Some Very English Murders Series

The isolated and rural farming county of Lincolnshire, England is a place you come from - not move to. Except for Penny May. She’s tired of the stress of her job in London, and it’s time for an early retirement. In an effort to reclaim the exuberance of youth that she once had, she gets a funky hair style, a classic motorcycle - and a dog with “issues”. Dog ownership is harder than she expected, but she won’t give up. To avoid postmen, people in hats, people with bags and all the other dogs in the world, she has to walk in lonely places at lonely times … it’s almost inevitable that she stumbles across a dead body, really. It might not be the most conventional way of settling into a new community, but the locals open up to her, and soon she’s involved in the investigation. But her need for justice brings her into conflict with Drew, the local blacksmith who’s been helping her with dog training, and Cath Pritchard, the detective constable. Is her need for friendship stronger than her need to find the killer? And will she ever be able to walk her dog in daylight? This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book One.

Where do you start investigating when every woman in the town has a reason to want the victim dead? Penny May and her bonkers dog, Kali, are settling into the small town of Upper Glenfield, Lincolnshire, England. But secrets are festering behind the net curtains and neat front lawns. When an unpopular local man is found dead in a remote spot, it exposes rifts in more than one family. Penny has been warned to stay out of it. She’s got enough to deal with, anyway; she’s helping the local Camera Club put together a calendar to raise money for the dogs’ home. Photographing excitable dogs is challenging, especially when most of the club members prefer to take shots of trains. The police don’t want Penny to meddle, and Penny doesn’t want to meddle … but the residents of the town have other ideas, and soon she’s juggling far more than a reactive rescue dog and a charity calendar… This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book Two.

This time, it’s personal…  Penny’s sister and her two teenage children have turned up, fleeing a disastrous domestic situation. But the feckless husband and father, Owen, follows and in four short weeks he manages to irritate every other person in the town. It’s no surprise when he’s found dead. The police have banned Penny from investigating. She’s too close to the crime. And surely her priority is to her family, now. She needs to face the troubles of her past, and move on. The small town of Upper Glenfield has other problems; a proposed housing estate has divided the community and a camp of protesters has arrived to defend some rare newts. Soon, though, business affairs have become personal affairs and national problems are reflected locally … and no one seems to care that a man was killed. Then the police execute a raid and the results blow Penny’s world apart… This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book Four.

Sometimes you only see what you expect to see… It’s July, it’s hot, and it’s chaos as usual in the small town of Upper Glenfield, Lincolnshire, England. Penny May and her excitable dog, Kali, are trying to lead a quiet life. Long country walks, arts and crafts, and meals out with her friend Drew – that’s all Penny wants. Drew’s idea of a meal out is eating wild plants in the woods. Her arts and crafts business is hampered by the sudden arrival of her ex-colleague from London, Francine, who has apparently moved in while she awaits a sign from the universe. And then a reclusive sculptor is found poisoned, the town’s Sculpture Trail project is threatened, and Penny can’t separate gossip from clues. The list of suspects is surprisingly long. Just how did a man, who kept to himself for twenty years, manage to annoy so many people? This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book Three.

Sometimes it’s hard to like the ones that you love… Julie Rose, a local dog-walker, was a saint. She was warm, generous and helped everyone around her. But when she’s found dead in a locked bathroom, darker secrets begin to creep into the light. The pleasant middle-aged woman was not all that she seemed to be. Penny May wants nothing to do with the investigation - it’s not her business. She’s learned her lesson. And she is busy with her own pursuit of a love life. The police quickly assemble their list of suspects. Soon she discovers one of the suspects is someone close to her, and then another comes begging for help, and Penny finds herself deeply involved … and very firmly on the wrong side of the law. As the small British town gears up to the annual Bonfire Night celebrations, treason is on everyone’s mind. Guy Fawkes thought that the end justified the means - does Penny? It is a question Penny has to face when she finds herself sitting alone in a police cell… This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book Five.

Lighting up the shadows might reveal some unpleasant truths…  It’s Christmas in the small British town of Upper Glenfield! This is a time of peace and love to all, right? Wrong. A local busybody is found dead. But was it their act of sabotage that went wrong, was it murder - or was it simply that Penny May was negligent in her job? Even Penny doesn’t know if she is innocent or not. The suspects are gathered but no one seems to have a strong motive. Suspicion and rumour cloud the community and threaten to shatter Penny’s fragile peace. She had been settling down with Drew, and making a new home for herself close to her sister and her new friends. Events take a sinister turn and suddenly Penny is under attack, and facing the hardest decision of all. Should she face up to her responsibilities and stay - or flee to save her life? This is a clean read suitable for all; it’s a standalone novel with no cliffhanger, and the mystery is fair-play and solved. “Some Very English Murders” can be enjoyed in any order but you may prefer to follow them chronologically. This is Book Six.