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MEET HONEY DRIVER. HOTEL OWNER. WIDOWED MUM. CRIME SOLVER?Honey Driver isn't sure about becoming the new police liaison for the Bath Hotels Association - especially when DS Steve Doherty is her opposite number.Yes, he's good-looking, but he's also arrogant and uninterested in partnering with "Bath's answer to Miss Marple".But, Honey tells herself, nothing ever happens in pleasant, safe Bath.Then an American tourist goes missing. And washes up dead on the riverbank, within sight of the famous Pulteney Bridge.The tourist was staying at Ferny Down Bed and Breakfast across town, run by Cora Herbert.Cora's shifty ex has just come out of prison. The last thing she needs is a dead guest to ruin her reputation.Honey has her suspicions about who's behind the American's death. DS Doherty doesn't want to know, so Honey plunges into her own investigation.And then Cora's new husband is found dead in their garden.Can Honey uncover a killer before any more Ferny Down residents turn up dead?Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin, Janet Evanovitch, The Thursday Murder Club, Simon Brett, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will be hooked by this addictive character-driven mystery

The competition's on. And the knives are out . . .A cooking competition between Bath's top chefs is bound to be murder. Honey Driver knows that much for sure.But her head chef, Smudger Smith, is in the running for the grand prize and Honey couldn't be prouder. She tags along for the main event: a nail-biting cook-off between Smudger and his arch nemesis, scheming Oliver Stafford.Oliver cheats his way to victory. But the very next morning, he gets his just desserts.He is found dead in his own kitchen. Stuffed in the oven like a prize turkey.Detective Steve Harvey, Honey's dishy on-off boyfriend, is convinced Smudger is behind it all. But Honey's instincts tell her that can't be right . . .With so much at stake, can she uncover the real killer before matters reach boiling point?Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin, Janet Evanovitch, The Thursday Murder Club, Simon Brett, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will be hooked by this addictive character-driven mystery

MEET HONEY DRIVER. HOTEL MANAGER. WIDOWED MUM. CRIME SOLVER?Honey Driver agrees, rather grudgingly, to join a friend on a ghost walk around the crescents and terraces of historic Georgian Bath.There are no ghosts, but death is just around the corner.One of the walkers is found hanged in a dusty antiques shop - murdered.The victim is Lady Templeton-Jones, an obnoxious American aristocrat who was lured away from the walk. And straight into the killer's noose.As one of the last people to see her alive, Honey feels bound to investigate.But does she have a ghost of a chance of solving the mystery?Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin, Janet Evanovitch, The Thursday Murder Club, Simon Brett, Frances Evesham, M.C. Beaton, Rhys Bowen, Clare Chase or Jeanne M. Dams will be hooked by this addictive character-driven mystery

Honey Driver, owner of the Green River Hotel, is attending the funeral of one of her mother's friends, at the eco-friendly burial grounds Memory Meadow. But before the deceased can be properly laid to rest, another body is found already placed in the grave.The victim is C.A. Wright, renowned hotel reviewer with a nasty reputation and some even nastier habits. Wright was known as a leech, a lecher and a venomous cockroach by most people who crossed his path.Honey and her police inspector boyfriend, Steve, discover multiple poison pen letters addressed to Wright from several different people, all threatening his life. But which one meant what they wrote?This time Honey finds herself in the spotlight as a lead suspect - she too is a hotel owner who had been at the wrong end of Wright's vicious pen . . .Determined to clear her name, Honey starts investigating. But no sooner has she begun, Honey accidentally stumbles across another body in the Memory Meadow site. A body that's definitely not meant to be there either . . .An unfortunate coincidence, or is someone deliberately setting Honey up . . . ?

Glowing candles, serene music, a relaxing mud treatment . . . and a dead body. Honey is on the case Honey Driver is asked to go undercover by her police inspector boyfriend Steve to help solve the recent and grisly drowning of a woman at the local spa. She has no idea she is diving headlong into her most baffling mystery yet.The victim is the Lady Macrottie - a distinguished local aristocrat found fully submerged in a mud bath.The staff at the spa all have solid alibis, and even Lady Macrottie's husband - set to inherit her crumbling estate - seems innocent.The only lead in the case is a mysterious scruffy man seen in the area just before the murder, but with no way to trace him, Honey and Steve are truly stumped.Then a guest at Honey's own hotel is found dead under what appear to be suspicious circumstances. Now it's become personal . . .

Mulled wine, mistletoe . . . and murder? Honey is on the case It's almost Christmas at the Green River Hotel. Proud owner Honey Driver is navigating the chaos that comes with hosting several Christmas parties. However the sudden murder of one of the guests halts all the festivities.Publisher Clarence Scrimshaw was meant to be staying overnight at the hotel for his office Christmas party. But he is found poisoned, strangled and stabbed at his desk before he gets there.There are no shortage of suspects among his many unhappy staff and disgruntled authors.Then Clarence's PA Mrs Finchley swears she saw a man who looked just like her boss's long-deceased business partner in the office that fateful, bloody night. How is this possible?Just as Honey begins to make progress, her teenage daughter goes missing . . .

A party ending with a slice of fresh murder . . . ?It's the spookiest night of the year and Honey Driver dresses up as Morticia Addams to go to the Halloween birthday party of one of her oldest friends at the Moss End Hotel.Alas, the party is a disaster - under-catered, overcrowded and full of other Morticias, including the hostess.Mr and Mrs Crook, the owners, are nowhere to be seen. Then the guests find they have been locked inside the hotel. Once the revellers manage to escape through the French windows, the Crooks are finally discovered.But they're in no condition to deal with complaints . . .

Honey and her detective fianc Steve are visiting a pretty church in an idyllic English village, scouting out possible wedding venues. Trees, songbirds and the scent of flowers envelop them. But as usual when Honey is around, things are not quite as they seem . . . On arrival, Honey and Steve discover the vicar unconscious on the floor. When she finally comes around, the vicar tells a strange tale of a woman seen floating across the village green at twilight, in a pure white bridal dress. Honey and Steve are unsure what to make of it. The following day, Steve is called back to the village. An elderly woman has been found dead - sitting in the front pew of the church, dressed in a lavish wedding gown. Honey and Steve are about to tackle their strangest case yet.