Isle of Man Cozy Mystery

Aunt Bessie assumes that she'll have the beach all to herself on a cold, wet, and windy March morning just after sunrise, then she stumbles (almost literally) over a dead body.Elizabeth (Bessie) Cubbon, aged somewhere between free bus pass (60) and telegram from the Queen (100), has lived her entire adult life in a small cottage on Laxey beach. For most of those years, she's been in the habit of taking a brisk morning walk along the beach. Dead men have never been part of the scenery before.Aunt Bessie assumes that the dead man died of natural causes, then the police find the knife in his chest.Try as she might, Bessie just can't find anything to like about the young widow that she provides tea and sympathy to in the immediate aftermath of finding the body. There isn't much to like about the rest of the victim's family either.Aunt Bessie assumes that the police will have the case wrapped up in no time at all, then she finds a second body.Can Bessie and her friends find the killer before she ends up as the next victim? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie believes that Moirrey Teare is just about the most disagreeable woman she's ever had the misfortune to meet.Elizabeth Cubbon, (Aunt Bessie to nearly everyone), is somewhere past sixty, and old enough to ignore the rude woman that does her best to ruin the first session of the beginning Manx language class they are both taking. Moirrey's sudden death is harder to ignore.Aunt Bessie believes that Moirrey's death was the result of the heart condition that Moirrey always complained about.The police investigation, however, suggests that someone switched some of the dead woman's essential medications for something far more deadly.Aunt Bessie believes that she and her friends can find the killer.But with Doona suspended from work and spending all of her time with the dead woman's long-lost brother, with Hugh caught up in a brand new romance, and with Inspector Rockwell chasing after a man who might not even exist, Bessie finds herself believing that someone might just get away with murder.This is the second book in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie considers it an honour to be giving a presentation about her research at a conference at the Manx Museum. Miss Elizabeth Cubbon is known as "Aunt Bessie" to nearly everyone in her hometown of Laxey. While she never earned a college degree, she's become something of an expert in the history of the island that she's called home for all of her adult life. Once she turned sixty, she stopped counting how many years that includes. Aunt Bessie considers it unfair when the entire conference schedule is thrown into disarray by Mack Dickson's sudden arrival. Mack promises that what he has to say is important enough to warrant the upheaval. But even more turmoil follows when Bessie discovers Mack's body only a short time after he's finished giving his speech. Aunt Bessie considers Police Inspector Peter Corkill a poor substitute for her friend, John Rockwell. But the Manx Museum is out of Rockwell's jurisdiction and that means Corkill is in charge of the investigation, no matter what Bessie thinks. With Corkill insisting that Mack's death was probably an unfortunate accident, Mack's slides that shocked the conference disappear. Bessie finds herself drawn into another investigation, and she's determined to drag her friends, Rockwell, Doona and Hugh, in with her. This is the third book in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie decides that she and her closest friends should have an enjoyable night out.Elizabeth Cubbon (known to almost everyone as Aunt Bessie) has made many friends over the lifetime that she's lived in the village of Laxey, but few have been as close as the ones she's made recently. Bessie relied on Doona Moore, Hugh Watterson and John Rockwell to help her through several recent murder investigations she's found herself caught up in. Now she wants to treat them all to an open-air performance of a Shakespearean play on the grounds of historic Peel Castle.Aunt Bessie decides that it doesn't much matter what show the troupe is performing as long as she and her friends can relax and have fun.Two members have recently left the theatre company. Now the troupe has thrown aside its usual repertoire in favour of a play written by one of their own. When those two former members appear in the audience, though, someone decides to get rid of one of them for good.Aunt Bessie decides to give the show another chance, but a second performance almost ends in a second tragedy.With all of the suspects blaming one another, and several of them turning up on the doorstep of Bessie's cottage, it's time for Bessie to decide to solve this murder herself. This is the fourth book in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie enjoys planning for a pleasurable Tynwald Day celebration with her friends.Elizabeth Cubbon is called "Aunt Bessie" by nearly everyone in the small village of Laxey that she calls home. A number of murders have thrown her normally quiet life into turmoil and at her age (just don't ask her exactly what