Shadows Over Middleclere

<p><strong>In a village where secrets are buried as deep as the hedgerows one woman's past may be the key to solving a deadly mystery.</strong></p><p>Welcome to Middleclere a picture-postcard English village where the air smells of fresh scones secrets and murder.</p><p>Retired Liverpool detective Annie Geraghty thought she'd left crime behind when she took over the Black Dog pub in the sleepy Larkshire Downs. But when a local stable hand is found dead at the village fête tranquility vanishes faster than a pint on a Friday night.</p><p>Drawn back into the world she tried to leave Annie must navigate a tangle of local gossip buried scandals and suspicious villagers-from the flirty farmer with something to hide to the racehorse trainer with a shadowy past. Even the vicar and the retired judge aren't above suspicion.</p><p>With her loyal collie Lassie a pint-pulling cook with an attitude and a former Army major nursing an old flame Annie races to uncover the truth before more lives are lost. But someone in Middleclere will kill to keep their secrets buried...</p><p><em>Shadows Over Middleclere</em> is a charming and twisty British cosy mystery perfect for fans of Midsomer<em> Murders</em> and Richard Osman.</p>