Fête Day MURDER: A Laugh-Out-Loud British Village Cozy Mystery with a Cat

About Fête Day MURDER: A Laugh-Out-Loud British Village Cozy Mystery with a Cat

If there is one person who can attend a village fête and stumble into a murder, it’s Maisie Hart. Maisie agrees to run a tea-and-cake stall at a charming countryside fête just outside Durham. The Quill Club promises it will be “good for the business.

” Her mother promises it will be “good for her love life.” And someone, without asking, enters her rescue cat Wicket into the cat show. It starts as bunting, brass bands, and polite chaos.

Then a scream tears through the back marquee. A local heritage star is found dead behind stacked chairs in the supply tent, and the scene feels wrong in a way Maisie can’t ignore. The crowd turns ugly fast.

People point. People film. People decide who to blame before the police tape is even unrolled.

DI Rory Maddox arrives and locks the place down, but Maisie can already feel the narrative forming around her again. Murder has a way of sticking to her, and some people enjoy that far too much. As Maisie moves through the fête with a forced smile and sharp ears, she uncovers a web of grudges.

The victim had been blocking building projects, interfering with grant funding, and threatening to expose something about the village’s money. The word “heritage” keeps coming up, always paired with pressure, favours, and quiet intimidation. Then the sabotage begins.

A disturbed cash tin at Maisie’s stall. A “small accident” at her tearoom that could have become a fire. A message left where only someone with access could place it.

This is not a random killer panicking. This is someone making a point. To catch a murderer, Maisie will have to follow the money, outwit a village full of smiling suspects, and admit a truth she has been avoiding.

Someone has keys to her life. And they intend to use them. Fête Day MURDER is a funny, fast-paced British culinary cozy mystery featuring a bookshop tearoom, a meddling mother, a fierce older-ladies sleuthing squad, and one cat who believes every tent is his tent.

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.