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Kate Hardy

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Kate Hardy is the award-winning author of more than 100 books for Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Georgina Drake cozy crime series for Storm. Her novel 'Breakfast at Giovanni's' won the RNA Romance Prize in 2008, 'Bound by a Baby' won the RNA RoNA Rose in 2014 and ‘A Will, A Wish, A Wedding’ won the RNA Liberta Books Shorter Fiction award in 2021. She's been shortlisted six more times for the award, as well as for two Romantic Times awards.

She lives in Norwich in the east of England with her husband, two grown-up children, springer spaniels Archie and Dexter, and too many books to count. She's a bit of a nerd who loves cinema, live music, the theatre, ballet, history and cooking, and adores anything Italian. She loves doing research, partic
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Kate Hardy I'm currently revising my Christmas book - let's just say it involves posh afternoon tea, men posing naked for a charity calendar, a water fight... oh…moreI'm currently revising my Christmas book - let's just say it involves posh afternoon tea, men posing naked for a charity calendar, a water fight... oh, and you'll need tissues because it's one of my weepies! :)(less)
Kate Hardy For 'Bachelor at Her Bidding', I was one of a group of authors whose heroes take part in a bachelor auction. But what they offer and what happens next…moreFor 'Bachelor at Her Bidding', I was one of a group of authors whose heroes take part in a bachelor auction. But what they offer and what happens next was totally up to us! I'd been toying with the idea of 'the way to a man's heart is through his stomach' and how you'd win a girl's heart through food - and that morphed into (my working title) 'how to win a girl in ten cakes'. (I thoroughly enjoyed doing the research!)(less)
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The Body at the Windmill by Kate Hardy
"school trip to a restored windmill.
Children fall ill, teacher dies all eating sausage rolls.
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Second in the series - I hadn't read the first and although I worked out Stevie's backstory and Edward's past, I did feel I'd missed out on a few things (including 'The Case', which appears to be fraud).

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A gripping and atmospheric mystery that keeps you guessing from start to finish. The Body at the Windmill blends a chilling premise with steady suspense, layered clues, and well-drawn characters. The setting adds an edge to t" Read more of this review »
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"Arranging a school trip can be a logistical nightmare but if the children all fall ill while you're out in the countryside it becomes something even worse. After Georgina Drake learns that the teacher has died and the owner of the windmill they were " Read more of this review »
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Jill's books are always a joy - a multi-generational read with warmth, love, friendship and life changes.

The book's partly set in Venice (beautiful descriptions, which made me want to go back!). Fen agrees to accompany her grandmother Disa on a luxur
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The Locked Room by Holly Hepburn
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Third book in the series but can work as a standalone as Holly catches you up with the characters (but I do recommend the other books, too).

Harriet White answers letters sent to Sherlock Holmes; she's promised not to get involved in any more mysterie
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The Body at the Windmill by Kate Hardy
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Murder by the Book by M.R.G. Davies
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After a meeting of the local reading group, its four members discover Felicity, the manager of the Quaint Bookshop, dead among the shelves. The police don't seem to be making much headway in finding the murderer. And when they each receive a parcel f ...more
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Murder in York by J.R. Ellis
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Twelfth in the series, but Ellis catches you up with the characters so you could read it as a standalone.

DCI Oldroyd is at a conference in York; but when he goes on a ghost walk on his time off, he discovers a body - the victim is an unpleasant landl
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The Cornish Christmas Pantomime Murder by Fiona Leitch
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Thoroughly enjoyable seasonal mystery. Although it's the ninth in the series, you can quickly work out who's who and where they fit in and it works as a standalone.

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