What would you do if you found a body under a lighthouse? If you love cosy crime, classic murder mysteries, clever animals and cake, try Murder at the Lighthouse, a small town crime story set in Exham on Sea, in Somerset. Newcomer Libby Forest, recovering from a disastrous marriage and seeking a new life baking cakes and making chocolates in the town, finds a body under the seaside town's iconic nine-legged lighthouse. The police put the death of the ageing rock star down to an accident, but Libby remains convinced the woman was murdered. After a second sudden death, Libby has to face up to the wrath of local people in her fight to unmask the killer. Everyone knew the dead rock star, but no one seems to know or care why she died. What brought her back to Exham on Sea after so many years? Who wanted her dead? Does the key to her murder lie in the town, or far away across the Atlantic? Helped by Bear, an enormous Carpathian Sheepdog, and Fuzzy, an aloof marmalade cat, Libby joins forces with the secretive Max Ramshore to find justice for Susie Bennett, in this cosy culinary mystery. The first classic crime story in the series, Murder at the Lighthouse introduces a cast of local characters, including Mandy the teenage Goth and Detective Sergeant Joe Ramshore, Max's estranged son. The green fields, rolling hills and sandy beaches of England's West Country provide the perfect setting for crime, intrigue and mystery. For lovers of Agatha Christie novels, the golden age of crime, Midsomer Murders, M C Beaton's Agatha Raisin, lovable pets and cake, the series offers a set of quick read crime stories, as Libby solves a mixture of intriguing mysteries and uncovers the secrets of the small town's past. Download the first in the series now and enjoy a very British seaside murder mystery.