age that is), she feels like she's had enough. Aunt Bessie enjoys getting through the whole day without anyone stumbling over a dead body.It's her friend John Rockwell's first Tynwald Day and Bessie is delighted when she, Doona, Hugh and Grace get to share the spectacle and festivities of the Manx National Day with him, without anything going wrong.Aunt Bessie enjoys a quiet breakfast at home, until the police come pounding on her door. It seems someone at Tynwald Day had murder on his or her mind after all, and suddenly Bessie finds herself caught up in the most complicated murder investigation she's ever had the misfortune to experience. This time Rockwell is doing his best to keep her as far away from the investigation as he can and Doona seems to be trying to keep Bessie under constant surveillance. If there's one thing Bessie definitely doesn't enjoy, it's someone getting away with murder.This is the fifth book in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie finds herself in need of a change of scenery.Bessie Cubbon, Laxey Village's "Aunt Bessie," is feeling overwhelmed by the twists and turns her life has taken recently. When a friend suggests that she look at a flat in Douglas, Bessie is seriously tempted to try relocating to the Island's beautiful capital city.Aunt Bessie finds another body. This one is still breathing at least, but no one seems to know anything about the man. Could he be tied to the strange things that are happening in Bessie's friend's building?Aunt Bessie finds that doing a friend a favour isn't as easy as it appears.Moving to Douglas turns out to be the easy part. Figuring out what's going on in the building on Seaside Terrace is far more complicated. With John and Hugh both on their summer holidays and Doona working hard in Laxey, Bessie finds herself calling on other acquaintances for help this time around. The question is, can she trust them the way she knows she can rely on her friends from Laxey?This is the sixth book in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie goes house hunting with her friend, John Rockwell.CID Inspector John Rockwell asks Bessie Cubbon, a longtime resident of the village of Laxey where she's known to just about everyone as "Aunt Bessie," to help him find the perfect house in the village. What they find in one of the bedrooms of the last house they visit isn't what either of them was expecting.Aunt Bessie goes to look at furniture with John as well.Again, they find the unexpected, this time in a furniture storage unit in Jurby. But are the two cases, separated by thirty years, connected?Aunt Bessie goes to great lengths to try to figure out what's happening before anyone else goes missing or ends up dead.This is book seven in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie's holiday is an unexpected treat. When Bessie Cubbon's best friend, Doona Moore, wins a week's stay at an English holiday park, she's quick to invite Bessie to join her. Bessie isn't sure the destination, hugely popular with families with small children, is one she would have chosen herself, but with all their expenses paid, she's determined to make the best of it.Aunt Bessie's holiday doesn't exactly provide the rest and relaxation she was expecting.They've only just unpacked when Doona gets an unexpected and unwelcome surprise. The next morning the pair find a dead body and Doona's the prime suspect in a murder investigation far from home. Bessie needs to make new friends fast to help try to find a killer, but how can she tell her friends from her enemies?Aunt Bessie's holiday won't be over until someone is arrested for murder.This is book eight in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie invites her dearest friends for a traditional American Thanksgiving feast.Having spent her childhood in the US, Bessie Cubbon still celebrates an American-style Thanksgiving every November. Now Laxey's favourite "Aunt Bessie" is planning for her biggest feast ever, but when a body turns up on a nearby farm, she finds herself in the middle of yet another murder investigation.Aunt Bessie invites herself to more than one house as she questions various people about the dead man.But the more she learns, the more complicated the case seems to get.Aunt Bessie invites the dead man's sister for tea.But the sister has her own theory as to who might have killed her brother. Can Bessie help the police work out who really had a motive for murder all those years ago? This is book nine in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie joins the planning committee for Manx National Heritage's new fundraiser, "Christmas at the Castle."Bessie is delighted that her friends, Marjorie Stevens and Mary Quayle, are also both on the committee. Carolyn Teare is a less welcome addition. When Carolyn insists on hiring an expensive designer to "improve" everything, Bessie is even less happy.Aunt Bessie joins Mary and Marjorie in fighting against Christopher Hart's suggested changes to the beautifully decorated rooms.But when Christopher ends up dead, not liking his design style seems a pretty slim motive.Aunt Bessie joins forces with Inspector