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A Cotswold Ordeal

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749009724

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A Cotswold Ordeal by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea Osborne and her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house-sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture, in which she became drawn into a murder case, Thea is convinced that lightning will not strike twice, and arrives at idyllic Frampton Mansell with renewed enthusiasm. However it seems she is jinxed: within days of her arrival she finds a body hanging from the rafters of one of the barns. But was it suicide...or murder? The second novel in the series, A Cotswold Ordeal weaves the reader into a tangle of village history, neighbourly betrayal and conflicting passions, which culminates in a gruelling climax for Thea herself.

Childish Ways

Author : Fran Gabaldoni
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798645326043

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Childish Ways by Fran Gabaldoni Pdf

A man reflects on his idyllic childhood, as he tries to comprehend devastating news about his daughter.Between 1977 and 1979, in their last years of primary school innocence, a boy and his best friend are having endless adventures in their beautiful Cotswold village. Now, in 2003, the boy is a man, a husband and father, whose own child lies listless in Bristol Children's Hospital. Far from the carefree days of endless summers, Childish Ways explores the realities of growing up, of responsibilities and parenthood in extreme circumstances.Childish Ways alternates between hilarious escapades of the late 1970's, to the horrors and anguish of dealing with a chronically sick child.Heart-warming and heart-wrenching in equal measure, Childish Ways takes you on a nostalgic and suspenseful roller coaster ride.

Cotswold Mysteries Collection

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 1729 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749015848

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Cotswold Mysteries Collection by Rebecca Tope Pdf

The Cotswolds are filled with idyllic and quintessentially English villages: the perfect, peaceful location for recently widowed Thea Osbourne to housesit, if perhaps a little dull. Until a body turns up. At the centre of the tragedy, Thea discovers that the cosy facades hide than their share of secrets...Includes the first four instalments in the Cotswold Mysteries series: A Cotswold Killing, A Cotswold Ordeal, Death in the Cotswolds and A Cotswold Mystery.

A Cotswold Ordeals: Cotswold Mysteries 2 (Large Print 16pt)

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1459678613

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A Cotswold Ordeals: Cotswold Mysteries 2 (Large Print 16pt) by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea Osborne embarks on her second housesitting assignment with very few worries, after her first disastrous venture during which she became entangled in a murder case. But the Phillips are obviously a laid back family, and there is little to do but tend and ailing pony and feed various furry pets and farmyard birds. However, it seems Thea is jinxed as an apparent suicide takes place in one of the barns. DI Phil Hollis is more than a little surprised to find Thea at the center of this second police investigation, and realizes that she can be more of a hindrance that a help, but they find themselves working closely together to solve the mystery once again.

A Cotswold Casebook

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749020095

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A Cotswold Casebook by Rebecca Tope Pdf

A brand-new collection of twelve short stories, featuring the popular characters from Rebecca Tope's Cotswold mystery novels.A suspicious funeral, a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places, and a country walk marred by the discovery of a hidden corpse, are just some of the perplexing situations with which Thea Osborne, her friends and a further cast of characters must contend. In this expanded view of the world of her popular books, Tope reminds us that death and crime will visit even the most idyllic country villages.

A Cotswold Christmas Mystery

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749026370

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A Cotswold Christmas Mystery by Rebecca Tope Pdf

It's Christmas, and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea's daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter Stephanie's delight. But then things take a turn for the worse. A local family, the Frowses, find themselves increasingly harassed by an aggressive landlord. When Beverley Frowse goes missing, Thea and Stephanie both feel they should do their best to help her husband and son to solve the mystery.Christmas Day arrives. There are presents, a turkey, and general goodwill, despite Thea's suppressed hankering to be involved in events at the Frowses' house, where a dead man has been discovered ...

A Cotswold Killing

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749008543

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A Cotswold Killing by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house-sit for a local couple, her only fear is that three weeks there might prove a little dull. Her first night's sleep at Brook View is broken by a piercing scream outside but she decides such things don't require investigation in a sleepy place like this. At least not until a body turns up... In calling on her neighbours to get some answers, Thea uncovers more tragedy and intrigue than she thought possible behind the peaceful Gloucestershire village. The first in a new series of thrillers to be set in the Cotswold area, A Cotswold Killing takes the reader on a tense journey along winding roads and muddy paths towards a dramatic and unexpected denouement.

