Five diverse crime books. An opportunity to maybe break out of the mould and try something different.This exciting anthology brings together 5 mysteries that traverse dark deeds and tangled webs across England. In Choral Mayhem, new choir members Virginia and Richard Grainger find tragedy striking their first performance together when the choir master meets a very public death. In The Curious Case of the Black Swan Song, a chance hotel encounter between inheritor Sherman Holmes and fellow guest John Garden leads the duo to join forces in solving a murder, launching a new detective agency. Scotch Mist finds Lady Amanda Golightly and her friends invited to a Scottish castle for Burns' Night, only to have their holiday interrupted by the specter of death among the bagpipes and haggis. In Strict and Peculiar, mysterious figures and messages in an old village chapel under renovation prompt a police investigation that soon turns dark. And in High-Wired, detectives Olivia Hardy and Lauren Groves bond over their love of music while navigating complicated family lives, as they work to solve a harrowing local murder. With clever characters, twisting plots, and an array of menacing mysteries, these stories will intrigue any fan of classic British crime fiction.
Five diverse crime books. An opportunity to maybe break out of the mould and try something different.This exciting anthology brings together 5 mysteries that traverse dark deeds and tangled webs across England. In Choral Mayhem, new choir members Virginia and Richard Grainger find tragedy striking their first performance together when the choir master meets a very public death. In The Curious Case of the Black Swan Song, a chance hotel encounter between inheritor Sherman Holmes and fellow guest John Garden leads the duo to join forces in solving a murder, launching a new detective agency. Scotch Mist finds Lady Amanda Golightly and her friends invited to a Scottish castle for Burns' Night, only to have their holiday interrupted by the specter of death among the bagpipes and haggis. In Strict and Peculiar, mysterious figures and messages in an old village chapel under renovation prompt a police investigation that soon turns dark. And in High-Wired, detectives Olivia Hardy and Lauren Groves bond over their love of music while navigating complicated family lives, as they work to solve a harrowing local murder. With clever characters, twisting plots, and an array of menacing mysteries, these stories will intrigue any fan of classic British crime fiction.
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