Oxford Tearoom Mysteries

"They say you have to make sacrifices to follow your dreams. I just didn't expect the sacrifices to involve an American tourist and a killer scone." ~ Gemma ditches her high-flying job and returns to Oxford to pursue her dream of opening a traditional English tearoom. It means moving back in with her parents and coping with her bossy, matchmaking mother, but she's sure it'll all be worth it. In fact, business is already booming… that is, until an American tourist is found dead in her teas hop, killed by one of her signature scones!Now Gemma is apron-deep in a murder mystery with unexpected links to Oxford University and her own past as a student there. And the situation only gets stickier when the handsome CID detective leading the case turns out to be her old college flame! With the meddling "Old Biddies" from the local village poking their noses into everything, and her cheeky cat causing chaos in the kitchen, Gemma is beginning to find herself in a real jam. After all, murder is bad for business, especially when customers start thinking your scones are more deadly than delicious...With the body count rising and her tearoom going bust, can Gemma find the killer before her future turns to custard? Find out in this hilarious British cozy mystery filled with quirky characters, unexpected twists and a cat with a big personality. With a nod to the classic whodunits of Agatha Christie, this book is a treat you won't want to miss!A Scone to Die For is the delectable first book in the Oxford Tearoom Mysteries, H.Y. Hanna's bestselling culinary cozy mystery series.This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"You know your social life needs work when your first Saturday night out in months ends in murder." ~ While at an Oxford art gallery, tearoom owner Gemma Rose overhears a sinister conversation minutes before a University student is fatally poisoned. Could there be a connection? And could her best friend's suave new boyfriend have anything to do with the murder? Gemma decides to do some snooping, helped by the nosy "Old Biddies" from the local Cotswolds village. But sleuthing isn't as simple as she'd imagined, particularly when she keeps bumping into her old college flame, now the CID detective in charge of the investigation. And with her mother causing havoc at her quaint English tearoom and her best friend furious with her suspicions, Gemma finds herself in a sticky spot…The dead girl had no shortage of enemies and there are motives galore: was it the the angry rival student desperate for revenge? Or the resentful employee with a bitter grudge? Or maybe even a sly ex-lover determined to end their affair once and for all? Gemma finds that this mystery is turning out to have more twists than a Chelsea bun. Too late, she realises that she could be the next item on the killer's menu… or will her little tabby cat, Muesli, save the day?(** Velvet Cheesecake recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIESA Scone To Die For (Book 1)Tea with Milk and Murder (Book 2)Two Down, Bun To Go (Book 3)Till Death Do Us Tart (Book 4)Muffins and Mourning Tea (Book 5)Four Puddings and a Funeral (Book 6)Another One Bites the Crust (Book 7)Apple Strudel Alibi (Book 8)The Dough Must Go On (Book 9)The Mousse Wonderful Time of Year (Book 10)Wrongfully Infused (Book 11)A High Whisk Situation (Book 12)

