January 2017
Elementary Murder is by A J Wright. 1894, Wigan. Miss Dorothea Gadsworth is
interviewed for a teaching vacancy at George Street Elementary, but is
ultimately dismissed as a candidate. The following Monday morning, her body is
discovered in a locked classroom with a note by her side. DS Michael Brennan is
called in to investigate what appears to be a straightforward suicide, but his
instincts tell him there is more to this case than meets the eye. With the door
locked from the inside, staff members with plenty to hide and a student missing
from the school, DS Brennan, aided by the scowling Constable Jaggery, wrestles
with one of his most intricate investigations yet.
February 2017


March 2017


Usually
sharp-witted editor Sam Clair stumbles through her post-launch-party morning
with the hangover to end all hangovers. Before the Nurofen has even kicked in,
she finds herself entangled in an elaborate saga of missing neighbours,
suspected arson and the odd unidentified body. When the grisly news breaks that
the fire has claimed a victim, Sam is already in pursuit. Never has comedy been
so deadly as Sam faces down a pair from Thugs 'R' Us, aided by nothing more
than a CID boyfriend, a stalwart Goth assistant and a seemingly endless supply
of purple-sprouting broccoli. A Cast of
Vultures is by Judith Flanders.
April 2017

May 2017
The
Bowness Request is by Rebecca Tope. Winter
has arrived in the town of Windermere, and has bought with it the death of
Frances Henderson, the best friend of Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's mother. Having
known the Henderson family all of her life, Simmy must cope with the loss of an
important figure from her childhood, as well as the confusion at being
bequeathed something in Frances's will. When Frances's husband is violently
murdered in his home, Simmy must face the fact that the family she was once so
close to as a child, holds some dark and sinister secrets. How will Simmy cope
with seeing Christopher Henderson, the eldest child of Frances and Kit and her
childhood sweetheart, after so long, and are the rumours of Kit's infidelity a
clue to who murdered him? Keen to keep out of the investigation, Simmy must not
only face these personal dilemmas, but deal with Ben Harkness and Bonnie
Lawson's enthusiasm for solving crimes, as well as her father's worsening
dementia, and her own mother's grief for her best friend.
Shot
in Southwold is by Suzette A Hill. 1960.
Lady Fawcett is eager to vet her daughter Amy's current beau, aspiring film
director Bartholomew Hackle who is shooting his first major project in
Southwold. While Amy is unable to accompany her mother, Rosy Gilchrist is
strong-armed into another visit. On the set of The Suffolk Seagull nobody
really knows what is going on - least of all Felix Smythe whose bit part is
constantly changing thanks to Hackle, much to Felix's chagrin. But the
unambiguous death by gunshot of a female cast member brings a drama to
proceedings lacking in the film itself, and Lady Fawcett, Rosy, Felix and even
Cedric Dillworthy are once again at the centre of a murder mystery in which
further victims may face the cut.
June 2017
The Circus Train Conspiracy is by Edward Marston. Following a string of successful performances along the west coast, the Moscardi Circus is travelling by train to Hexham on the Newcastle to Carlisle Railway for their next show. Yet a collision on the track with a couple of sleepers causes pandemonium: passengers thrown about and animals escaping into the night. When the headless body of a woman is discovered in nearby woodland, Inspector Colbeck is desperate to lend assistance, believing the two incidents to be connected, however a reluctant Superintendent Tallis forbids him from doing so. Torn between his desire to detect and his duty as a father, Colbeck agrees, until contact from an old friend is made and Tallis relents. With the performers pointing fingers at both the competition and each other, the interference of locals concerned about the show's morality, and a planned takeover bid of the NCR, Colbeck has his work cut out trying to untangle the thread of events.
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