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Time for another trip to the Cotswolds for a mystery with house sitting Thea Osborne. Only this time Thea is not house sitting and she is no longer Thea Osborne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thea and Drew are now married. The newly Mrs Thea Slocombe has moved into a big house in Broad Campden with Drew and his two children Stephanie and Timmy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their home is the house that one of Drew benefactors left him on the condition that he set up a natural burial ground on her land. His business partner Mags is left behind to run the original burial ground, while Drew works hard getting the Broad Campden site up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Peril
Peril in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope\u00a0– photo by Juliamaud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Plot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Thea Slocombe is trying to settle into normal family domestic life with Drew and his two children in Broad Campden. But any sense of cosy domesticity is shattered when Thea finds the body of a neighbour. No longer a house-sitter, Thea has no choice but to stay in the village and deal with whatever happens next, even when this risks damage to her marriage. Unconvinced that the swift conclusion made about the death by the police is the right one, Thea is compelled to follow her nature and investigate herself. But what repercussions might there be for her, Drew and those with whom they share this corner of the Cotswolds?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peril in the Cotswolds by Rebecca Tope\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Available from\u00a0City adventurers Solve The Murder\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Amazon<\/a> and Water<\/a>stones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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