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Gina Kirkham

The first three “warm, cozy crime capers” in the witty series starring a librarian turned detective by the author of the Constable Mavis Upton novels (Jill’s Book Cafe).

 This three-in-one volume includes:

Murders at the Winterbottom Women’s Institute
 Librarian Prunella Pearce has begun a new life in the village of Winterbottom, where there’s little social life to be had aside from the meetings of the Winterbottom Women’s Institute. But excitement ensues when the group is due to elect a new president—and the nominees begin dropping like flies . . .

Murders at the Montgomery Hall Hotel
 Prunella and her friends are spending Halloween at an old estate that’s been converted into a hotel. But between a mysterious impostor and some dead bodies, Pru realizes they may need a little assistance from her detective associate to crack the case . . .

Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat
 Pru is preparing for her wedding. But after one of her friends suffers a suspicious accident at a rest home, she is on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy . . .

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The Prunella Pearce Mysteries

The Prunella Pearce Mysteries Books One to Three: Murders at the Winterbottom Women's Institute, Murders at the Montgomery Hall Hotel, and Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat

Residents of a rest home are dying of very unnatural causes, in this new novel in a series of “warm, cozy crime capers” (Jill’s Book Cafe).

Christmas Eve, 1989. A couple is found slumped in front of their twinkling Christmas tree in an apparent murder-suicide . . .

Today. Librarian Pru Pearce is preparing for her wedding to police detective Andy Barnes. But after one of her Women’s Institute friends suffers a suspicious accident at Rookery Grange, a home for the elderly and infirm, Pru and the other ladies are on alert. And when one of the residents is asphyxiated with a pillow, no one can rest easy . . .

 With her wedding taking a disastrous turn and a killer on the loose, the part-time detective makes another vow: to investigate and solve the mystery. Will she unravel generations of murderous secrets and find the culprit?

Murders at the Rookery Grange Retreat: A brand new unmissable humorous cozy crime mystery

“Laugh out loud . . . I flew through it . . . I was totally hooked.” —Goodreads reviewer, five stars

A sleuthing librarian and her friends spend Halloween at a generations-old estate where they discover murder runs in the family . . .
 
 Prunella Pearce, Bree, and the other ladies of the Winterbottom Women’s Institute are planning to spend Halloween at the Montgomery Hall Hotel murder-mystery weekend—just as the historical venue’s past comes back to haunt it.
 
 The hotel is now in the incapable hands of Tarragon Montgomery, with its faltering finances overseen by elderly matriarch Cecily.
 
 Meanwhile, the local actress hired to play Psychic Selma for the weekend has been replaced by an impostor. But who is she, and what is her agenda?
 
 Pru and Bree have some experience solving mysteries, but as Montgomery Hall is engulfed by a storm and the bodies start piling up, they may need a little assistance from Pru’s delectable detective, Andy Barnes, in order to crack the case . . .

Murders at the Montgomery Hall Hotel

It’s a quiet English village—except for one crazed murderer—in this delightful romp by the author of the Constable Mavis Upton series.

 Librarian Prunella Pearce has left heartbreak behind to start a new life in the village of Winterbottom, where there’s little social life to be had aside from the meetings of The Winterbottom Women’s Institute at the parish hall.

 But a bit of excitement ensues when the group is about to elect a new president—and the nominees for the position begin dropping like flies. One is found facedown in a lemon drizzle cake, stabbed with a crochet needle. Another nearly dies spectacularly in the revolving doors of a Harrogate hotel. When Pru and her friend Bree agree to do some undercover snooping to help the police, little do they know that one of the Winterbottom women is hiding a scandalous secret . . .