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The Cotswold Capers series
COTSWOLD CAPERS is a series of laugh-out-loud cozy murder mysteries set in the (imaginary) Cotswold village of Much Slaughter – which makes every effort to live up to its name. Meet Catherine de Barnes (Catney or Cat to her friends), her Golden Retriever puppy Dagenham and a host of memorable villagers. On the following pages you can sample some chapters, read interviews with the characters, load your basket – and much more.
Current Books in the series:
The Taste of Murder:
The novella introducing the series.
When Celebrity Chef Lee Clump’s goose is well and truly cooked in full view during the village fair, local chocolatier Catherine de Barnes finds herself in a cauldron of suspicion and intrigue!
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A Fair Cop:
When Much Slaughter’s retired policeman is found stabbed and draped over a motorbike in the police museum window, Catney and her friends are pitched into a frantic race to save an innocent villager from jail when it seems there are more than a few scores waiting to be settled!
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A Mass Murder:
When Catherine de Barnes arrives at St Cyril the Obtuse church vestry, the last thing she expects is to find their locum vicar sprawled in a pool of blood. When a valuable ancient artefact goes missing from their neighbouring church, she’s convinced the two must be linked!
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Who Killed the Dame?: Amateur sleuth Catherine de Barnes was expecting fun when she joined the cast of Much Slaughter’s annual Christmas show. Instead, she got petty squabbles, dark secrets – and the murder of unpopular leading lady Dame Rosemary Lane!
Who killed the Dame – and why?
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