The Grasmere Grudge

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749024352

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The Grasmere Grudge by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Returning from a much-needed holiday, Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown discovers that life in the Lake District is, as ever, far from relaxing. Before she can enjoy the idea of being the future Mrs Chris Henderson, her fiancé discovers the body of his friend, antique dealer Jonathan Woolley, brutally strangled in a house in Grasmere.Enlisting the help of her friends and amateur detectives Ben and Bonnie, the investigation appears to ask more questions than it answers as historical grudges against the dead man are revealed. It seems that many people had a reason for wanting him dead. But with Chris's increasingly evasive and odd behaviour, Simmy begins to wonder if he is more involved in the murder than he is saying. How can she put her trust in a man with something to hide?

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749027551

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The Ullswater Undertaking by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown. Not only has her baby arrived, but she and her fiancé Christopher have moved to the historic village of Hartsop in the Lake District - and they still intend to say their vows before the height of summer. But when a former acquaintance of Christopher's reminds him of a promise he made a decade previously, their lives soon take a sinister - and deadly - turn. Yet even with a young baby to consider Simmy cannot ignore her instinct to investigate, especially with the personal link to her soon-to-be husband. Ably assisted by her would-be detective friend Ben, can Simmy puzzle out this reckoning from the past and protect her family in time for the wedding bells to chime?

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,9 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.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 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.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749029760

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The Askham Accusation by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Autumn clouds are drawing in over the village of Askham, at the edge of the picturesque Lake District, and mourners, including Simmy Henderson, are heading to the funeral of Humphrey Craig. Taking a quiet moment later to visit the grave and admire the flowers with her florist's eye, Simmy meets two women: academic Lindsay Wilson and ninety-year-old matriarch Pauline Parsons. Just twenty-four hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell, and Simmy faces questioning at Penrith police station. An accusation has been made, but if Simmy is to avoid arrest for a murder she did not commit, she will have to uncover the killer herself.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 .

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 ...

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749022440

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The Staveley Suspect by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father's failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also the approach of Mother's Day, a busy and painful day for her.But in taking an order for a retirement party in Staveley, she is pulled into her most challenging investigation. When a daughter starts accusing her own mother of murder, Simmy, Ben and Bonnie find themselves taking different sides of the investigation. With her relationships under strain, Simmy is tried on all fronts. However, she has to learn to leave her own concerns behind to discover just who the killer is.

Author : Kate Grosmaire
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780718041526

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Forgiving My Daughter's Killer by Kate Grosmaire Pdf

Forgiveness is possible even in impossible circumstances. On March 28, 2010, Kate and Andy Grosmaire received two pieces of news that would change their lives forever. The first was their worst nightmare: “Ann has been shot.” And the second was the dumbfounding addendum: “Conor was the one who shot her.” Their nineteen-year-old daughter had been killed by her boyfriend, a young man who had lived with the family and had come to feel like part of it. In a beautiful, tragic testament to the liberating power of forgiveness, Kate Grosmaire tells the story of her daughter’s murder at the hand of her boyfriend—and the stunning, deliberate forgiveness and help that Kate and her husband offered to the young man who shattered their world. Part memoir, part spiritual testimony, Forgiving My Daughter’s Killer is the story of a family whose faith was put to the test and so found the capacity to do far more than they could have thought or imagined.

Author : Mary L. Armitt
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547100409

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The Church of Grasmere by Mary L. Armitt Pdf

The Church of Grasmere is a book by Mary Armitt. It provides a history and view of St Oswald's Church in the village of Grasmere, in the luscious green hills landscapes of Lake District, Cumbria, England.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749021122

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The Bowness Bequest by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Winter has arrived in the town of Windermere, and has bought with it the death of Frances Henderson, the best friend of Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's mother. Having known the Henderson family all of her life, Simmy must cope with the loss of an important figure from her childhood, as well as the confusion at being bequeathed something in Frances's will.When Frances's husband is violently murdered in his home, Simmy must face the fact that the family she was once so close to as a child, holds some dark and sinister secrets.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062397249

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The Windermere Witness by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon "Simmy" Brown has moved to the beautiful Lake District region to be closer to her charismatic parents. Things are going well, and Simmy is happy to lose herself in her work. But the peace she has found is shattered when, at the wedding of a millionaire's daughter, the bride's brother is found brutally murdered in the lake. As the wedding florist and one of the last people to talk to Mark Baxter alive, Simmy gradually becomes involved with the grief-ridden and angry relatives. All seem to have their fair share of secrets and scandals—a distant mother, a cheating father, and a husband twenty-five years older than his bride. When events take another sinister turn, all eyes turn to the groom and his close-knit friends, each more secretive and volatile than the next. As a prime witness, Simmy finds herself at the heart of a murder investigation that could undo a family and a whole town …

Author : Thomas De Quincey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : English literature
ISBN : NYPL:33433107878872

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Literary Reminiscences: Wordsworth and Southey. Southey. Wordsworth, and Coleridge. Recollections of Grasmere. The Saracen's head. Society of the Lakes. Charles Loyd. Society of the Lakes. Walking Stewart; Edward Irving; William Wordsworth. Talfourd: The London magazine; Junius; Clare; Cunningham. Libellous attack by a London journal; Duelling by Thomas De Quincey Pdf

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062397263

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The Ambleside Alibi by Rebecca Tope Pdf

Simmy has been adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop, Persimmon's Petals, and trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when she thinks her life is quietly coming together, it starts to unravel at the seams. She delivers a bouquet of flowers with a mysterious message attached to an elderly lady that brings sinister secrets to light. And when another old woman is found murdered in her own home, Simmy is drawn into the center of the investigation after the prime suspect names her as an alibi. As the murky lives of her neighbors tangle and swirl around her, Simmy must uncover the motive behind the murder before the killer strikes again …

Author : Mary Armitt
Publisher : Litres
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040761265

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The Church of Grasmere: A History by Mary Armitt Pdf