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Lesley Cookman
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Death Treads the Boards
Summer 1908 The Alexandria introduces a controversial male impersonator to the stage. Played by the very well known Jessie James, this entertainer is very much…
Murder and The Pantomime Cat
Pantomime is coming to The Alexandria theatre in Nethergate. Among the cast is Clemency, an old acquaintance of Libby Sarjeant and Fran Wolfe. She is…
Murder and the Glovemaker’s Son
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its nineteenth instalment. The Oast Theatre in Steeple Martin is hosting an incredibly…
Murder Most Fowl
It is almost Christmas, and pantomime rehearsals are well under way. Once again, local butcher Bob is playing the dame, but the whole production is…
Murder by the Barrel
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eighteenth instalment. When the sleepy village of Steeple Martin announces its first…
Entertaining Death
The second Edwardian mystery featuring Dorinda Alexander by Lesley Cookman. When the recently widowed Lady Amelia Washington comes to Nethergate's Alexandria theatre, its proprietor Dorinda has her suspicions…
Murder on the Run
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its seventeenth instalment The world of running is completely alien to Libby Sarjeant…
Murder Dancing
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its sixteenth instalment. Max Tobin brings his all-male dance company to Steeple Martin…
Death Plays a Part
Death Plays a Part is the first in a series of historical mysteries by best-selling author Lesley Cookman, set in the changing world of the…
Murder in the Blood
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fifteenth instalment. Libby Sarjeant and friends are taking a well-earned holiday at…
Murder at Mallowan Manor
It's the run-up to Christmas, Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran have been invited to stay at grand old Mallowan Manor to investigate some mysterious…
Murder Mystery Book Club Vol One
Something in the Blood – Book One in the Honey Driver Mysteries Honey Driver runs a hotel in Bath. She also collects antique underwear. As…
A Libby Sarjeant Murder Mystery Boxset Vol 1
Murder in Steeple Martin – Book One in the Libby Sarjeant Murder Mysteries First in a series of British murder mysteries featuring retired middle-aged actress…
Murder Out of Tune
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fourteenth instalment. A member of a local ukulele group is found dead…
Murder in a Different Place
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its thirteenth instalment. Libby and the gang visit the Isle of Wight for…
Murder in the Dark
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its twelfth instalment. An unidentified woman’s body is found in a remote garden…
Murder in the Monastery
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eleventh instalment. A jewelled Anglo-Saxon reliquary has mysteriously appeared on a website,…
Murder by Magic
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its tenth instalment. Libby Sarjeant and her friend Fran Wolfe are asked to…
Murder at the Laurels
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its second instalment. There is something not quite right about the death of…
Murder in Bloom
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fifth instalment. Middle-aged artist-come-investigator Libby Sarjeant can't ever seem to have a…
Murder to Music
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eighth instalment. Amateur detective Libby Sarjeant and psychic investigator Fran Castle are…
Murder in the Green
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its sixth instalment. Amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant and psychic investigator Fran find themselves…
Murder Imperfect
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its seventh instalment. When sleuth-come-pantomime director Libby Serjeant learns of threatening letters sent…
Murder at the Manor
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its ninth instalment. Steeple Martin sleuth Libby Sarjeant and her partner Ben are…
Murder in Midwinter
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its third instalment. Bella Morleigh was pleased to inherit a derelict theatre, that…
Murder in Steeple Martin
The first book in Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant. Artist and ex-actress Libby Sarjeant is busy directing a play for the…
Murder by the Sea
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fourth instalment. Psychic investigator Fran Castle gets a request from the police…
Murder to Music
Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eighth instalment. Amateur detective Libby Sarjeant and psychic investigator Fran Castle are…
How to Write a Pantomime
There are thousands of pantomimes staged throughout the world every year, most of them in Britain. Most groups, whether they be amateur drama societies, schools,…