Author: katepadams

He would make a lovely corpse… the following day, wondering if she’s hallucinating when she finds the body of the famous 19th century author slumped over the desk. Seeing him wandering the Charleton grounds later in the day, very much alive, Sophie begins to question her sanity. Has Dickens risen from the grave? Or is the murderer’s work incomplete?With the dead man’s true identity revealed and the police on site, Sophie can’t resist launching her own investigation, enlisting the help of her closest friend and verbal sparring partner, tour guide Mark Boxer. Are present-day scandals and jealousies behind the murder,…

After a baffling murder by coffee machine, amateur sleuth and café manager Sophie Lockwood races to find a killer at Derbyshire’s annual food festival. Can she crack the case with just her sharp wits and the help of her quirky colleagues?