Meet Rona Parish, a talented biographer who has a skill for writing about the past and encountering danger along the way, and her adorable golden retriever, Gus.Rona's latest project focusing on one of Marsborough's most prominent families lead her to a chilling revelation that hits a little too close to home...Esteemed biographer and freelance journalist Rona Parish is raring to start a new project for the glossy magazine Chiltern Life, and who better to research than the Willow family whose furniture shop coincided with the development of Marsborough itself. For once, there doesn't seem to be any skeletons in the Willow family cupboards.You never know what's going on behind closed doors...Meanwhile, Rona is curious about the new tenants that have moved in next door. Elderly couple Barbara and Keith Franks aren't very forthcoming and have left Rona feeling uneasy. So when their daughter Louise asks Rona for her help, she cannot help but delve into the family's strange history. Why did they decide to move to Marsborough from Canada? And what has made Louise so frightened?You can't run away from your past.Once again, Rona's curiosity has flung her into another dangerous situation with potentially deadly consequences... A page-turning cosy mystery set in the fictional English market town of Marsborough in the stunning Chiltern Hills.Fans of M.C. Beaton, Richard Osman, Reverend Richard Coles, G.M. Malliet, Margery Allingham, Betty Rowlands and Faith Martin will love this series.READERS ADORE RONA PARISH:'I've grown quite fond of this character, and will be sad when I've completed the series''All of the books in this series. are well written with interesting characters''I loved this quaint British mystery''They are well written but light and easy to digest''Once again, Fraser tracks an appealing family... [who] are always entertaining'Kirkus Reviews'The Rona Parish series perfectly captures everyday life in the small towns of the UK... [with] enough suspense and mayhem to appeal to all'BooklistThe Rona Parish mysteries1. Brought to Book 2. Jigsaw3. Person or Persons Unknown4. A Family Concern5. Rogue in Porcelain6. Next Door to Murder7. Unfinished Portrait8. A Question of Identity9. Justice Postponed10. Retribution

Next door to murder : [a new Rona Parish mystery

Next Door to Murder (Rona Parish Mysteries)

Next Door to Murder (Rona Parish, #6)

Fraser, Anthea

Severn House Paperbacks

Canongate Books

Severn House British mystery, New York, ©2008

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Rona Parish mysteries, New York, 2008

Rona Parish mysteries, Sutton, 2008

1st World Ed, US, 2008

Biographer and journalist Rona Parish discovers a dark secret too close to home in this page-turning 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 . . .

"Looking for new subject for her popular series on local family businesses, Rona is pleased when her friend Georgia offers to engineer an introduction to Julian Willow, of the long-standing furniture emporium. Julian and his wife Felicity weclome Rona's interest, and offer her all the help she needs to write her article. Unusually, given Rona's propensity for uncovering dark secrets, there appear to be no skeletons in the Willow family cupboards"--Inside cover

Journalist Rona Parish continues her popular series on local family businesses with a piece on the Willow furniture emporium. But there may be a mystery close to home. Rona's new neighbors, an elderly couple with a daughter, are unnervingly reserved and uncommunicative. When the daughter, Louise, comes to Rona with a plea for help, all her journalistic instincts are aroused

Looking for a subject for her series on local family businesses, Rona is pleased when her friend Georgia offers to engineer an introduction to Julian Willow, of the long-standing furniture emporium. Julian and his wife Felicity welcome Rona's interest, and offer her all the help she needs to write her article.

2023-06-28