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Vicky Hill: Thieves!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1780330669
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Vicky Hill: Thieves! written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the body of a woman is found in a shallow stream, aspiring investigative journalist Vicky Hill suspects there's a connection between the murder and the string of recent silver thefts plaguing the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And since both her boss and the local police refuse to investigate, Vicky takes on the case by herself - and she's determined to uncover the answers and clinch her fourth national exclusive! 'A dizzy romp with an endearingly gullible investigator' - Ann Purse 'A laugh a page ... a hilarious debut' - Carolyn Hart on A Vicky Hill Exclusive!

A Vicky Hill Mystery: Exposé!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780330642
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Vicky Hill Mystery: Exposé! written by Hannah Dennison and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an early morning call wakes Vicky from the arms of her dream man, reality had better be worth it - and it is. A tipster tells her about the secret funeral of local celebrity Scarlett Flemming, organised by her grieving husband Doug. The entire town is baffled by the sudden death and oddly discreet funeral. After all, in life Scarlett had hardly been a shrinking violet. Vicky's suspicions are heightened when she learns of the Flemmings' shaky finances - and that Doug has as many admirers as Scarlett had enemies. And while canvassing suspects and juggling three potential suitors, Vicky must stay one step ahead of a killer once she realises she's no longer writing an obituary - she's writing an expose!

A Vicky Hill Mystery: Scoop!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780330626
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Vicky Hill Mystery: Scoop! written by Hannah Dennison and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicky will do anything to get off the obituary circuit and on to the front page! If there's one thing Vicky has learnt as an obituary writer, it's how to spot something fishy at a funeral - and plenty is amiss at the service for Gordon Berry. The man was a champion hedge cutter so why are people willing to believe he electrocuted himself by striking a power line with his own clippers? At the reception there are rumblings of foul play - not to mention a fistfight between a mourner and the local Lothario. And in her quest for a scoop, Vicky will find she has to confront everything - from bad dates to mortal danger...

A Vicky Hill Exclusive!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 178033060X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book A Vicky Hill Exclusive! written by Hannah Dennison and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just the thing to chase the blues away...' M. C. Beaton Vicky Hill has two goals in life: to escape the never-ending boredom of funeral reporting and find the right man. Then a tip leads to what might be the scoop of a lifetime. There is a bizarre connection between three grisly chicken corpses and the unusual death of a local hedge-jumping enthusiast Sir Hugh Trewallyn. Suddenly, it seems that this quiet market town harbours more than its fair share of secrets but when Vicky opens Gipping's Pandora's box, her own secrets come back to haunt her... Praise for Hannah Dennison: 'A dizzy romp with an endearingly gullible investigator' Ann Purse 'A laugh a page ... a hilarious debut' Carolyn Hart 'Dennison delivers a novel that both Monty Python and Miss Marple would approve of' Fresh Fiction

Murder in Miniature at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472133811
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Murder in Miniature at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. Beaton When a body found on the Honeychurch Hall estate proves to be that of a villager who had supposedly moved to Ireland years earlier, tongues start wagging and theories abound. Charlie Green had always been a rogue. Although Charlie's demise happened well before Kat's arrival, Kat is drawn into the mystery when she finds two rare miniature portraits hidden inside a custom-made dollhouse of Honeychurch Hall. And then Charlie's aunt suffers a mysterious fatal fall and suspicion lands on a stranger who is holidaying in the newly installed shepherd's hut in the walled garden -- one of Lady Lavinia's latest hare-brained moneymaking schemes. Although there is something off about the tourist, Kat believes the culprit is fellow antique dealer. With tales of blackmail, infidelity and greed gripping the small community, past and present collide and Kat realises that the miniatures harbour a vital secret that one particular person is willing to kill for. Praise for Hannah Dennison: 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen 'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson 'Will delight fans and new readers alike' People's Friend 'A fun read' Carola Dunn 'Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon' Elizabeth Duncan

Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472128516
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Tidings of Death at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2019-11-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. Beaton Mistletoe and murder at Honeychurch Hall... It's ten days before Christmas at Honeychurch Hall and Kat Stanford has persuaded the Earl of Grenville to open the Museum Room to the villagers in an effort to raise money for rooftop repairs. For the price of a ticket visitors will be able to view an unusual display of antiques - including the legendary Bleeding Hawk of Honeychurch Hall. When an obnoxious young couple drive 200 miles from London to view the treasures it's not just Kate who is suspicious of their intentions; Mr Chips, the estate's feisty Jack Russell makes his feelings plain by taking a bite out of the man's trousers. But then a suit of armour inexplicably falls on the ancient butler, killing him, and when a second body is found near a quarry nearby Kat becomes entangled in a world of feuds and jealousies, finally encountering a cold-blooded killer who will stop at nothing to keep the past at bay. Praise for Hannah Dennison 'Will delight fans and new readers alike' People's Friend 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen 'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson 'A fun read' Carola Dunn 'Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon' Elizabeth Duncan

Death of a Diva at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472133781
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Death of a Diva at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. Beaton Spring is in the air ... and so, too, is the sound of music as the residents of Honeychurch Hall are stunned to learn that the Dowager Countess Lady Edith Honeychurch has agreed to the staging of a production of The Merry Widow in the dilapidated grand ballroom. Fears that the fiercely private octogenarian must be going senile are soon dismissed when our heroine, Kat Stanford, learns that the favour is a result of a desperate request from Countess Olga Golodkin. As one of Edith's oldest friends Olga is the director of the amateur Devon Operatic Dramatic Organization. Just a week before, D.O.D.O's original venue was destroyed in a mysterious fire but since tickets have been sold, costumes made and lucrative local sponsorships secured, Olga is determined that the show must go on. After decades at the helm of D.O.D.O., The Merry Widow will be Olga's swansong and she wants to go out with a bang . . . Praise for Hannah Dennison: 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen 'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson 'Will delight fans and new readers alike' People's Friend 'A fun read' Carola Dunn 'Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon' Elizabeth Duncan

Dangerous Deception at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472128486
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Deception at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Just the thing to chase the blues away' M. C. Beaton All's fair in love . . . and antiques wars! Things are going well for Kat Stanford; not only is her antiques business thriving, she's also got a new date: Piers Carew, Viscount Chawley, who owns the estate next to Honeychurch Hall. Unfortunately, Kate has a rival. Impossibly beautiful Cassandra Bowden-Forbes is also in town, conducting valuations at the same fairs as Kat - and she makes no secret of the fact she's got her eye on Piers . . . And then things start to go wrong: Kat finds herself at the scene of not one but two mysterious deaths, and local tongues are wagging - is it coincidence, or murder? As Kat's fortunes nosedive it becomes clear that unless she can solve these unexplained deaths then she may just be the victim of the next accident . . . Praise for Hannah Dennison 'Will delight fans and new readers alike' People's Friend 'The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch' Rhys Bowen 'Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory' Catriona McPherson 'A fun read' Carola Dunn 'Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon' Elizabeth Duncan

Thieves!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101476893
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Thieves! written by Hannah Dennison and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the body of a woman is found in a shallow stream, aspiring investigative journalist Vicky Hill suspects there's a connection between the murder and the strong of recent silver thefts plaguing the small town of Gipping-on-Plym. And since both her boss and the local police refuse to investigate, Vicky takes on the case by herself-and she's determined to uncover the answers and clinch her fourth national exclusive!

A Vicky Hill Mystery: Accused!

