Mystery at Apple Tree Cottage: A completely unputdownable cozy mystery novel --

<p><strong>Obituary writer and amateur sleuth Eve Mallow is enjoying life in sleepy Saxford St Peter - until a mysterious murder lands right at her door...</strong><br /> <br /> It's spring in Saxford St Peter - time to get back in the garden, listen to the birds, and take gentle strolls in the woods. But for some, it's the season for murder.<br /> <br /> <strong>Eve Mallow</strong> is relishing the gentle pace of the village until a new arrival stirs everyone up. <strong>Ashton Foley</strong> is back: a teenage tearaway turned interior designer to the stars. He's mad, bad and dangerous to know, but charming too - as Eve herself can testify - and every house in Saxford opens its doors to him.<br /> <br /> So when he's found murdered in the woods near his mother's home, <strong>Apple Tree Cottage</strong>, there's no shortage of suspects. A jealous husband? A spurned lover? Or has someone from his past life caught up with him?<br /> <br /> The police soon hit on a simple solution, and arrest his mother's partner Howard. Ashton always hated him, and he bears all the marks of a recent fight. But Ashton's mother, miles away in New Zealand, is convinced he's innocent, and enlists Eve's help to prove it.<br /> <br /> There's just one problem. Eve saw Howard sniffing around Apple Tree Cottage on the morning of the murder, and she's fairly sure he's guilty, too...<br /> <br /> <strong>An unputdownable page-turner, perfect for fans of Faith Martin, Agatha Christie and Betty Rowlands.