Tope

When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to house-sit for Oliver Meadows as a favour to her mother, she expects a few days of peace with her spaniel, Hepzie. Uncomfortable with the news of her mother's sudden involvement with an old flame, and Thea herself unsure of how to deal with her feelings for Drew Slocombe, she hopes that some time alone in the historic town of Winchcombe will help to clear her head. But, as usual, Thea quickly finds herself...

Thea Osborne is house-sitting for transatlantic reptile breeder Harriet Young. However, she soon discovers a dark side to the village of Cranham when she is thrust once more into the heart of a Cotswolds' mystery.

Simmy is busy at her flower shop in the run-up to Valentine's Day, with a number of anonymous messages and flowers to deliver around the Lake District. However, the messages are clearly not welcome upon delivery.

Simmy has been adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop, integrating into the community and trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when she thinks her life is quietly coming together, it starts to unravel at the seams. She delivers a bouquet of flowers with a mysterious message attached to an elderly lady, and sinister secrets come creeping into the light. And when another old woman is found murdered in her own home, Persimmon...

Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on another house-sitting assignment, this time in the very quiet village of Temple Guiting. But a few days into their stay, a pile of human bones are discovered in the base of an uprooted tree.

After three catastrophic house-sitting commissions, the Montgomery House in Blockley seems like a welcome break for Thea. The only hindrance is having to check up on the client's mother. But Granny Gladys, with her erratic memory and series of ailments that disappear as quickly as they arrive, is soon arousing Thea's suspicion.

As undertaker Drew Slocombe drove to Greta Simmonds' burial deep in the heart of the Cotswolds, the last thing he was worried about was becoming a murder suspect. But Thea Osbourne becomes Drew's unlikely defender when the council worker opposing the burial is found dead just minutes from the house of the late Mrs Simmonds.