John Rockwell and his Douglas counterpart, Pete Corkill, as an act of vandalism and a second dead body threaten to get "Christmas at the Castle" cancelled altogether.This is book ten in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie knows she's in for a long evening when she joins her friends to celebrate New Year's Eve.In Elizabeth Cubbon's experience, New Year's Eve parties are never as fun as they ought to be. When she's invited to share the night with her new neighbours at Thie yn Traie, she reluctantly agrees, in spite of her misgivings. Aunt Bessie knows that gorgeous redhead, Gennifer Carter-Maxwell is drunk and slightly out of control.But when Gennifer starts flirting with Hugh Watterson, the young police constable who is Bessie's friend, Gennifer manages to upset Hugh's girlfriend, Grace. By the time midnight arrives, Bessie is more than ready to head for home, but first she agrees to join in the search for the now missing Gennifer. Aunt Bessie knows that Hugh Watterson didn't kill anyone.And she's certain that his supervisor, John Rockwell, knows it too. Unfortunately, it's Inspector Anna Lambert heading up this particular investigation. As evidence against Hugh seems to be piling up fast, Bessie knows she's going to have to do some detective work of her own.This is book eleven in the Isle of Man Cozy Mystery Series. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie likes weddings.Elizabeth Cubbon, known to everyone as "Aunt Bessie," is delighted to see two of her friends being united in marriage. But before the wedding, there's a cold case that has the whole island talking.Aunt Bessie likes helping Hugh Watterson and John Rockwell with their investigation.But when the three girls who went missing decades ago turn out to have been murdered, Bessie isn't as happy to be involved. When one of the main suspects turns up dead, things look increasingly complicated.Aunt Bessie doesn't really like surprises.But she's determined to give the happy couple the best possible surprise she can arrange. She just has to find time to plan that while hunting down a killer. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie meets a former acquaintance on Laxey Beach.It's the first anniversary of Danny Pierce's death and Bessie is surprised when she sees Danny's widow, Vikky, walking along the beach where her husband's body was found. Vikky is back on the island with a large group that includes her new husband, his children, their wives and several business associates.Aunt Bessie meets Vikky's new husband, Alastair Farthington, a very wealthy businessman.When one member of the Farthington group ends up dead, Alastair wants Bessie to help investigate the murder. And he isn't used to taking no for an answer.Aunt Bessie meets a great many new people, none of whom seem to have had a motive for murder. Can Bessie help Alastair work out what happened before the killer strikes again? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie needs to start working on her Manx language skills again.Elizabeth Cubbon, known as Aunt Bessie to nearly everyone, is taking the beginner's Manx language class for the fourth time. This time, however, many of her friends are taking it with her, which means she'll have lots of people to practice with, whether she wants to or not.Aunt Bessie needs to try to help her friend, Laura Meyers.Laura is nearly in tears when she arrives at the first class, but she's reluctant to talk about what's wrong. When she does confide in Bessie, Bessie wants to get the police involved, but Laura refuses. Aunt Bessie needs to work out who is telling the truth, which isn't easy in a murder investigation.Can Bessie help the police solve another murder? And will she ever learn to speak more than a few words in Manx? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie observes almost everything.Elizabeth Cubbon, known as Bessie to nearly everyone, doesn't miss much as she makes her way around the island that has been her home for all of her adult life.Aunt Bessie observes less than her friend Janet Markham.Bessie's friends Janet and Joan Markham are happy to be back on the island for a visit. When Janet peeks in a window and spots a dead body, the sisters' holiday becomes a lot more complicated.Aunt Bessie observes another body.Two dead men, a charity fundraiser that's in desperate need of help, and dozens of unanswered questions leave Bessie and her friends struggling to find a murderer before he or she can strike again. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie provides help to Constable Hugh Watterson whenever she can.Elizabeth Cubbon, Aunt Bessie to nearly everyone, has been involved in far too many murder investigations in the past year and a half. But when Hugh asks her to help him work out the identity of a body that washed up on Laxey Beach around twenty years earlier, she's happy to help.Aunt Bessie provides Hugh with a list of men who left the island not long before the body was found.If Hugh can track them all down, at least he'll know who the body isn't, but the job isn't as straightforward as it first appears.Aunt Bessie provides a sympathetic ear for the family and friends of the various missing men. But when one of them proves impossible to find, will anyone step forward to provide a DNA sample to compare with Hugh's body? