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.

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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.

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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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