Death on Dartmoor Edge - The page-turning cozy crime series

Stephanie Austin

Summary

I've been able to add amateur sleuthing and accidental corpse finding to my CV. I'm not sure it's a good look.


Juno Browne, self-proclaimed Domestic Goddess who can turn her hand to cleaning, dog walking or home help jobs, is feeling overworked and underpaid. However, she is not the only one with problems, very serious problems. Among her friends, Elizabeth is being blackmailed, and Ricky's errant nephew is on the run from criminals in London.


In an attempt to get to the bottom of these disturbing developments, Juno finds herself drawn from an isolated manor house on Dartmoor to London's glamorous but shady theatreland. Can she avoid being fatally entangled in threads of deception and murder?

Available since: 09/19/2024.

Print length: 384 pages.

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