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie questions how best to support her friend Helen.Helen Baxter and Inspector Pete Corkill are getting married, but Helen's nerves are getting the better of her. Elizabeth Cubbon, Bessie to everyone, does everything she can to help her friend. Aunt Bessie questions whether the wedding will happen or not.When the happy couple stumble across a dead body on the night before the wedding, things get complicated very quickly. Aunt Bessie questions the dead man's estranged wife, his live-in girlfriend, and anyone and everyone else she can find.But this is one killer who wants to stop Bessie, and it seems the killer is prepared to do whatever needs to be done to scare Bessie away from the investigation. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie remembers nothing about the party that Elizabeth Quayle insists she invited Bessie to attend.Elizabeth Cubbon, known as Bessie to nearly everyone, is confident that she would have remembered being invited to take part in a murder mystery evening. After everything she's been through over the past eighteen months, it doesn't sound the least bit enjoyable to her.Aunt Bessie remembers thinking the whole thing was a bad idea.And when someone at the party ends up dead, it looks as if she was right.Aunt Bessie remembers as much as she can as she tries to help Inspector John Rockwell work out exactly what happened at Thie yn Traie.But can she remember enough to put a murderer behind bars before he or she kills again? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie solves murders with alarming regularity.Elizabeth Cubbon, known as Bessie to nearly everyone, has been caught up in far too many murder investigations lately. When a friend from the UK, police inspector Andrew Cheatham, comes to visit, she can't help but take an interest in a cold case he mentions, however.Aunt Bessie solves his case, or at least presents him with an intriguing new avenue to investigate.Andrew is excited about the possible solution to the thirty-year-old case, but he's also eager to spend some time working on a cold case that is puzzling Inspector John Rockwell.Can Aunt Bessie solve both cases and still find time to show Andrew around the island she loves? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie tries to help her friends.After Grace Watterson's baby shower, Elizabeth Cubbon, known as Bessie to nearly everyone, gets stopped by one of the party guests. Lora White is worried that someone is trying to kill her.Aunt Bessie tries to persuade Lora to talk to the police.The problem is, Lora isn't sure whether someone is trying to kill her or not. After hearing Lora's story, Bessie isn't certain, either. Besides, Lora doesn't want to get any of her friends or family members into any trouble.Aunt Bessie tries to work out who might be trying to hurt Lora.She talks to the woman's family members and neighbours, but quickly finds herself being drawn more and more deeply into Lora's life.Can Bessie help Lora work out what's happening? Is someone truly trying to kill Lora, or does the woman simply have an overactive imagination? Is it possible that Lora is creating the incidents herself for some reason? Will Bessie be sorry that she tried to help? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie understands why Hugh is so worried about his wife, Grace.She's about to have their first child, and Hugh doesn't want her left alone in case she goes into labour. Bessie is happy to agree to spend an afternoon with the woman.Aunt Bessie understands when Hugh, exhausted from a long day that culminated in the arrival of his child, forgets to drop Bessie off at her cottage before driving back to his own home. Knowing that he's not in any condition to drive anywhere, she insists that they walk to her cottage, Treoghe Bwaane. Aunt Bessie understands that the holiday cottages they walk past are all unoccupied during the winter months. With Christmas just a few weeks away, there shouldn't be lights on inside any of them. When she and Hugh stumble across a dead body in one of them, Bessie understands that she's right in the middle of yet another murder investigation. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie volunteers to help Manx National Heritage clear out years of accumulated rubbish at Peel Castle.Elizabeth Cubbon has been known as Aunt Bessie for most of her life. She's acted as an honourary aunt to most of the children who've grown up in Laxey over the past fifty years or more. She's also well known for being a helpful volunteer with Manx National Heritage, the group charged with preserving and publicising the island's rich history.Aunt Bessie volunteers to take a quick look.When Mark finds what looks like a skeleton in one of small towers in the castle walls, Bessie reluctantly takes a peek. A quick call to the police has Inspector Anna Lambert on the scene a short while later.Aunt Bessie volunteers to help the police work out the identity of the skeleton.Bessie knows people all over the island. It doesn't take her long to compile a list of women who left the island at the right time and never returned. Now the police just have to work out which woman never got any farther than St. Patrick's Isle, the tiny island where Peel Castle sits. Bessie and the police need to work out the identity of their skeleton, but that isn't all. They also want to know how she died and how her body ended up at Peel Castle. Equally puzzling is how it managed to remain undiscovered for over thirty years. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie wonders if a holiday is a good idea. Thomas and Amy Rockwell have had something of a shock. When Doona suggests a holiday to Lakeview Holiday Park, their father, John, isn't sure whether to agree or not. In the end, Bessie, Doona, John, and the children make the journey during the February half-term break.Aunt Bessie wonders why Doona's solicitor, Stuart Stanley, happens to be at the park at the same time.Stuart fills Doona in quickly enough. He's there because another solicitor is about to challenge Doona's right to the estate of her former husband, Charles Adams. Carl Dietrich is working for Lawrence Jenkins, the man who was a business partner to Charles, but who is currently in prison for fraud and other crimes.Aunt Bessie wonders what it would be like to have a holiday where no one is murdered.When Carl turns up dead, Doona, John, and even Bessie seem to top the list of suspects. Can Bessie help the local police inspector, Margaret Hopkins, work out what really happened to Carl? Was it murder, or is too much to hope that Carl simply had a heart attack? When a second man dies, Bessie can't help but wonder why she keeps finding herself tangled up in murder investigations. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie's X-ray happily doesn't reveal a break.Bessie Cubbon, Aunt Bessie to nearly everyone, has been walking on Laxey Beach for a great many years. An unfortunate fall sees her visiting the Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital for X-rays.Aunt Bessie's X-ray necessitates a follow-up visit.Because of Bessie's age (don't ask) the doctor insists on seeing her again to check her arm. When the receptionist asks Bessie for help, Bessie is intrigued. Kelly Sutton's sister died a year ago in Manchester. The death was ruled an accident, but Kelly thinks Kara was murdered.Aunt Bessie's X-ray was just the start.Before long Bessie finds herself caught up in an investigation into a death that may or may not have been accidental. Can she discover what really happened to Kara Sutton? It's been a year, and most of the witnesses are in Manchester. Can Bessie find answers or is Kelly's father right? Is she just being nosy? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie yearns for a typical walk on the beach.It's been exactly two years since Elizabeth Cubbon, Aunt Bessie to nearly everyone, found a dead body on Laxey Beach. Since then, finding murder victims has been something of an unfortunate habit for her.Aunt Bessie yearns for a quiet life where she never finds dead bodies.Unfortunately for Bessie, she once again stumbles over a murdered man on her morning walk. Harrison Parker was a newspaper reporter for a London paper, but he used to work on the Isle of Man.Aunt Bessie yearns to understand why the police are so certain that Harrison's death is tied to someone at Thie yn Traie, the beachfront mansion near Bessie's cottage.Thie yn Traie's owner, George Quayle, has four guests staying with him at the moment. They all seem to have secrets, but are any of them worth killing for? With the mansion's regular butler off the island, Bessie is missing one of her best sources of inside information. Can the temporary butler, Geoffrey Scott, be persuaded to tell Bessie everything he knows? Which of the four men has a secret he's prepared to kill to keep? Can Bessie help the police solve the case, and finally get the peaceful life for which she yearns? Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.

Aunt Bessie zeroes in on the perfect house for her friends, Elizabeth Quayle and Andy Caine.Actually, the Looney mansion isn't anyone's idea of a perfect house. Decades of neglect have left the house in need of a complete renovation, but Andy and Elizabeth have the funds needed to restore the house to its former glory.Aunt Bessie zeroes in on the body on the bed.Finding another murder victim isn't all that surprising for Bessie, but the dead man's identity is a shock to everyone. Aunt Bessie zeroes in on the suspects.Doing what she does best, Bessie talks to everyone she knows about the victim, why he was on the island, and who wanted him dead. No doubt, before long, Bessie will be zeroing in on a killer. Aunt Bessie has lived her entire adult life in a cottage on Laxey Beach. Now somewhere between free bus pass and telegram from the Queen, she's not expecting to find a dead body on her regular early morning walk on the beach. And that body is only the beginning...This alphabetical series is complete with twenty-six titles available now.