[PDF] Guilt In The Cotswolds eBook

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2016-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749019093

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Thea Osborne's latest house-sitting assignment is a little different to the rest. Along with her spaniel, Hepzie, Thea finds herself in the village of Chedworth. She is tasked with creating an inventory of Rita Wilshire's possessions, requested by her son, Richard Wilshire, after moving her into a care home. All goes to plan, until Thea and her fiancé, Drew Slocombe, find Richard dead in a barn. When family members come knocking, Thea and Drew struggle to give them answers. The Wilshire family has its own past and, whilst Thea knows it is not really her business, she cannot help but become involved in the case. Was Richard's death suicide? Or something more sinister? When the clues lead them in circles, Thea's relationship with Drew is put to the test. But there is a crime to solve, and neither of them is willing to give up just yet.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison and Busby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,50 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
ISBN : 9780749007935

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Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father's death - anything to keep her busy and away from some of her rather difficult relatives. And while feeling lonely, keeping the house in order and looking after the Angell's menagerie of animals does the trick for a short period of time. But when Thea's prickly elder sister turns up on her doorstep after witnessing a horrific murder, the tentative tranquillity in Lower Slaughter vanishes, replaced by the sinister connotations of the town's name.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749027274

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'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.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 14,13 MB
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749024380

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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 : Magna Large Print Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,28 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Cotswold Hills (England)
ISBN : 9780750537889

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The isolated village of Snowshill has Thea on edge as soon as she arrives, and Hyacinth House - her new, rather cluttered house-sitting assignment - does nothing to dispel such feelings. Soon enough, her intuition in this case proves to be right, and once again Thea becomes entangled in another mystery.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749020717

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Summer has come to the Lake District town of Windermere, where Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown runs her own florist shop. But there's no time for her to stop and smell the roses with the shop struggling for money, so a contract to provide floral displays for a hotel in Hawkshead couldn't have arrived at a better moment. However, Simmy's association with the hotel soon turns sinister when she finds a body in the lake. To make matters worse, her friend, Ben Harkness - responsible for calling and alerting her of the discovered body - is now missing and thought to be kidnapped. Caught up in both a murder and kidnapping investigation, Simmy begins chasing clues left by the missing Ben. With many suspicious characters bustling in and out of the hotel, while simultaneously trying to cope with her father's encroaching dementia, solving the puzzle seems a grueling challenge, but Simmy is compelled to uncover the truth...

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 074902173X

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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?

Author : Jane Bingham
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 23,53 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 0195398769

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Lying between the provinces and the capital, the Cotswolds have been home to kings and aristocrats, and have played a dramatic role in the story of Britain.

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 2018-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749023775

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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?

Author : Rebecca Tope
Publisher : Allison & Busby Ltd
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 19,11 MB
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0749028645

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'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.