Author: alicecastle
“Cosy crime at its best” ~ Anne Coates, author of the bestselling Hannah Weybridge crime series“An eloquently written, edge-of-the-seat, hygge-style crime mystery” ~ Isabella May, author of fantastical foodie fictionA dead Bridge player. A determined mother. A new case… wanted. Her son is starting secondary school, her personal life seems to have settled – even her pets are getting on. Then the phone rings. It’s Beth’s high-maintenance mother, Wendy, with terrible news. Her bridge partner, Alfie Pole, has died suddenly. While Beth, and most of Dulwich, is convinced that Alfie has pegged out from exhaustion, thanks to playing with Wendy…
When Beth goes for a stroll with her best friend and her new puppy, she finds herself ensnared in a bewildering mystery involving murder, revenge, and the dog walkers of Peckham Rye. Can she get to the bottom of the case with the help of her detective boyfriend? A charming cozy mystery!
Beth Haldane, SE21’s premier – and only – single mum amateur sleuth, is really pleased to find a new friend at the school gates, in the shape of irrepressibly bouncy Nina. As well as a way with words, Nina has a puzzle she wants Beth to solve, centred on the solicitor’s office where Nina works in Herne Hill.But as the mystery thickens, threatening to drag in not just Nina and her boss, but the … but the yummy mummies of Dulwich, too, Beth is about to find out just how far some people will go to keep up appearances. Join…
Beth Haldane, SE21’s answer to Miss Marple, worries she is losing a kindred spirit when her friend Jen, the only other single mum in the playground, suddenly remarries and moves to Camberwell. Soon Beth has to face much more pressing fears. Has something gone horribly wrong with Jen’s marriage? What is her new husband really up to? Why is her daughter leading Beth’s son astray? And where on earth … where on earth is Jen anyway? As Beth’s friends push her to start dating again, Beth turns to Metropolitan Police DI Harry York for help. But will they solve the…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to Dulwich… Ben, when she stumbles across a shocking new exhibit on display. Before she knows it, she’s in the thick of a fresh, and deeply chilling, investigation. Just who is The Girl in the Gallery? Join Beth in adventure #2 of The London Murder Mystery series as she tries to uncover the truth about a secret eating away at the very heart of Dulwich.more
Beth Haldane can handle single motherhood… but can she solve a murder mystery? When Beth stumbles into a crime scene, there’s only one way to prove her innocence: crack the case herself! A Golden Age–inspired whodunit set in cozy Dulwich Village.