The Body at Dead Letter House
(2026)(The first book in the Dead Letter House Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Diana Beckett
When Elsie Harrow returns to Blackbird Quay, she plans to reopen the quirky old shop her late aunt left behind, sort through a mountain of undelivered letters, and decide whether coming home was a mistake.
Then a man dies on her doorstep.
Local auctioneer Malcolm Reed collapses outside Dead Letter House with one of Aunt Quinn’s unopened letters in his pocket, and suddenly Elsie’s fresh start turns into a public scandal. The police want answers. The town wants gossip. And someone is desperate to make sure the secrets hidden inside Dead Letter House stay buried for good.
As Elsie digs into forged notices, missing records, and old property deals that never should have gone through, she discovers her aunt was keeping more than lost mail. She was saving proof. Proof that powerful people in Blackbird Quay have been quietly reshaping lives, homes, and fortunes for years.
Now Elsie has a dead man tied to her family, a shop on the verge of ruin, and a growing list of suspects with very good reasons to lie.
Because in Blackbird Quay, the wrong letter in the right hands can ruin everything.
The Body at Dead Letter House is the gripping first book in a cozy mystery series full of seaside charm, buried motives, small-town politics, and a smart, stubborn sleuth who knows paper leaves a trail.
Genre: Mystery
Then a man dies on her doorstep.
Local auctioneer Malcolm Reed collapses outside Dead Letter House with one of Aunt Quinn’s unopened letters in his pocket, and suddenly Elsie’s fresh start turns into a public scandal. The police want answers. The town wants gossip. And someone is desperate to make sure the secrets hidden inside Dead Letter House stay buried for good.
As Elsie digs into forged notices, missing records, and old property deals that never should have gone through, she discovers her aunt was keeping more than lost mail. She was saving proof. Proof that powerful people in Blackbird Quay have been quietly reshaping lives, homes, and fortunes for years.
Now Elsie has a dead man tied to her family, a shop on the verge of ruin, and a growing list of suspects with very good reasons to lie.
Because in Blackbird Quay, the wrong letter in the right hands can ruin everything.
The Body at Dead Letter House is the gripping first book in a cozy mystery series full of seaside charm, buried motives, small-town politics, and a smart, stubborn sleuth who knows paper leaves a trail.
Genre: Mystery
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