Book Description

In this four-book box set:BOOK 1: THE RHYME OF THE MAGPIENothing can spoil Jools’s cozy night in. Except maybe a visit from her famous father, Rupert Lanchester. However, Jools doesn’t want to hear about her glamorous yet snooty new stepmum and sends him on his way. Next morning, he’s vanished without a trace. Jools and her father’s new assistant team up to go looking for Rupert. What they find is a dead body! Can Jools unravel this knotty nest of murder and mystery, before the predator swoops again . . . ?BOOK 2: EMPTY NESTWhen toxic mold is found at her cozy little cottage, Jools takes a room at rambling old Hoggin Hall, home of her batty but well-meaning boss, Earl Fotheringill. One day, she heads out for a bracing stroll around the orchard — only to stumble on a trail of dead sparrowhawks. Sensing foul play, Jools decides to investigate. Before long, Jools’s busy-bodying turns up a human body — one of her fellow guests! Can she catch the killer before she has her own wings clipped?BOOK 3: EVERY TRICK IN THE ROOKLife is good for Jools and her beau Michael. Until Jools’s ex-husband is found bludgeoned to death in Hoggin Hall’s deserted summer house — and a witness statement leaves Michael as the prime suspect! It doesn’t take long for the village to turn against him. In a bid to protect Jools, Michael disappears, but now she’s a sitting duck for the real killer. Jools is determined to prove Michael’s innocence. Even if it means putting herself in the flight path of a vicious predator . . .BOOK 4: FAREWELL, MY CUCKOOJools only has so much patience. If her boyfriend Michael gets interrupted one more time while trying to propose, she’s going to go cuckoo! But if that wasn’t enough, Jools’s love nest is invaded by Michael’s flighty older sister. Jools throws herself into her work as a distraction — until an unidentified body is found in the churchyard. And Pammy was the last one to see the man alive . . .