"When you're jolted awake by the shrill ringing of the phone at two in the morning, somehow you always know it's going to be bad news." ~ A sinister phone call in the middle of the night throws tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, straight into the heart of a new murder mystery--this time with her friend, Seth, arrested as the key suspect! The grisly killing in the cloisters of an old Oxford college points to a bitter feud within the University--but Gemma finds unexpected clues popping up in her tiny Cotswolds village. Meanwhile, her love life is in turmoil as Gemma struggles to decide between eminent doctor, Lincoln Green, and sexy CID detective, Devlin O'Connor... whilst her quaint English tearoom is in hot water as she struggles to find a new baking chef. With her exasperating mother and her mischievous little tabby cat, Muesli, driving her nutty as a fruitcake--and the nosy Old Biddies at her heels--Gemma must crack her toughest case yet if she is to save her friend from a life behind bars.(* Traditional English Chelsea Bun recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"If there was one person who could go to an English village fête and end up stumbling on a murder, it would be me." ~ When Oxfordshire tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, enters her little tabby, Muesli, in the cat show at the local village fair, the last thing she expects is to stumble across a murder. And when her meddling mother and the nosy Old Biddies decide to start their own investigation, Gemma has no choice but to join in the sleuthing. She soon finds there's something much more sinister sandwiched between the home-made Victoria sponge cakes and luscious jam tarts ...But murder isn't the only thing on Gemma's mind: there's the desperate house-hunting that's going nowhere, the freaky kitchen explosions at her quaint English tearoom and an offer from her handsome detective boyfriend that she can't refuse! With things about to reach boiling point, can Gemma solve the mystery before the killer strikes again?(* Traditional Victoria sponge cake recipe at the end of the story)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"May Day was always a big event in the Oxford calendar and this year it was extra special - after all, nothing makes a morning as memorable as when it ends in murder." ~ Cotswolds tearoom owner, Gemma Rose is excited to join the May Day celebrations in Oxford... until the beautiful spring morning ends in murder. Now, she's embroiled in a deadly mystery - with four nosy old ladies determined to help in the sleuthing!Before she knows it, Gemma finds herself stalking a Russian "princess" and keeping up with the Old Biddies in Krav Maga class, while still trying to serve delicious cakes and buttery scones at her quaint English tearoom. And that's just the start of her worries: there's her little tabby cat, Muesli, who is causing havoc at the local nursing home... and what should she do with the creepy plants that her mother keeps buying for her new cottage?But the mystery that's really bothering Gemma is her boyfriend's odd behaviour. Devlin O'Connor has always been enigmatic but recently, the handsome CID detective has been strangely distant and evasive. Could he be lying to her? But why?(* Classic Banoffee pie recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"Nobody likes going to a funeral-especially when the person being buried isn't the only dead body." Business is going well at Gemma Rose's quaint English teashop and she's delighted about her first big catering job at a local village funeral… until the day ends with a second body and one of the Old Biddies accused of murder!Now the resourceful tearoom sleuth must find out which delicious pudding contained the deadly arsenic-and who might have wanted the wealthy widow dead… But Gemma has other troubles to contend with, from her naughty cat, Muesli, running loose in her tearoom to an unexpected hedgehog guest in her home-and that's before the all-important "meet the parents" dinner with her handsome detective boyfriend turns into a total disaster!With so many things on her plate, can Gemma solve the mystery in time to catch the murderer or will she come to a sticky end? (* Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"They say revenge is a dish best served cold... a good thing to remember when you're planning to murder a chef." ~ Champagne and ball gowns, fairy lights and music… Oxford summer balls are one of the highlights of the calendar and tearoom sleuth Gemma Rose is looking forward to taking a break and slipping into something gorgeous for the evening. But when the night ends with a celebrity chef murdered by his own whisk, Gemma finds herself plunged into a new mystery-and the nosy Old Biddies keen to help with the investigation!But trouble is also brewing at her quaint Cotswolds tearoom: between fighting claims that she's serving "fake" custard tarts and stopping her little tabby, Muesli, from being catnapped, Gemma has her hands full-and that's before she has to fend off an amorous Italian. To top it all, her boyfriend Devlin's mother is coming to visit and Gemma is anxious to make a good impression… although Mrs O'Connor isn't quite what she expected!With so much going on, it's a recipe for disaster-but with a bit of help from her bossy mother, Gemma might just solve the case… and live to bake another day.(** English custard tart recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"Someone once said that the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page... And yet it's funny how-no matter where I go-my book always ends up being a murder mystery!" ~ When Gemma's romantic holiday with her boyfriend is cancelled, the tearoom sleuth finds herself heading to Vienna instead, with her cat Muesli and the nosy Old Biddies for company. And it's not long before they stumble across a murder right in the heart of Austria's historic capital. A handsome art critic dies suspiciously at their hotel and the Old Biddies are determined to sniff out the killer.Is it the bitter hotel owner nursing a grudge? The critic's jealous mistress wanting revenge? Or even the visiting American who seems inexplicably nervous around the police? Soon Gemma is dragged into an impromptu investigation which has her tackling Vienna's famous pastries, snooping in police files and even braving a nude sauna in search of clues! But can she sort the suspects from the Schnitzel, and solve the mystery before the killer strikes again?(** Traditional apple strudel recipe included at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

"They say that showbiz is a cut-throat business and I got a front-row seat to what that means when I was invited onto Britain's hot new talent show." ~ Showbiz comes to Oxford in the form of Britain's hottest new talent show and tearoom owner Gemma Rose gets a peek behind-the-scenes when she's asked to cater for the event. But with the Old Biddies entering the contest as England's first "granny band", and her little tabby, Muesli, taking part in one of the acts, Gemma soon ends up with more than she bargained for… and that's before she comes across a frozen dead body!Now, she's on the trail of a murderer, with four nosy old ladies giving her a helping hand, while also dealing with her embarrassing mother, her workaholic boyfriend-and even a mouse invader at her tearoom! With things hotting up in the contest and so many suspects in the running, can Gemma catch the killer before the curtain falls?(* Dark Chocolate & Orange Scones recipe at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

