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Rebecca Tope (Author)
Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of florist Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown. Not only has her baby arrived, but she and her fiance Christopher have moved to the…
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When a herdsman is found dead, Sergeant Den Cooper happily suspects Gordon Hillcock, who is dating Den’s ex-fiancee, Lilah. But how far will Lilah go to protect her new lover?
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This cemetery’s got one corpse too many…
Rebecca Tope
The page-turning cosy crime series (CotswoldMysteries 21).
Set in the picturesque town of Askham, near Ullswater, the story opens with the funeral of Humphrey Craig, the builder who converted Simmy’s new house in Hartsop. The following day…
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Rebecca Tope returns with this Christmas special set in the Lake District
The enthralling English cosy crime series (LakeDistrict Mysteries 13).
Simmy Brown’s fiance, Chris, finds the body of his friend, strangled in Grasmere. Simmy discovers that many people wanted the man dead, and even Chris is acting strangely.
‘As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I’m inclined to believe her’ Daily Mail
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When Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident. Only his daughter Lilah begins to suspect foul play. Suspicion becomes…
A sinister disappearance in the beautiful Devon countryside
A classic British mystery set in the idyllic countryside.
Things are all set for a fantastic Christmas in the Slocombe house, but then a local lady disappears, relationships are put to the test, and there’s a death.
The doctor is convinced that Jim Lapsford, a seemingly healthy fifty-five year-old died of a heart attack, but Drew Slocombe isn’t so sure. He is sure that it was murder…
A shattered peace in the tranquil West Country
A murder mystery in the heart of the English countryside.
This cemetery’s got one corpse too many…With Peaceful Repose Cemetery, Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionise the entire death industry and make ecologically sound burials a popular choice. Unfortunately, his…
A sinister disappearance in the beautiful Devon countryside. One glorious summer’s afternoon, Karen Slocombe is visited by her cousin Penn, who unexpectedly asks for husband Drew’s help in tracking down…
The peace of a small West Country village is rudely shattered when a bomb explodes in the local supermarket. Karen Slocombe, a member of the Food Chain Group and staunch…
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…
Thea Osborne and her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house - sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture, in which she became drawn into a murder…
Rich in psychological insight … Tope is particularly skilled in creating interesting and unique characters. -Deadly Pleasures
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and business at Persimmon Simmy Brown’s flower shop…
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES. When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident…
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Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head - butted by a horse as she protested against the local Devon hunt. The official verdict? It was a freak accident. But when…
When the body of herdsman Sean O'Farrell was discovered in one of the farm buildings, DS Den Cooper is more than happy to cast one of the local farmers, Gordon…
Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house - sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can…
Once again, there’s death on her doorstep - Thea throws herself into house - sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father’s death - anything…
The isolated and somewhat unsettling village of Snowshill has Thea on edge as soon as she arrives, and Hyacinth House - her new, rather cluttered house-sitting assignment - does nothing…
Book 21 in the page-turning cosy crime series.
Rich in psychological insight … Tope is particularly skilled in creating interesting and unique characters. –Deadly Pleasures
A huge funeral for Windermere’s popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place, and…
Simmy Brown had hoped for a quiet autumn in her new home in Patterdale. But when a lodger is poisoned at her parents’ B&B, peace is destroyed and the investigation…
Thea Slocombe is tired of having to entertain Drew’s children, so she accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley. However, her return to house-sitting is far from…
The dark side of life in a picture-perfect English village.
Thea Osborne, accompanied by her beloved spaniel Hepzie, has had her fair share of unfortunate occurrences while house-sitting, and her new assignment for the mysterious Yvonne Parker is no exception.
Book one in the popular cosy crime series.
3rd of the Lake District Mysteries series, now in B format for the first time, with new cover artwork.
Thea Slocombe is tired of having to entertain Drew's children through the long summer holiday while he works, so keenly accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley…
Book seven in the popular cosy crime series.
Book eight in the popular cosy crime series.
Book sixteen in the popular cosy crime series.
A collection of short crime stories set in the Cotswold countryside
Thea Osborne hopes to spend a quiet Christmas house-sitting in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton. But her arrival coincides with the funeral of local businessman ....
Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown is adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop and trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when Simmy thinks her life is…
Book three in the popular cosy crime series.
