Cloister Secret MURDER: A Twisty British Whodunit Cozy Mystery with a Cat
About Cloister Secret MURDER: A Twisty British Whodunit Cozy Mystery with a Cat
When the phone rings at two in the morning, you already know it won’t be good news. Maisie Hart is dragged out of sleep by a call that makes her stomach drop. A body has been found in the cloisters of an old Durham college, and a friend from her university past has been arrested as the main suspect. The story is already forming in the public mind. The papers love it. The town loves it. Everyone wants a neat villain. Maisie does not. She knows her friend isn’t capable of murder. She also knows the cloisters are the kind of place where secrets don’t stay secret unless powerful people decide they should. When DI Rory Maddox tells her to go home and stay out of it, Maisie hears something else under his voice: fear. Back at The Dog-Eared Teacup, Maisie is juggling a staffing crisis, a mother who insists she can “fix everything with a nice chat,” and a cat who has learned how to open a cupboard door. But the investigation won’t leave her alone, because the case is not confined to the college walls. Clues start appearing in Maisie’s tiny orbit. A strange visitor asking about old donations. A missing ledger referenced in a half-torn note. A name from her past that should not be involved at all. And a quiet sense that someone is watching her whenever she gets too close. As Maisie digs, she finds links connecting the murder to university politics, heritage funding, and an influential charity with far too many keys and far too much access. The closer she gets to clearing her friend, the more she realises the killer did not just want someone dead. They wanted a story. And they wanted the right person blamed. Cloister Secret MURDER is a darker, twistier British cozy mystery with clean romance tension, a warm bookshop tearoom home base, and a cat who keeps turning up in the wrong place at the worst time. Series orderBook 1: Scone Shop MURDERBook 2: Gallery Night MURDERBook 3: Cloister Secret MURDERBook 4: Fête Day MURDERBook 5: May Morning MURDERBook 6: Funeral Tea MURDERClean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.
Perfect for fans of British whodunits, university mysteries, cat cozies, and conspiracies hiding behind polite smiles