A Christmas of Chaos
With her new home in disarray, guests arriving for the festive period and a grand country-house auction to organise, Dotty is still determined to give her seriously ill father a perfect family Christmas. She really doesn’t have time for sleuthing, but when the police question members of her wider family about the sabotaged star, she […]
A Pantomime of Peril
As winter settles over the Cotswolds, Dotty and her friends have costumes to sew, lines to memorise and rehearsals to juggle for their local amateur dramatics production. But a television director takes charge, replacing local performers and claiming a starring role for himself. When he collapses during the performance, Dotty’s best friend, crime scene manager […]
Hot Chocolate and A Festive Fatality
On sick leave from her police job, Keya is baking mince pies at the Waterwheel Cafe and wondering whether she will ever return to the force. But she can’t leave her hard-pressed colleagues to face the case alone, especially when the dead man’s neighbours have more grudges than goodwill. Can Keya illuminate the truth and […]
Yuletide Market Murder
The castle has a mysterious past, and Dotty is fascinated by tales of an unsolved robbery, missing antiques and a kidnapped child. When the dead man is linked to the twenty-year-old crime and she finds a valuable clock from the original case, this amateur sleuth is eager to discover what really happened. But Dotty’s work […]
Holly, Baubles and Murder
The police dismiss the death as a heart attack, but that does not explain why the body was arranged as carefully as a fir-and-berry garland. If the festive display is to open on time, Dotty must discover who amongst the family and staff staged the scene, and why. She seeks help from an American colleague […]
Gavels, Tinsel and Murder
Trainee antiques expert Dotty Sayers is busy organising a charity Christmas ball at a Cotswold country house, but the evening takes a deadly turn when a guest is found strangled on the dance floor.
