The Full Holiday Housesitter Mystery Collection

About The Full Holiday Housesitter Mystery Collection

Six holidays. Six houses. Six murders.

One housesitter who reads buildings the way other people read faces — and a German Shepherd who has never been wrong about a room. Sheila Cooper is a professional housesitter. She travels with a notebook, a scoring system she invented herself, and Max — a German Shepherd whose instincts have proven more reliable than most police briefings.

From a crumbling Scottish estate at Hogmanay to a Dorset cottage at Valentine's Day, from an Irish farm during St. Patrick's Week to a Cotswolds topiary garden at Easter, from a Warwickshire village at May Day to a Hampshire hotel at midsummer — every holiday sitting begins the same way: assess the property, meet the neighbours, learn the light switches. And then someone dies.

Across six investigations, Sheila sharpens her methods, challenges her assumptions, and builds a relationship with Fiona Ramsay — the woman who arranges her sittings and whose role evolves from distant employer to something far more complicated. Max tracks scent trails, guards boundaries, and renders verdicts on every person who walks through a door. The houses are characters.

The holidays are atmosphere. The mysteries are solved through observation, evidence, and the particular patience of a woman who writes everything down. This collection includes all six books:Midnight at the Manor (Hogmanay — Scottish Highlands)A Heart-Shaped Homicide (Valentine's Day — Dorset Coast)Shamrocks and Shivers (St.