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472118669
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book A Vicky Hill Mystery: Accused! written by Hannah Dennison and published by Constable. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder is in the air when hedge-jumping champ Dave Randall accuses his arch enemy, Jack Webster, of sabotaging his dream to compete at the upcoming European Games. Vicky is used to Dave's histrionics and she turns a blind eye. After all, she has bigger fish to fry-namely solving the mysterious death of worm charming diva Ruth Reeves, whose sudden inheritance has made her very unpopular with old friends and neighbours alike. But when Jack Webster ends up dead, too, there seems to be a strange connection between the pair and Dave becomes the prime suspect. The perfect classic English village mystery but with the addition of charm, wit and a thoroughly modern touch. (Rhys Bowen) Downton Abbey was yesterday. Murder at Honeychurch Hall lifts the lid on today's grand country estate in all its tarnished, scheming, inbred, deranged glory. (Catriona McPherson) A fun read (Carola Dunn) Sparkles like a glass of Devon cider on a summer afternoon. (Elizabeth Duncan)

Danger at the Cove

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250194520
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Danger at the Cove written by Hannah Dennison and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Danger at the Cove, the second book in a delightful cozy series by Hannah Dennison a surprise visitor makes an appearance on the island—and murder ensues. Renovations on Tregarrick Rock Hotel are coming along, and Evie Mead thinks they just might be done by opening day. Then one of her sister Margot’s old Hollywood friends, Louise, arrives unannounced—and expecting VIP treatment. Evie has half a mind to tell Louise to find other accommodations, but Margot pleads with Evie, saying that Louise—despite her upbeat and demanding attitude—is grieving her recently deceased husband. Evie pities her, and besides, the sisters need help. A simple rewiring project has resulted in a major overhaul of the hotel, and they’re way over budget. The small life insurance policy left to Evie by her own husband is gone, and they are desperate for funds. Margot believes that Louise, a marketing guru, can put the hotel on the map and give it the boost it needs. But when a member of the hotel staff is found dead, and then another murder follows, the sisters’ plans crumble before their eyes. Who would do such a thing—and why? In a rollicking adventure involving a shipwreck filled with buried treasure, a dashing and mysterious Australian named Randy, and old rivalries stretching back to far before Evie and Margot ever set foot on the island, it’s all hands on deck to find the killer—and save the hotel.

Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 9

Author : Donna Andrews
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250775205
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 9 written by Donna Andrews and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of eleven charming cozy mysteries publishing in Spring/Summer 2020 for free for easy sampling. The latest edition of Cozy Case Files has something for everyone with the latest cozies by the following authors: Carolyn Haines, Hannah Dennison, Eve Calder, Donna Andrews, Ellie Alexander, Kylie Logan, Susanna Calkins, Leonard Goldberg, and Allison Montclair. The bonds of friendship are put to the test in The Devil’s Bones and Sugar and Vice. Two sisters inherit an old hotel in the remote Scilly Islands in series debut Death at High Tide. A new Meg Langslow mystery, The Falcon Always Wings Twice, finds the family at a Renaissance Faire. Past crimes are unburied in Nothing Bundt Trouble and The Secret of Bones. Go back in time with these next historical cozies. Sherlock Holmes’s daughter is back in The Art of Deception. In A Royal Affair, Princess Elizabeth has developed feelings for a Greek prince, and The Right Sort of Marriage Bureau is engaged to dig into the suitor’s past. Or visit a 1920’s Chicago speakeasy in The Fate of the Flapper.

Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12

Author : Ellie Alexander
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250826020
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Cozy Case Files, A Cozy Mystery Sampler, Volume 12 written by Ellie Alexander and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a new cozy series? In the free edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of fourteen charming cozy mysteries for easy sampling. The twelfth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Meri Allen, Donna Andrews, Eve Calder, Sheila Connolly, Cate Conte, Hannah Dennison, Jess Dylan, Leonard Goldberg, Carolyn Haines, Kylie Logan, Allison Montclair, S. C. Perkins, and Ashley Weaver. Have a sweet tooth? Get your fix in A Tale of Two Cookies, The Rocky Road to Ruin, and Mocha, She Wrote. Pick up some flowers and read Death in Bloom, then travel to your favorite cat café in Claws for Alarm. You can join in for preparations for a production of Macbeth in Murder Most Fowl, and stay the night at a hotel in Danger at the Cove. And in the morning, train cadaver dogs in A Trail of Lies, then help clear a professor’s name in Independent Bones. Perhaps you prefer to travel in time. A Sherlockian mystery awaits you in The Abduction of Pretty Penny. Visit England in WWII with a safe cracker in A Peculiar Combination. In post-WWII England, play matchmaker in A Rogue’s Company. Or you can stay in the present, with crimes tied to the past, in Fatal Family Ties and The Secret Staircase.

