Francis Meadowes Mysteries Books One to Three

Three novels in the acclaimed series starring an author whose itinerary often leads him to crime scenes . . . The Festival MurdersBryce Peabody is ready to give a talk at the annual literary festival in the pretty English town of Mold-on-Wold until he's found dead in his hotel room. Soon, author Francis Meadowes is drawn into a role he knows only from his own fiction that of amateur detective . . . "e;A marvellous set of unsavoury suspects . . . good, nasty fun with a ring of truth."e; The Mail on Sunday, Thriller of the WeekCruising to MurderFrancis has landed a job lecturing aboard a luxurious liner as it cruises down the West African coast. His fellow passengers include an eclectic mix of characters. But when two of them die, the sleuthing crime writer discovers he may be out of his depth . . . "e;[An] entertaining mystery."e; Publishers WeeklyMurder Your DarlingsFrancis is soaking up the sun in Italy, running a creative writing course at a villa in the Umbrian countryside. But what should have been a magical week turns sinister when a body is found in the sauna . . . A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year"e;A neat twist on the classic English-country-house formula."e; Kirkus Reviews