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A BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN COZY VILLAGE MYSTERY FROM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR
A WEEKEND AWAY IN LINCOLNSHIRE WITH A SHOCK
The Colonel's old friend Geoffrey Cheetham invites him to the village of Buckby for the weekend, to coincide with an RAF reunion event.
After depositing an outraged Thursday at the Cat Heaven cattery, the Colonel drives up to stay at the Cheethams' rambling B&B.
The guests include a Lancaster bomber crew, reunited for the first time. But everything is not as harmonious as it seems.
Then someone is found drowned in the lake...
DISCOVER A BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN PICTURE OF ENGLAND WITH AN INTRIGUING MYSTERY FOR THE COLONEL TO SOLVE
Perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Agatha Christie and Stella Cameron.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE VILLAGE MYSTERIES
"A thoroughly enjoyable British village cozy mystery that is the first in a series. I'm looking forward to reading the rest." Sherri
"I was enthralled from the first to the last page." Lizzie
"I enjoyed this, and look forward to visiting Frog End again." Laura
"There is nothing like a light British village mystery for when you are under the weather." Amy
"If you enjoy Miss Marple or the Midsomer Murders type of story then you'll like this." Carole
THE DETECTIVE
At the grand old age of 55, the Colonel had been put out to grass by the British Army. In the same year, his beloved wife, Laura, died after a long illness. He found himself facing a bleak and lonely future. There were the children, of course, but they were grown up and had busy lives of their own.
One summer, years before, he and Laura spent their leave in England, touring the West Country. They stopped at a village in Dorset called Frog End which had a spit-and-sawdust pub called the Dog and Duck. Laura had fallen in love with a stone cottage seen across the village green. She had admired the thatched roof and the pink roses round the door. Years later, after her death, the Colonel had revisited the same village alone and seen Laura's dream cottage had aged badly and that it was up for sale. Against his better judgement, he bought it.
THE SETTING
The cottage was called Pond Cottage and the Colonel soon discovered that he had made a big mistake. The two-hundred-year-old building had deathwatch beetle, rising damp, a falling roof, rot and decay throughout. There was no heating and the wiring was a dangerous disgrace. Logs for an open fire were kept in a tin bath in the scullery and the nettle-infested lavatory was housed outside in a jungle. There was no sign of any pond.
But there were compensations: a view over the beautiful village green, clusters of other stone cottages, a Norman church built on Saxon foundations, a graveyard of ancient tombs leaning at perilous angles. And, of course, the Dog and Duck.
VILLAGE MYSTERIES SERIES
Book 1: OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE
Book 2: THREE SILENT THINGS
Book 3: DRY BONES
Book 4: THE SEVENTH LINK
Book 5: BITTER POISON
Book 6: THE LIFELINE
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