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The Slay of the Land (The Heathervale Mysteries Book #1)

By Matilda Swift

The Slay of the Land (The Heathervale Mysteries Book #1)
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Tractors, tea and trouble in an English country village…

Hard-working Arrina Fenn can deal with the local gossips, petty vandals and even runaway tractors in Heathervale village. They’re easy to overcome with a cup of tea in one hand and a delicious cake from her best friend’s café in the other. But when a dead body crops up in the middle of the busy college she runs—getting it shut down and her shut out of the investigation—life doesn’t taste quite so sweet.

Determined to solve the murder before both she and the college are exiled from the village, Arrina swaps her smart suits for hiking boots and sets out to uncover just what’s going on.

 

This is book one of The Heathervale Mysteries, with more twists than a country lane and a cast of cozy characters you’ll be right at home with.

 

Included in The Heathervale Mysteries Box Set 1: Books 1-3


Series: The Heathervale Mysteries Tagged with: Amateur Sleuth, Cozy Mystery, Female Sleuth, Small Town, Traditional Mystery

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