13 Moderately Mysterious and Slightly Scary Stories

By Cecilia Peartree

This is a collection of 13 short stories in a variety of genres and styles by the author of the Pitkirtly Mysteries. Murder at the Calico Cat Café and Family Heirlooms are closest to being real mystery stories. Terror at the Bus Stop and Hearing Things, both of which were written for Hallowe’en, have touches of horror about them but they probably won't keep anyone awake at night. The Osborne House Incident harks back to Victorian times, while there are also several stories written for fun, including Salisbury Crags, The Little Museum by the Sea, In the Attic and The Melting Landscape.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Cecilia Peartree
• Release date: Dec 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215085387

Cecilia Peartree

Cecilia Peartree is the pen name of a writer from Edinburgh. She has dabbled in various genres so far, including science fiction and humour, but she keeps returning to a series of 'cosy' mysteries set in a small town in Fife.The first full length novel in the series, 'Crime in the Community', and the fifth 'Frozen in Crime are 'perma-free' on all outlets.The Quest series is set in the different Britain of the 1950s. The sixth novel in this series, 'Quest for a Father' was published in March 2017..As befits a cosy mystery writer, Cecilia Peartree lives in the leafy suburbs with her cats.

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