Book 1: In a quiet Cotswold village, all hell is about to break loose. Monica Noble is throwing a party to welcome the village's new residents. Also on the list are a celebrity chef, an Oxford university professor, a 40-something divorcee, and the owner of a chain of gyms. Then as the drinks are flowing, a shotgun blast rings out. One of the guests is found dead. DCI Dury and Sergeant Jim Greer are soon on the scene and discover that the victim had many enemies. When another villager is strangled to death nearly a week later, the stakes are raised. Can Monica help the local detectives save her daughter and solve the murders before anyone else pays the ultimate price?
Book 2: Smell the roses and die! Monica Noble is thrilled to be asked to judge a neighbouring village's flower show, even if she can't tell a begonia from an azalea! Her fellow judge Vicar James Davies inhales deeply from a large bloom and drops dead in the tent. At first, everyone thinks he's had a heart attack, but the doctor on hand is suspicious and calls in the police. A second murder quickly follows... Monica must help Chief Inspector Jason Dury to solve the two murders and find the killer.
Book 3: Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village. At the Saturday night dinner, the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy. But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene, he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder... And Monica's husband is the prime suspect... But if Monica is to find out who killed Celia, and free her husband from suspicion, she must grapple with a very ruthless, and increasingly desperate-killer, putting herself and those around her in mortal danger.
