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Retiree Ivy Beasley, a college student? Interested in penning her memoirs, Ivy decides to take a creative writing course. But it’s hard to find time to put pen to paper when this current chapter is so full of lies, jealousy and murder… Rumors are flying around the village of Barrington about Mrs. Winchen Blatch, a reclusive widow living alone in her old farmhouse. In the past few weeks, the widow claims she has been tormented by ghostly visitations, so she hires Ivy and her fellow investigators at Enquire Within to get to the bottom of the mystery. Ivy’s new classes are very close to the widow’s farmhouse, perfect for combining studying and snooping… With each new clue—a dark chamber, a smoking cigar and an amorous lodger—it becomes harder to separate fact from fiction. And when the ghost is revealed to be flesh and blood, the lonely widow may be in more trouble than Ivy and her team can handle… 

Set against the backdrop of a quaint village, this mystery unfolds as a series of peculiar events disrupt the community's tranquility. The protagonist, a determined amateur sleuth, navigates through a web of secrets and lies, uncovering hidden motives among the villagers. With engaging characters and a richly detailed setting, the narrative explores themes of trust, betrayal, and the complexities of human relationships, all while keeping readers guessing until the very end.

 In a brand-new mystery from the author of The Measby Murder Enquiry, the cantankerous golden years gumshoe Ivy Beasley keeps her mental faculties sharp with a strict regimen of crime detection. Apart from the unwelcome noise made by the morning cleaning crew, life has been quiet at Springfields Home for the Elderly. Too quiet, in fact. Ivy and her team of sleuths, Enquire Within, have resorted to finding lost cats, and Gus is even threatening to return to his memoirs. But no sooner does he attempt to put a winning phrase together than he receives a call from his ex-wife, Katherine, who is in desperate needs of a place to hide.Though Gus has a difficult time getting a straight answer from Kath—just as it was in their many years of marriage—something is most certainly afoot, and soon Enquire Within is back in business. This time they have their hands full, not only with missing pets, but missing jewels, and evidence of foul play uncomfortably close to their too quiet home…

Ivy Beasley, a spirited spinster, discovers that her retirement in Barrington is anything but dull. After forming a detective agency with her new friends at Springfields assisted living, she successfully solves a murder. As autumn arrives, Ivy’s sleuthing skills are put to the test once more when her team is called to investigate a puzzling death in the nearby village of Measby, all while balancing their social activities like card games.

Set in the village of Long Farnden, the story follows Lois, who has tackled various challenges, including crime, as she cleans up the community. When her daughter's boyfriend is found critically injured, Lois embarks on a perilous investigation that uncovers a web of arson, local troublemakers, hidden agendas, and blackmail. As she navigates these dangers, she seeks to unravel the truth behind the crime that threatens her family and the village.

A new series and a new sleuth from Ann Purser-author of the Lois Meade mysteries!Ivy Beasley, the beloved cantankerous spinster from the Lois Meade mysteries, has found a silver lining in her golden years as an amateur sleuth.She teams up with Gus, a mysterious newcomer to the small English village of Barrington who can't resist a little excitement even as he strives to keep his past a secret, and her own cousin, a widow with time on her hands and money in her purse. Together they're determined to solve the murder of Gus's elderly neighbor.

Frustration brews among the tenants of a terrace house in Tresham due to a noisy pet cockerel named Satan, owned by the stubborn Clem Fitch. As tensions rise and tenants decide to leave, Lois Meade's son Douglas steps in to rent the house, potentially changing the dynamics of the situation. This narrative explores themes of community conflict and family ties amidst the chaos of an unruly pet.

It may be the day of rest, but Lois Meade finds that not everyone believes in keeping it holy. A rash of strange occurrences in and around Long Farnden has Lois unsettled. Someone's been stealing valuable tack from the equestrian set, and then a local n'er-do-well is killed when a horse bolts in front of his van. With a new employee on her hands who may or may not be trustworthy, Lois hardly knows what to make of the disturbances, but it soon becomes clear that she'd better figure it out post-haste, or she herself may take a nasty tumble.

Round Ringford ist ein kleines Dorf im Herzen Englands, in dem die Uhren immer noch bemerkenswert langsam ticken. Doch hinter den Kulissen tut sich einiges. Da ist zum Beispiel die Sache mit Peggy Palmer, Round Ringfords Postmeisterin und Inhaberin des Dorfladens. Seit ihr geliebter Mann Frank bei einem Autounfall ums Leben gekommen war, hatte sich in Peggys Leben einiges verändert. Ohne die Hilfe ihres Nachbarn Bill hätte sie sich wohl kaum entschlossen, den Postshop weiterzuführen. Natürlich wird ihr Kontakt zu dem unglücklich Verheirateten im Dorf nicht ohne Misstrauen beäugt. Dann aber wird das allgemeine Interesse ganz plötzlich umgelenkt. Denn das Dorf bekommt einen neuen Reverend ...

Als Frank seiner Frau gesteht, daß er arbeitslos wird, sieht Peggy ihre heile Welt aus den Fugen geraten. Doch schon bald beginnen beide neue Pläne zu schmieden: Warum sollten sie eigentlich nicht den Postshop in dem idyllischen Örtchen Round Ringford übernehmen? Gesagt - getan. Auf den ersten Blick ist Round Ringford ein ganz normaler, friedlicher Ort. Bis die ersten unerwarteten Probleme auftauchen.