This series delves into a world where ordinary events intertwine with dark secrets, inviting readers into compelling mysteries. Follow a duo of determined investigators as they unravel hidden motives and untangle complex cases. Each installment offers a thrilling pursuit of truth, where the past lurks around every corner and nothing is quite as it seems.
The night before she's due to make a speech to the Robert Barnaby Society on the subject of the famous writer's "magic chair," committee member Linda Dexter disappears. When her body is discovered two days later, fellow members Frances Black and Tom Dod determine to find out the truth about her death. Does the answer lie in the dead woman's past?
Three sudden deaths have occurred in the sleepy village of Durley Dean. Are they tragic accidents? Tom Dod's Aunt Hetty isn't so sure. All three took a stand against the new vicar of St Agnes Church and his controversial changes. But is there really a killer among the parishioners? Fran and Tom are soon plunged into a new mystery.
1930. In order to escape her domestic worries, Frances Black travels to Devon to help the Edgertons with their family mystery concerning a suspicious death and the disappearance of a precious diamond. As Fran investigates, she uncovers family scandal, skulduggery and revenge, but can she solve the mystery of the missing diamond?