Books

Here you’ll find Lucy’s adventures waiting for you—each one perfectly suited for curling up with a proper cup of tea and a biscuit or two.

Book 1. Scarecrow Secrets

A scarecrow, canal and narrowboat with an English village in the background

Ex-constable Lucy Harford turns village sleuth when the murder of the local vicar’s disrupts the annual Scarecrow Festival in quaint Lower Wick.

Learn more here

Available here

Book 2. Hidden Secrets

A narrowboat on a canal is near an idyllic English small town with an Abbey tower

Hidden Secrets takes Lucy to the honey-stone small town of Burybridge, where ancient Saxon secrets and murder collide with her own family history.

Learn more here

Available here

Book 3. Theatre Secrets

A canal with narrowboat in the autumn light is moored near a small town with a theatre

Ex-detective Lucy Harford’s peaceful painting trip on her narrowboat to Stavewell turns deadly when opening night murder pulls her into investigating theatre secrets, rivalries, and perfectly rehearsed crimes.

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Coming soon

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