Rex and the Dowager

When Rex Sutherland and his employer, Eleanor, Dowager Duchess of Drakeford, find a body by the lake of Bircham Manor, Her Grace – or ‘HG’ as Rex calls her – is reluctant to let it ruin their picnic.

After all, HG is a sleuthing professional and at home with crime scenes, having cracked many a case with Scotland Yard’s top dog, Inspector Whipple,...

A single bite was all it took to turn a lavish celebration into a deadly mystery.

Step into the enchanting yet treacherous world of 1920s England with A Spiffing Murder, where celebrated amateur sleuth, the Dowager Duchess of Drakeford, and her sharp-eyed ward, Rex, are thrust into a web of intrigue and danger at the opulent Hilltop estate.

When...

Murder never goes out of fashion—especially in 1920s high society.

Norwich, 1922. When a glamorous model is shot mid-stride at a high-society fashion show, Eleanor, Dowager Duchess of Drakeford, wastes no time assembling her unconventional team: her unflappable assistant Rex Sutherland and Inspector Whipple of Scotland Yard. But before they can...

A 1920s British cosy mystery and historical whodunit featuring an aristocratic amateur sleuth, a Scotland Yard investigation, a closed-circle ocean liner setting, and classic golden-age intrigue.

A luxury voyage becomes a prison at sea.

December, 1922. The Britannic Star sails from Southampton to New York, carrying society’s elite across a...

A country-house murder mystery set in 1920s Norfolk, where a poisoned nightcap turns a charity treasure hunt into a deadly game of manners, motives and misdirection. Golden-age crime fiction with manor-house intrigue, fair-play clues and a guest list hiding more than polite conversation.

A charity treasure hunt becomes a murder inquiry at Thorpe...