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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2013., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Simmy has been adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop, integrating into the community and trying to put her tragic past behind her.But just when Simmy thinks her life is quietly coming together, it starts to unravel at the seams. She delivers a bouquet of flowers with a mysterious message attached to an elderly lady, and sinister secrets come creeping into the light. And when another old woman is found murdered in her own home, Persimmon knows her peaceful life in Windermere is about to be shaken once again.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010, 2008., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Thea Osborne series   Volume: Book 5Summary Note: "Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovered at the roots of an old beech tree, Thea is grateful for the presence of her partner DS Phil Hollis. There is no concrete evidence as to who the bones belonged to although it isn't long before theories and rumours abound. Thea soon finds herself drawn into a murder investigation - perhaps the countryside isn't that quiet after all."--P. [4] of cover.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2014., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Valentine's Day is fast approaching and Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's flower shop near Lake Windermere is doing good business. But when Simmy receives a string of anonymous delivery orders, each one causing their recipient great distress, she begins to suspect that the messages they contain mask a sinister intent. When one of the recipients disappears, it would seem that her worst fears have been confirmed.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010., Adult, Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Duntisbourne Abbots is a timeless and quintessentially English village nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds in peaceful Gloucestershire. Recently widowed Thea Osbourne fears three weeks house-sitting there may prove a little dull, but her first night's sleep at Brook View is broken by a piercing scream. She assures herself it was only a fox and nothing more sinister, but then a body turns up... When Joel Jennison is found slaughtered in the same field where his brother's corpse had lain ten weeks previously, a whole community falls under suspicion. As a forty-something woman with no experience of detective work, she knows she shouldn't get involved, but in questioning neighbours Thea uncovers more tragedy and intrigue than she thought possible.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010, c2008., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Thea Osborne series   Volume: Book 4Summary Note: Thea Osborne and her trusty spaniel, Hepzie, have been asked by the Montgomerys to look after their house in Blockley while they take a much-needed holiday. Their elderly mother, Granny Gardner, shouldn't be any trouble--although she is slightly forgetful. Thea settles in easily enough, and the arrival of Jessica, Thea's daughter, is a welcome surprise. Granny's behaviour is a little peculiar, but so too are the Montgomerys' instructions to keep her trapped in the house... But Thea's got far more to worry about when a body is discovered in the house next door. It isn't long before Thea and Jessica find themselves involved in trying to solve the murder.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Thea Osborne embarks on her second housesitting assignment with very few worries, after her first disastrous venture during which she became entangled in a murder case. But the Phillips are obviously a laid back family, and there is little to do but tend and ailing pony and feed various furry pets and farmyard birds. However, it seems Thea is jinxed as an apparent suicide takes place in one of the barns. DI Phil Hollis is more than a little surprised to find Thea at the center of this second police investigation, and realizes that she can be more of a hindrance that a help, but they find themselves working closely together to solve the mystery once again.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       [2010], 2008., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Cotswolds mysteries   Volume: 3.Summary Note: Thea Osbourne is thanking her lucky stars. After two disastrous housesitting incidents in which she unwittingly became embroiled in murder and mayhem, she is only too happy to have a bit of peace and quiet. The only positive thing that came out of her experiences, she thinks, is her blossoming relationship with DI Phil Hollis and she relishes the thought of their spending some quality time together while she helps him clear out his late aunt's cottage in the small village in which he grew up. Even meeting Phil's childhood acquaintance, the eccentric Ariadne with her abrupt manner and queer habits, can not detract from Thea's happiness. But the bad luck that plagues the hapless Thea and her beloved spaniel Hepzipah is never far away. With autumn drawing in, preparations for Samhain, or Halloween, are well underway when Ariadne discovers a very tangible reminder of the season of death on Notgrove Barrow: a body laid out like a sacrificial victim. Unlikely companions, Thea and Ariadne find themselves thrown together as they try to uncover the events that led to the fatality. It soon becomes apparent that the cosy village has more than its share of secrets. But, just how far will some go to keep them hidden.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2012., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head-butted by a horse as she protested against the local hunt. The official verdict - a freak accident. But for the Cattermoles it is merely the start of their troubles for on the day of the funeral a family friend, himself a hunt saboteur, is found dead.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2012., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: When the body of herdsman Sean O'Farrell is discovered, DS Den Cooper is more than happy to cast a local farmer in the role of chief suspect. After all, it is well-known that there was no love lost between the farmer and the victim. And besides, Den has a little grudge of his own...
