About the Book
Treat yourself to three charming British cozy mysteries in one bundle — save over 40% on Books 1-3 of the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries!
Murderous scones, meddling village grannies, and a kitty with a talent for mischief… Gemma ditches her corporate job to return to Oxford and open a traditional English tearoom — only to discover that life in an English village has never been so deliciously deadly!
Book 1 — A Scone to Die For
When an American tourist is murdered with one of her signature scones, Gemma finds herself turning amateur sleuth to save her fledgling business. Things get even stickier when the handsome CID detective leading the case turns out to be her old college flame — much to the horror of her bossy, matchmaking mother, who’s been busy cooking up a “more suitable” match of her own.
Now, with the help of the meddling “Old Biddies” — a group of nosy village octogenarians who fancy themselves as modern-day Miss Marples — Gemma must sort through a fresh batch of suspects and red herrings. Meanwhile, one cheeky tabby cat is determined to mix murder with mischief and mayhem of her own!
Drawing on her Oxford alumni connections, Gemma soon uncovers buried secrets in the university’s past… but with the body count rising and her tearoom going bust, can she catch the killer before her future turns to custard?
Book 2 — Tea with Milk and Murder
“You know your social life needs work when your first Saturday night out in months ends in murder.”
While at an Oxford art gallery, tearoom owner Gemma Rose overhears a sinister conversation minutes before a University student is fatally poisoned. Could there be a connection? And could her best friend’s suave new boyfriend have anything to do with the murder?
Gemma decides to do some snooping, helped by the nosy “Old Biddies” from the local Cotswolds village. But sleuthing isn’t as simple as she’d imagined, particularly when she keeps bumping into her old college flame, now the CID detective in charge of the investigation. And with her mother causing havoc at her quaint English tearoom and her best friend furious with her suspicions, Gemma finds herself in a sticky spot…
The dead girl had no shortage of enemies and there are motives galore: was it the the angry rival student desperate for revenge? Or the resentful employee with a bitter grudge? Or maybe even a sly ex-lover determined to end their affair once and for all? Gemma finds that this mystery is turning out to have more twists than a Chelsea bun. Too late, she realises that she could be the next item on the killer’s menu… or will her little tabby cat, Muesli, save the day?
Book 3 — Two Down, Bun To Go
“When you’re jolted awake by the shrill ringing of the phone at two in the morning, somehow you always know it’s going to be bad news.”
A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, straight into the heart of a new murder mystery–this time with her friend, Seth, arrested as the key suspect! The grisly killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college points to a bitter feud within the University–but Gemma finds unexpected clues popping up in her tiny Cotswolds village.
Meanwhile, her love life is in turmoil as Gemma struggles to decide between eminent doctor, Lincoln Green, and sexy CID detective, Devlin O’Connor… whilst her quaint English tearoom is in hot water as she struggles to find a new baking chef.
With her exasperating mother and her mischievous little tabby cat, Muesli, driving her nutty as a fruitcake–and the nosy Old Biddies at her heels–Gemma must crack her toughest case yet if she is to save her friend from a life behind bars.
