The launch of a brand new British cozy crime seriesperfect for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club and SJ Bennett's The Queen Investigates series.
When Emily's boyfriend walks out, she is devastated.
As she is puzzling over what to do with the rest of her life, she is surprised to learn that her great aunt has died, leaving Emily her cottage in the picturesque Wiltshire village of Ashton Mead. This inheritance comes with a condition: Emily must take care of her great aunt's pet. Not knowing what to expect, Emily sets off for the village, hoping to make a new life for herself.
In the village, she soon makes friends with Hannah who runs the Sunshine Tea Shoppe, and meets other residents of the village where she decides to settle. All is going well... until her unknown pet arrives. Then Emily's ex-boyfriend turns up and against the advice of her new friends, she takes him back.
When her next-door neighbor's daughter disappears in mysterious circumstances, Emily decides to investigate, unwittingly putting her own life in danger...
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Leigh Russell is the author of the Geraldine Steel series, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Her books have been shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Awards, reached #1 on Amazon Kindle and iTunes and selected as finalists for The People's Book Prize. Leigh is chair of the CWA's Debut Dagger judging panel and is a Royal Literary Fellow. Leigh studied at the University of Kent, gaining a Masters degree in English and American Literature. She is married with two daughters and a granddaughter, and lives in London.
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