The Serpent Pool

Author: Martin Edwards
Series: Lake District Mystery, Book 3
Paperback: 347 pages
ISBN: 978-0-7490-0879-6
Recommendation: would read again
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When DCI Hannah Scarlett moves house she starts to investigate an apparent suicide in the local tarn, the Serpent Pool. As Bethany was afraid of water, Hannah refuses to believe she would have committed suicide by drowning herself. When she discovers that her partner Marc Amos had kept quite about knowing Bethany, Hannah no longer knows who to trust, and turns to historian Daniel Kind for help solving the mystery. Before long they find themselves in real danger as they get closer to the truth than is comfortable for those with a secret to protect.

The Arsenic Labyrinth

Author: Martin Edwards
Series: Lake District Mystery, Book 3
Paperback: 409 pages
ISBN: 978-0-7490-8004-4
Recommendation: would read again
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Years ago Emma Bestwick walked out of her cottage towards the fells never to be seen again. Did Emma simply run away, have an accident, or was she murdered. After the local newspaper receives a number of anonymous tips about her disappearance it isn't long before DCI Hannah Scarlett re-opens the cold case.

The Cipher Garden

Author: Martin Edwards
Series: Lake District Mystery, Book 2
Paperback: 343 pages
ISBN: 978-07490-8135-5
Recommendation: would read again
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Historian Daniel Kind gets involved in solving another cold case when an anonymous tip-off to the lake District's Cold Case Review Team brings DCI Hannah Scarlett back into his life. Who would have wanted to kill gardener Warren Howe with his own scythe, and what secrets are hiding in the idyllic village of Old Sawrey.