Her best friend, cafe owner Keya Varma, is appointed crime scene manager, but investigating the death of her teammate is distressing, especially when the evidence doesn’t fit the apparent accident.
As the village team helps with enquiries, Dotty and Keya discover a scandal that destroyed the dead woman’s career and left people from her past with reasons to resent her.
Can the two friends solve the murder before the festival crowds head home?
Make time for tea, cake and a little detective work. Read A Wicket of Lies today!
A Wicket of Lies, the second book in Victoria Tait’s Cotswold Antique Mystery series, is a clean, feel-good British cozy mystery. This fair-play whodunnit features strong female friendship, summer festivities, Cotswold village life, gentle humour, eccentric characters and a touch of slow-burn romance. The mystery is fully resolved with no cliffhanger. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club and M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin, and viewers who love Murder, She Wrote and Midsomer Murders.
