Augusta Peel Mysteries

It's the Roaring Twenties. London's bright young things are partying, Soho's nightlife is buzzing, and Augusta Peel is hiding in her basement. She has a reason to hide there: it's home to her Bloomsbury workshop where she repairs old, neglected books. After a busy time during the war, all Augusta wants is peace and quiet-even if it is routinely disturbed by the tube trains beneath her feet. But events take a turn when Augusta agrees to chaperone nineteen-year-old Harriet Jones on a date. Failing to get her home on time, she ends up in a riotous nightclub. She can't imagine the evening getting much worse when the police raid it. But then the murder happens. Who shot Jean Taylor? An old acquaintance at Scotland Yard learns Augusta was near the murder scene and persuades her to help with his investigation. But how can a humble book repairer navigate Soho's world of actresses, gangsters, and theater impresarios to discover the truth? A new historical cozy mystery from the author of the Penny Green Victorian mystery series and the Churchill & Pemberley cozy mystery series

Is airship travel safe? Not if there's a killer on board. When business magnate Robert Jeffreys announces his investment in airships, he hosts a promotional flight for a group of reporters. Working undercover in the crew is retired spy Augusta Peel. She'd rather be working on her book repair business, but Inspector Fisher of Scotland Yard has persuaded her to help with a surveillance operation. The press trip on the airship takes a turn when a body is found in a cabin. Augusta now has a new challenge on her hands. Can she identify the murderer? It's tricky to find a motive among the sophisticated passengers-some of them are sophisticated liars too. Events escalate when a second death occurs. The airship murderer is covering their tracks. Augusta faces a race against time before the culprit tracks her down and silences her too.

When amateur sleuth Augusta Peel receives a mysterious letter about a missing young woman, she can't resist helping with the search. But the case takes a turn when an art student is found dead in a Bloomsbury square. Could the murder have something to do with Augusta's investigation? The more questions she asks, the fewer answers she receives. Someone's hiding something. Has Augusta really got the time to discover what it is? She is supposed to be running her new venture, a second-hand bookshop in Bloomsbury. Fortunately, her wartime spy colleague, Detective Inspector Philip Fisher of Scotland Yard, is on hand to help. A second murder piles on the pressure, for as long as secrets remain buried, young women are in danger.