A Cotswold Casebook

'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 Mail

A classic British cosy crime mystery set in the idyllic Cotswold countryside ...

A brand-new collection of twelve short stories, featuring the popular characters from Rebecca Tope's Cotswold mystery novels.


A suspicious funeral, a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places, and a country walk marred by the discovery of a hidden corpse, are just some of the perplexing situations with which Thea Osborne, her friends and a further cast of characters must contend. In this expanded view of the world of her popular books, Tope reminds us that death and crime will visit even the most idyllic country villages.

Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton, Julie Wassmer and Frances Evesham.

Readers love Rebecca Tope:

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Rebecca Tope is a prolific author of The Lake District Mysteries series Cotswolds Mysteries series and The West Country Murder Mysteries series, but each book can be read individually.