cosy-mystery

When a beloved crook goes missing from the village fête, retired schoolteacher Agnes Prewitt suspects the theft conceals something far more serious than anyone imagines.

When a beloved verger is accused of pilfering from the church restoration fund, retired schoolmistress Agnes Purcell notices a single, telling detail everyone else has overlooked.

When a village postmistress notices a mourner’s hat pin at the wrong funeral, retired schoolteacher Iris Calloway begins to pull a very careful thread.

When a rare canary goes missing from Nether Apping’s annual show, retired schoolmistress Agnes Peel suspects the theft was never really about the bird.

When the Ashfield Snowdrop Society’s charity tin vanishes before the spring fair, retired schoolmistress Edna Potts follows a trail of small, telling details to the truth.

When a stranger’s visiting card turns up sodden in a Wiltshire churchyard, retired schoolmistress Agnes Peel suspects the village’s newest resident is not who he claims to be.

When the village’s most devoted knitter is found dead, retired schoolteacher Dorothea Hatch notices a single dropped stitch that unravels everything.

When Miriam Fletch notices a neighbour’s familiar tin in entirely the wrong hands, she begins to unravel a quiet deception that has been hiding in plain sight.

When elderly beekeeper Arthur Croft is found dead beside his hives, retired schoolmistress Vera Plum notices one small detail that nobody else thought to question.

When Miriam Spratt notices the postman delivering to an empty cottage three days running, she begins to wonder who, exactly, is waiting for those letters.

When a pot of honey appears on a dead woman’s doorstep, retired schoolmistress Agnes Plum suspects the village’s quiet grief is hiding something rather more deliberate.

When the village church’s collection tin turns up short two weeks running, retired schoolmistress Agnes Hartwell suspects the answer lies closer to home than anyone dares look.