A Cotswold Mystery

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749009823

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A Cotswold Mystery by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Despite the catastrophic outcomes of her previous house-sitting commissions, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her trusty spaniel, Hepzie, is truly convinced nothing can go wrong on her next assignment in the charming village of Blockley. The Montgomerys have asked her to look after their house while they take a much needed holiday. But trouble seems to follow Thea and when a body is discovered in the house next door, she finds herself in the midst of village secrets. From mystical local legends to celebrity sightings, the erstwhile quiet area turns out to be a place of mysterious contradictions - with very sinister undertones.

A Discovery in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749030421

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A Discovery in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea Osborne reconnects with her friend Emmy while on a visit to the church in Baunton, near Cirencester with her stepdaughter Stephanie. Emmy, now married to local farmer Nick Weaver, asks Thea to, help them find their missing niece, Ginny. But before Thea can get started, she stumbles upon the recently killed body of Alice, a woman they had briefly seen in Cirencester the day before. Stephanie concentrates on searching for Ginny via social media while Thea is diverted into helping the police with the murder investigation. It soon becomes clear that Ginny and Alice are linked in a sinister way.

Betrayal in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749028640

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Betrayal in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

'As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I'm inclined to believe her 'Daily MailA handsome, if slightly shabby, stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingley as well as his three dogs and will be Thea Slocombe's latest house-sitting assignment. Without even a local shop, Thea expects the location to be one of her quietest, until the serene atmosphere is shattered with a fatal hit-and-run.The ensuing high-profile police investigation plunges Thea deep into the victim's complicated family dynamics and the rift that had already torn it apart. And she cannot help wondering if the reverberations of scandal have led to a deliberate and murderous assault.

Secrets in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749024383

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Secrets in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

August, and Thea is tired of having to entertain Drew's children so she accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley. On her first day there, she rescues a fugitive woman she finds hiding under some bushes. The woman's story is thin and incoherent, but Thea gives her sanctuary for the night only to find her dead the next morning. The police are impossibly busy with a big investigation into the trafficking of rare animals and Thea is effectively on her own, trying to make sense of the murder. As she digs deeper into the woman's background, she discovers a tangled web of lies, secrets and at least three very likely suspects .

Crisis in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749023775

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Crisis in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea and Drew have been married for a year and are settled in the village of Broad Campden, but Thea is chafing at the domestic routines she is expected to devote herself to, missing the novelty and adventure that house-sitting used to bring. When a routine burial exposes the secrets of the deceased, Drew finds himself caught in the middle of a family feud, in which he feels he is on the wrong side, and Thea's inquisitiveness and penchant for solving crimes draws her in too. With another crisis at Drew's other business leaving him with a profound dilemma and Thea struggling against the charismatic charms of a new man, can their marriage survive this latest Cotswold drama?

Peril in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749021733

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Peril in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea Slocombe is trying to settle into normal family domestic life with Drew and his two children in Broad Campden. But any sense of cosy domesticity is shattered when Thea finds the body of a neighbour. No longer a house-sitter, Thea has no choice but to stay in the village and deal with whatever happens next, even when this risks damage to her marriage.Unconvinced that the swift conclusion made about the death by the police is the right one, Thea is compelled to follow her nature and investigate herself. But what repercussions might there be for her, Drew and those with whom they share this corner of the Cotswolds?

Echoes in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749027278

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Echoes in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

'As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I'm inclined to believe her' Daily MailAs spring returns to the Cotswolds, so too does Thea Slocombe to house-sitting. She has agreed to look after Lucy Sinclair's new home in Northleach while she is away, and Thea is glad of the change of scene. She soon meets several of the locals who seem to irritate Lucy so much, and comes to the conclusion that Lucy is far from popular herself. When a man's body is found in Northleach, Thea needs all her wits about her. At the heart of the mystery are secrets betrayed and revenge exacted, and Thea is once again caught up in underhand dealings played out in the idyllic countryside.

A Grave in the Cotswolds

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749009359

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A Grave in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters, despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in the late Greta Simmonds' house, which is currently between ownership. But when a body is discovered in a nearby field, Thea finds herself embroiled in a murder investigation once again. After befriending undertaker Drew Slocombe, she soon finds she's aligned herself with the police's only suspect. Believing him to be innocent, Thea works together with Drew to clear his name, although it slowly dawns on them that in a village simmering with secrets, a means and a motive could be laid at anybody's door.