Steeped in Secrets

Steeped in Secrets — Book 2 of The Thistlewood Tea & Treats Mysteries. An invitation to the manor is rarely just an invitation. Not in Thistlewood, and certainly not in September.

Thistlewood Manor opens its doors, and a man who never made it to Tuesday leaves behind an estate in question and a great many people who would rather nobody looked too closely. Clara Webb keeps a quiet library and quieter opinions. Marcus Ashworth is charming in a way that invites double-checking. Biscuit the cat knows something. By October the village has decided who did it — which is usually the moment the truth arrives to disagree.

What to expect

• A manor-house puzzle with an inheritance at its centre
• Charm, misdirection and a satisfying fair-play reveal
• Standalone — the second Thistlewood mystery, readable in any order

About the series

Thistlewood is an English village with a tea shop at its heart, a cat with a habit of turning up at the wrong moment, and rather more secrets than its size suggests. These are cosy mysteries in the traditional sense: an amateur sleuth, a closed circle of suspects, clues laid fairly on the page, and no graphic violence or gore.

Every book stands completely on its own — start anywhere — though readers who follow the series will keep meeting Pearl Whitmore, Clara Webb, Biscuit the cat and the rest of the village. 67 pages.

Browse the whole series in Cozy Mysteries, try the Romance Novels shelf, or explore the full Arb Digital Library.

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