The Inspector Thanet Mysteries Volume One

The first three novels in the "beautifully crafted," CWA Silver Dagger Award–winning mystery series set in the English countryside (The Washington Post).

Detective Inspector Luke Thanet may be a family man with a soft heart and bad back, but he also has a bloodhound's nose for murder. With Sgt. Mike Lineham at his side, no mystery is too tough.

The Night She Died: Beautiful Julie Holmes lies dead in her front hall with a kitchen knife through her heart. The perpetrator could have been a burglar, a jealous husband, or a spurned lover, but the real answer may lie in a death that happened twenty years ago.

Six Feet Under: Middle-aged cleaning woman Carrie Birch doesn't strike Thanet as a likely candidate for murder. But when he digs up the dirt on her, he discovers a surprisingly long list of suspects.

Puppet for a Corpse: Dr. Arnold Pettifer is dead from an apparent overdose, but Thanet isn't so certain it's suicide. After he discovers the doctor's pregnant wife had a lover, he begins to suspect her—but then again, nothing about this case is what it seems.

Praise for Dorothy Simpson

"A modern-day version of Agatha Christie." —Booklist

"Dependably pleasing." —The Boston Globe