings & Burr
When a retiring auditor finds a ghost employee hidden in a decade of payroll records, she must untangle the deception before her final day ends.
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The Mended Fence at Holloway’s End
When a retired schoolteacher notices a freshly repaired fence beside an empty cottage, she unravels a quiet deception that has fooled the whole village.
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Before the Board Convenes
When junior analyst Priya Osei notices a ghost supplier in the company accounts, she must decide how far she is willing to go to be believed.
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The Honey Jar on the Vestry Step
When a jar of honey appears on the vestry step the morning after a parish robbery, retired schoolmistress Agnes Holt knows exactly what it means.
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The Cardboard Box from Meridian House
When a quietly determined auditor uncovers a pattern of ghost suppliers hidden inside a prestigious investment firm, the evidence turns out to have been sitting in plain sight all along.
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The Lapwing That Landed in December
When a rare bird appears in Nettleford’s churchyard on a bitterly cold December morning, retired schoolmistress Agnes Peel suspects the sighting conceals something far more calculated than ornithology.
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The Notary’s Forwarded Post
When a retired bank clerk notices a pattern in dormant account withdrawals, she must convince a sceptical investigator before the trail goes cold.
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The Guest Book at Greywing Hall
When a weekend visitor at a grand rural guest house is found to have vanished with the silverware, retired librarian Agnes Morle notices what the police do not.
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The Briefcase Left on the Eleven-Forty
When a meticulous bank auditor finds a colleague’s abandoned briefcase containing far more than spreadsheets, she must untangle a quiet fraud before the trading floor opens.
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The Bell Rope That Was Never Pulled
When the bell at St. Oswald’s fails to ring on the morning of the summer fete, retired schoolmistress Agnes Poole suspects something far worse than a frayed rope.
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The Pension Trustee’s Potted Geranium
When retired auditor Miriam Calloway notices a dead geranium in a widow’s window, she unravels a quiet fraud buried inside a small-town pension fund.
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The Scarecrow That Stood Too Straight
When Thornfield’s prize scarecrow is found moved overnight, retired schoolmistress Agnes Pruett suspects the neighbouring farm dispute hides something far more calculated.