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       c2011., General, Allison & Busby Call No: MYS Fic Top    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Cotswold mysteries   Volume: 9Summary Note: Thea Osborne is house-sitting for transatlantic reptile breeder Harriet Young. However, she soon discovers a dark side to the village of Cranham when she is thrust once more into the heart of a Cotswolds mystery.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2011., Allison & Busby Limited Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: In the wake of a series of unfortunate house-sitting experiences in the Cotswolds, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her spaniel Hepzibah, is perhaps optimistic about the English summertime and the possibilities of her latest assignment-house-sitting for transatlantic reptile breeder Harriet Young. Despite the ease with which Thea's new assignment in the secluded village of Cranham begins, she soon finds a dark side to the characters she encounters. From the elderly Donny Davis to the enigmatic Edwina, Thea begins to realise that Harriet Young's beloved geckoes are not the only cold-blooded creatures at large in Cranham.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2012., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, at first it seems like an accident. But when two more deaths occur foul play seems certain ...
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2009., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Following a string of disastrous house-sitting assignments, and with troubles in her recent personal life, Thea Osborne is understandably apprehensive about her latest commission: a wintery month in an isolated farmhouse with only an assortment of animals, including her loyal spaniel Hepzie, for company.--From Content Reserve screen.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Cotswold series.Summary Note: Undertaker Drew Slocombe is not having a good day. His business is failing, the car needs an MOT and he's driven 120 miles to the Cotswolds to carry out the late Greta Simmond's final wishes. Unfortunately, when he gets there, a string of bureaucratic mistakes means that he's now the chief suspect of a murder inquiry. Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are house-sitting at Greta Simmonds' house, which is currently between ownership. Then the discovery of a body in a nearby field finds her embroiled in a murder investigation once again.
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      By Tope, Rebecca  OverDrive, Inc
       2012., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Thea Osborne seriesSummary Note: Thea Osborne, accompanied by her beloved spaniel Hepzie, has had her fair share of unfortunate occurrences while house-sitting, and her new assignment for the mysterious Yvonne Parker is no exception. The isolated and somewhat unsettling village of Snowshill has Thea on edge as soon as she arrives, and Hyacinth House -- her new, rather cluttered home -- does nothing to dispel such feelings. Soon enough, her intuition in this case proves to be right, and once again Thea becomes entangled in another mystery.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2015., Allison & Busby Limited Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: The Cotswold mysteries   Volume: 13.Summary Note: Thea Osborne is determined to avoid trouble during her latest commission house-sitting in the pretty Cotswold village of Daglingworth. Anticipating a relaxing two weeks spent looking after an old corgi and a hibernating tortoise, spiced with phone calls to boyfriend Drew Slocombe, Thea settles down quite contentedly for about half a day. Until, that is, a dead body is discovered in a nearby quarry. Having encountered a group of environmental activists, Thea suspects the death might be a backlash from angry residents against their radical ways. And while she can empathise with the activists' views against wind farms, badger culls and building developments, Thea's not so sure about their violent methods. As real tensions begin to unravel, even Thea, a seasoned crime-solver, is surprised by the truth...
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2013., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to house-sit for Oliver Meadows, she expects a few days of peace with her spaniel, Hepzie. Uncomfortable with the news of her mother§s sudden involvement with an old flame, and herself unsure of how to deal with her feelings for Drew Slocombe, Thea hopes that some time alone in the historic town of Winchcombe will help to clear her head. But with the disturbing discovery of a dead body in the gardens of the house, she quickly finds herself at the heart of a sinister mystery.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2010., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father's death--anything to keep her busy and away from some of her rather difficult relatives. Although it's lonely, she has her spaniel Hepzie for company, and keeping the house in order and looking after the Angells' menagerie of animals does the trick for a short period of time. But when Thea's prickly older sister turns up, after witnessing a horrific killing, the timeless tranquillity of Lower Slaughter vanishes, replaced by the sinister connotations of the town's name.
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      By Tope, Rebecca
       2014., Allison & Busby Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Thea Osborne series   Volume: Book 12.Summary Note: Thea Osborne hopes to spend a quiet Christmas house-sitting for the Shepherds in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton, close to Broadway. Walks in the local countryside with the dogs and perhaps a meal in the pub are all the excitement she wants. When her arrival at the village coincides with the funeral of local businessman Douglas Callendar, found electrocuted in his bath, Thea's interest is stirred but the onset of flu threatens to prevent any sleuthing. However, when two people show up brutally murdered the following afternoon, even battling a fever, Thea finds herself thrust into the middle of yet another police investigation. With the Callendar family linked to most of the village, Stanton is bursting with motives for the murders including jealousy, closures of footpaths and secret animal research. Thea turns to local residents for clarification and protection, but even the most seemingly trustworthy of them might turn out to be unsafe, and she wonders whether there is anybody at all who might be relied on to help her survive the festive season.