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Debbie Young
A perfect cosy crime for fans of M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series.Change is coming to Wendlebury Barrow - and not everyone is happy about it...
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Start a BRAND NEW cosy mystery series from Debbie YoungA picturesque village. A quaint highstreet... And a murder to solve. Alice's new life is off to a deadly start.
Debby Young
Raised in the early sixties during the midst of the civil rights movement, a young girl--though African American--was brought up in a mixed family. Her mother was African American, and…
For anyone who loved St Trinian’s - old or new - or read Malory Towers as a kid. St Brides is the perfect read for you.
When Gemma Lamb takes…
For anyone who loved St Trinian’s - old or new - or loves a cozy mystery on a grand estate filled with rather ‘interesting’ characters.
When an American stranger turns…
Gemma Lamb is ready for…
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When Sophie Sayers’ plans for a cosy English country Christmas are interrupted by the arrival of her ex-boyfriend, her troubles are only just beginning. Before long, the whole village stands…
Is it possible to get away with murder in the close-knit Cotswold village where everyone knows each other? Sophie’s determined to find out in her fourth laugh-out-loud cosy mystery, helped…
'A cracking example of cozy crime!' Katie Fforde When Bunny Carter, the old lady from the Manor House, is discovered dead in an open grave, Sophie Sayers is sure it's…
'A cracking example of cozy crime!' Katie Fforde When Sophie Sayers joins a writers' retreat, she's hoping to find inspiration and perhaps a little adventure! Away from her comfort zone…
"A cracking example of cozy crime!" Katie Fforde Sophie Sayers is ready for a glorious summer, but when a dead body is found in the village school's lost property cupboard…
'A witty insight into village life and a most unusual murder that kept me enthralled!' E.V. Hunter Sophie and Hector are heading to the Highlands.
For Sophie it's a trip…
The brand new instalment in Debbie Young's brilliant Gemma Lamb Cozy Mystery series.When English teacher Gemma Lamb's school flat is wrecked by storms, maverick headmistress Hairnet insists the girls must…
A fun single-author collection of twelve humorous short Christmas stories, averaging 1,000 words apiece, to delight, relieve and de-stress anyone struggling with their own plans for the festive season.
The 2015 edition of the annual news magazine of the alumni organisation of Westonbirt School, the girls’ boarding and day school near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, with information compiled by its…
Twenty wry and witty short stories examine change at every stage of life, in a natural progression from birth to death. Mostly lighthearted, but often moving too, this collection is…
A souvenir of the first ever Hawkesbury Upton Literature Festival, a new free celebration of books and reading, held in a small Cotswold village in Gloucestershire, England. The text includes…
15 warm, witty short stories that take a wry but affectionate look at the institution of marriage, from first date to last rites. Divided into three sections, Seeking, Committing and…
A highly readable collection of gently humorous short essays about community life in an English village. Entertaining reading for anyone interested in modern English rural cmmunity life, wherever they live.
2017 EDITION The Westonbirt Association News is the news magazine of the alumni organisation of Westonbirt School, the girls’ boarding and day school near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
The first in a new series of short novellas (c. 13k words) set in the same world as Debbie Young’s Sophie Sayers Village Mysteries, showing vignettes of village life in…
A wild bird’s egg, a kitten and a sausage dog cause young Tommy to put the village on the map for all the wrong reasons. Fortunately Sophie is on hand…
A warm and witty collection of gentle stories of Cotswold life at Christmas time, set in Wendlebury Barrow, the village featured in the bestselling Sophie Sayers Cozy Mystery series (but…