Anthea Fraser
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English
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A Rona Parish Mystery - Journalist Rona Parish continues her popular series on local family businesses with a piece on the Willow furniture emporium. For once, there don't seem to be any skeletons in the Willow family cupboards. But when Louisa, the daughter of Rona's reserved elderly neighbours, comes to Rona with a plea for help, it seems there may be a dark secret closer to home, and all Rona's journalistic instincts are aroused . . .
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English
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"Rona Parish's latest assignment, a series of articles on the town of Buckford, is almost complete when a young woman named Zara Crane approaches her with a request to help her trace her natural parents. Rona's curiosity is aroused not least because she discovers that Zara's birth mother had been murdered in her bath twenty-five years earlier." -- Jacket.
3) Jigsaw
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Biographer Rona Parish goes to Buckford to interview townspeople for an 800th anniversary celebration of the town. When she begins interviewing the aunt of the divorcee with whom she's staying, she learns of a recent tragic murder in the town.
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
186 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling mystery, a broken engagement leads a woman to an isolated Welsh hotel-where she finds peace, healing, and a criminal conspiracy. For Clare Laurie, breaking off her engagement to Philip, left only remorse and feelings of guilt, rather than the relief and freedom she craved. Seeking time alone, Clare has come to the isolated Welsh hotel of Carreg Coed to heal. But the atmosphere seems strangely oppressive, with all the residents absorbed...
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st world ed.
Physical Desc
201 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An old school photograph in which someone has been deliberately blacked out marks the start of a new case for Rona Parish. The photo was passed to Rona's sister, Lindsey, by a friend whose recently deceased mother refused to divulge the secret behind the obscured figure. Who was this person and why would someone want to his or her identity? Rona sets out to uncover the secret and soon finds that the school in question closed down many years ago due,...
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st world ed.
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Rona Parish is asked to write a biography of reclusive artist Ellie by her concerned sister. Ellie has seemingly disappeared, and the mystery surrounding her whereabouts has fueled a new interest in her work. But when Rona discovers that Ellie's closest friend committed suicide, Rona wonders whether Ellie, wracked by guilt over her friend's death, could have been driven to do likewise . . . -- Publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Tempest family and friends are gathering for Cassie's eighteenth birthday party. But as they come together, a series of explosive events will threaten everything they hold dear. Cassie's sister Jess is about to fly to Italy on holiday, but can she forget the horror of what she saw in her flat that afternoon? Family friend Jenny Barlow has been keeping a devastating secret for years... but for how much longer? And does the discovery of a dead...
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
252 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When successful biographer Rona Parish is asked to write the life-story of a bestselling author, recently deceased, she is intrigued, to say the least. After all, Theo Harvey led a very colourful life, and died in mysterious circumstances. But Rona's husband Max is wary and, it soon becomes apparent, with good reason...As Rona begins to delve into Theo Harvey's life and death, and to interview his friends and family - some more willing than others...
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Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First world edition.
Language
English
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Tragedy strikes a quiet Dorset town when the bodies of Sarah and Charles Drummond are discovered in their home one morning while their two young children, Abby and Mia, sleep upstairs. The police seem certain that Charles killed his wife before taking his own life, and the girls' grandmother, Cicely Fairfax, makes sure that they are shielded from the horrific truth. Until now. Sixteen years later, an accident at work leads Mia to have disturbing flashbacks...
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Biographer Rona Parish has a new project, contributing a series for the local glossy magazine, Chiltern Life, documenting life changing experiences from those who have lived through them. When her father suggests she speaks to his friend Frank Hathaway, who was in Iraq during the invasion of Kuwait, Rona decides to pay him a visit. But Frank was also badly injured in a failed rescue attempt following a car crash the previous year, and has been tormented...
16) Past shadows
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
©2001
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Annabel Kendeal has always dreaded the annual family vacations for the horrible memories of her aunt's unsolved murder that they always stir up. This year Annabel is determined to exorcise her demons with the help of her mother's long-lost diaries.
17) The Seven Stars
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
188 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
Pub. Date
1986, ©1984
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Kate moves into a flat with her small son, Josh, and begins a new job at Pennyfarthings, an antiques shop. Kate begins to form new friendships, but overshadowing everyone is a series of murders.
