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While out walking around the town, sensible Carole Seddon comes across the bones of a human skeleton and joins forces with Jude, her bohemian neighbor, who believes that the remains may be those of a young woman who used to practice her alternative therapy, and soon the two women are faced with two mysteries when they discover that the young woman is still alive.

When a body is discovered at the foot of the dressing room stairs of his West End play, Charles Paris is drawn into the investigation and learns that more than one person in the production has scandalous secrets to hide.

"[An] explosion of disgust from Blotto is provoked when Twinks informs him of the activities of the Earl of Woking. The gentleman in question is owner of Clusters, a stately home not far from Tawcester Towers, and he has been renting out parts of Clustersfor private functions--and charging his guests...Determined to find out more about the Earl of Woking's activities, they discover the existence of a sinister group called Aristotours--brokers between...

Landing a minor role in a theater production, Charles Paris is assigned to help the show's famous American star navigate cultural differences in England, an effort that tangles him up in the actor's complicated relationships and a wrongful murder charge.

Judes life has been turned upside-down thanks her new man, Piers Targett, who's keen to get her involved in his hobby or obsession of Real Tennis. But when one of Piers friends dies on the court in suspicious circumstances, Jude finds herself caught up in the police investigation. Meanwhile, Judes neighbour Carole is trying to identify the human remains known locally as the Lady in the Lake. As the two investigations become intertwined, Carole and...

The affluent seaside resort of Smalting is unaccustomed to crime. So when human remains are found beneath the floorboards of one of its beach huts, the community is awash with suspicion and fear.

"Although she hadn't known Leonard Mallett very well, nor liked him particularly, Carole Seddon feels duty bound to attend her fellow committee member's funeral. As she suspected, the hymns, readings and sermon are all very predictable - not unlike Leonard himself. What she couldn't have predicted was that the deceased's daughter would use the occasion to publicly accuse her stepmother of murder. Did Heather Mallett really kill her husband, as many...