Holiday baking and murder in a snowy English manor! Join Gemma, her cheeky tabby cat, and the 'Old Biddies' for a festive, funny British mystery this Christmas! ~ Tearoom owner Gemma Rose is looking forward to Christmas baking, time with friends and family, and maybe even a "white Christmas" in Oxford...But when she's snowed in at a country manor in the Cotswolds, she finds herself investigating a mysterious murder - complete with the classic 'body in the library', a house full of suspects and a trail of mysterious footprints! Luckily, the nosy Old Biddies are on hand to help, not to mention her cheeky tabby cat Muesli. Add in some bathroom carol singing, Yuletide treats and flannel underwear, and Gemma's stocking is bursting at the seams. Can she solve this festive whodunit in time to enjoy the most wonderful time of year?THE MOUSSE WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR features your favourite tearoom sleuth, her little tabby cat and the 4 meddling 'Old Biddies' in a hilarious festive whodunnit. So come and enjoy a traditional British Christmas... and see if you can solve the case before they can!(* Traditional fruit mince pie recipe included)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.Genre: holiday mystery / Christmas cozy mystery / traditional mystery / British whodunit / cozy mystery series / culinary cozy mystery / cat cozy mystery / funny cozy mystery / women sleuth / amateur sleuth / English village mystery / British detective / cosy crimeThe OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

Things are eerily quiet at Gemma's quaint English tearoom and she can't understand why – until she learns about the trendy new "tea bar" that's opened on the other side of the village. To her horror, she soon finds her customers being stolen and her business the target of sabotage, while her mother's newfound obsession with all things Asian means a whole new world of fluffy footwear. But Gemma has bigger problems than trying to eat with chopsticks, when the ruthless rival owner is savagely murdered and she is considered the key suspect!Now she's in a real pickle, desperate to clear her name. But with her detective boyfriend accused of nepotism and under suspicion, Gemma's forced to tackle the case on her own. Luckily, she can still count on the help of the nosy Old Biddies, while the naughty antics of her tabby cat Muesli uncover some unexpected clues too!As Gemma delves into a mystery where "East meets West", she finds familiar motives despite the difference between cultures. But with a full menu of suspects-from the aggrieved dentist with the strained smile, to the belligerent chef who lost everything, not to mention a pair of estranged sisters hurt by the ultimate betrayal-she discovers that solving this case is no piece of cake…(* Traditional tea egg recipe included at the end of the story!)This book follows British English spelling and usage.Clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language.The OXFORD TEAROOM MYSTERIES:A Scone To Die ForTea with Milk and MurderTwo Down, Bun To GoTill Death Do Us TartMuffins and Mourning TeaFour Puddings and a FuneralAnother One Bites the CrustApple Strudel AlibiThe Dough Must Go OnThe Mousse Wonderful Time of YearWrongfully InfusedA High Whisk Situation

When English tearoom owner, Gemma Rose, finds herself on an unexpected trip to Scotland, she is delighted by the chance to stay in a beautiful Scottish castle-complete with mounted stag heads, cosy fireplaces, and misty mountain views. She's looking forward to a relaxing weekend in the Highlands, sampling traditional Scottish baking, trying her hand at fly fishing, and learning to enjoy a "wee dram" of whisky.But when she stumbles on a dead body in the castle library, Gemma quickly becomes steeped in a country-house murder with a distinctly tartan feel! Luckily, the nosy "Old Biddies" are on hand to help with the sleuthing, and even her cheeky tabby cat, Muesli, is keen to lend a paw. But with a castle full of quirky guests, the list of suspects is long, and everyone has something to hide. Can Gemma untangle the web of lies and motives, and reel in the killer before it's too late?Filled with humour, suspense, and unexpected twists, A High Whisk Situation is a delightful read for fans of cozy mysteries and traditional English whodunits. So put the kettle on, grab a scone (or a shortbread, we won't judge), and get ready for a hilarious, entertaining adventure in the Scottish Highlands.(Chocolate whisky cake recipe included at the end of the story!)