P. Thompson – Cozy Mystery Author
Where small communities keep their secrets — and someone always notices.
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Theatre Secrets — the third Lucy Harford Narrowboat Mystery — is now available from Amazon here in ebook and paperback. A Victorian playhouse. An amateur dramatic company. A painter who sees more than she’s meant to. When former police constable turned narrowboat painter Lucy Harford moors The Curious Cat in the canal basin at Stavewell — accompanied,…
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Theatre Secrets is the third Lucy Harford Narrowboat Mystery, and it’s the book where everything I’ve been learning as a writer comes together. I want to tell you a little about it — not the plot (that’s yours to discover), but what the book is trying to do and why it matters to me. A…
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Every killer in Lucy Harford’s world has one thing in common. None of them set out to become what they became. In Scarecrow Secrets, Mrs Wembley carried her grief for years — quietly, privately, behind the composed face of a village librarian with a tidy perm and pearl earrings. She didn’t wake up one morning…
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I’m thrilled to announce that Hidden Secrets, the second book in the Lucy Harford Narrowboat Mysteries, is now available! This story holds a special place in my heart because it’s inspired by my many visits to several beautiful market towns in the English countryside. They each have ancient Churches—one of them actually contains a Saxon…
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Introduction Faith Martin’s Hillary Greene series has captivated readers with its unique narrowboat detective and authentic village mysteries. As a fellow author writing about narrowboat life and village secrets, I’m sure that fans of one series will absolutely love the other. The Narrowboat Connection Both Hillary Greene and Lucy Harford have chosen narrowboat life, though…
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July 7, 2025 The moment has finally arrived – Scarecrow Secrets: A Lucy Harford Narrowboat Mystery is now officially published and available on Amazon in both eBook and paperback! After that wait following my upload to KDP, I’m pleased to announce that readers can now join Lucy Harford aboard The Curious Cat for her very…
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After months of writing and editing, I’ve just uploaded both the eBook and paperback files for Scarecrow Secrets: A Lucy Harford Narrowboat Mystery to Amazon KDP. In just a few days, readers will be able to get their hands on the very first book in what I hope will be a beloved series. What is…
P. Thompson - Mystery Author 