Seven Lively Suspects: An unputdownable cosy mystery set in the Cotswolds (Paperback) - Katy Watson

The third sleuthing outing for the three Dahlias, and this time they have to investigate a cold case and a more recent murder at a crime fiction festival in the picturesque Cotswolds...

One murder case. Seven suspects. Three amateur sleuths with the smarts to solve any mystery . . .

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It's a baking hot British summer, and the sleepy town of Market Foxleigh is staging a crime writing festival... with the three Dahlias as guests of honour.

After all, not only have Rosalind King, Caro Hooper and Posy Starling each played fictional detective Dahlia Lively on screen, but they're also making a name for themselves solving real-life murders too.

The Dahlias are anticipating a weekend of cream teas, awards dinners and warm white wine... but before long they're sleuthing together once again - this time helping a true crime podcast investigate a local cold case with a personal connection for one of the Dahlias.

It's been five years since Dahlia Lively fan Scott Baker was arrested for a murder that had eerie echoes of one of Dahlia's fictional cases. It seemed like an open and shut case at the time, but the podcast team are convinced that the police got the wrong man.

Can the three Dahlias help prove them right - and find the real killer?

Whether you've read the whole series, or are discovering the Three Dahlias novels for the first time, this is the perfect murder mystery to escape into if you love Agatha Christie, Jessica Fellowes and Janice Hallett.

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Praise for the Three Dahlias mysteries . . .

'Dame Agatha would approve' DAILY MAIL

'An absolute treat of a read with all the ingredients of a vintage murder mystery: a country house, mysterious dead bodies and three actresses all keen to catch the killer. Perfect weekend reading!' JANICE HALLETT, author of THE APPEAL

'Celebrates and gently satirises Golden Age crime novels in a hugely entertaining country house mystery' THE TIMES

'A wonderful celebration of Golden Age crime. . . a read you can sink into, just like the perfect country house weekend' S.J. BENNETT, author of THE WINDSOR KNOT

'A fun, 1930s style murder-mystery, which makes for perfect holiday reading' WOMAN'S WEEKLY

'I loved it - witty, engaging and hugely enjoyable' FRANCES BRODY, author of the Kate Shackleton series

'A cosy whodunnit told with modern flair' YOURS

About the Author

Growing up in a family of murder mystery addicts, Katy Watson learned early to look for means, motive and opportunity.

After studying English Literature - with a sideline in crime fiction - at Lancaster University, she set about teaching herself to write her own stories, while also experiencing enough of the world to have things to write about.

Two careers, a lot of airmiles, one husband, two children, three houses and forty-five published books for children and adults later, lockdown finally gave her the means, motive and opportunity to create her own murder mystery. The Three Dahlias mysteries are the result.