Death at High Tide

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250194490
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Death at High Tide written by Hannah Dennison and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death at High Tide is the delightful first installment in the Island Sisters series by Hannah Dennison, featuring two sisters who inherit an old hotel in the remote Isles of Scilly off the coast of Cornwall and find it full of intrigue, danger, and romance. When Evie Mead’s husband, Robert, suddenly drops dead of a heart attack, a mysterious note is found among his possessions. It indicates that Evie may own the rights to an old hotel on Tregarrick Rock, one of the Isles of Scilly. Still grieving, Evie is inclined to leave the matter to the accountant to sort out. Her sister Margot, however, flown in from her glamorous career in LA, has other plans. Envisioning a luxurious weekend getaway, she goes right ahead and buys two tickets—one way—to Tregarrick. Once at the hotel—used in its heyday to house detective novelists, and more fixer-upper than spa resort, after all—Evie and Margot attempt to get to the bottom of things. But the foul-tempered hotel owner claims he's never met the late Robert, even after Evie finds framed photos of them—alongside Robert's first wife—in his office. The rest of the island inhabitants, ranging from an ex-con receptionist to a vicar who communicates with cats, aren't any easier to read. But when a murder occurs at the hotel, and then another soon follows, frustration turns to desperation. There’s no getting off the island at high tide. And Evie and Margot, the only current visitors to Tregarrick, are suspects one and two. It falls to them to unravel secrets spanning generations—and several of their own—if they want to make it back alive.

Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250065496
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nail-biting addition to Hannah Dennison's Honey Church Hall mystery series, Murderous Mayhem at Honeychurch Hall is not to be missed. "An enjoyable, lighthearted read, just the thing to chase the blues away." —M.C. Beaton When the only copy of Ravished, Iris Stanford’s new manuscript, never arrives at her London publisher’s office, her daughter Kat investigates the tiny local village post office, where it appears the package never left the building. Iris is on tenterhooks—not only is her novel gone with the wind, but she’s deathly afraid that Muriel Jarvis, the postmistress and notorious busybody, will expose her secret identity as the bestselling romance writer Krystalle Storm. Meanwhile, Muriel has her own problems with the sudden death of her husband Fred, which has left her heavily in debt. In the spine-tingling climax, both past and present collide as Kat fights for her life and those she holds most dear, dancing once again with the dark forces lurking behind the grandeur of Honeychurch Hall.

Murder at Honeychurch Hall

Author : Hannah Dennison
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250036860
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Murder at Honeychurch Hall written by Hannah Dennison and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hannah Dennison's Murder at Honeychurch Hall, Kat Stanford is just days away from starting her dream antique business with her newly widowed mother Iris when she gets a huge shock. Iris has recklessly purchased a dilapidated carriage house at Honeychurch Hall, an isolated country estate located several hundred miles from London. Yet it seems that Iris isn't the only one with surprises at Honeychurch Hall. Behind the crumbling façade, the inhabitants of the stately mansion are a lively group of eccentrics to be sure—both upstairs and downstairs —and they all have more than their fair share of skeletons in the closet. When the nanny goes missing, and Vera, the loyal housekeeper ends up dead in the grotto, suspicions abound. Throw in a feisty, octogenarian countess, a precocious seven year old who is obsessed with the famous fighter pilot called Biggles, and a treasure trove of antiques, and there is more than one motive for murder. As Iris's past comes back to haunt her, Kat realizes she hardly knows her mother at all. A when the bodies start piling up, it is up to Kat to unravel the tangled truth behind the murders at Honeychurch Hall.

Heirs and Graces

Author : Rhys Bowen
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 0425260038
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Heirs and Graces written by Rhys Bowen and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While grooming Jack Altringham, the Duke's newfound heir, for high society, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself investigating murder when the Duke's body is found with Jack's hunting knife in its back.