Death at Bramble Manor
(2026)(The first book in the Heather and Bramble Village Mystery series)
A novel by Sam Burnell
A village fête. A poisoned mayor. A community with far too much to hide.
After years of wartime nursing and the disappearance of her husband, Clara Finch returns to her childhood village of Heather & Bramble hoping for quiet, familiarity, and perhaps a place to begin again.Instead, she finds a body on the lawn of Bramble Manor.
Mayor Gerald Winton collapses in full view of the village during the annual fête, moments after taking tea among the bunting, cakes and polite applause. Most assume his age and appetites have finally caught up with him.
Clara knows better.
She has seen too many bodies fail under her hands to mistake poison for a weak heart.
As Inspector Vale begins his investigation, Clara discovers that Gerald Winton was preparing to make an announcement that would tear through the village: a scheme involving the sale of old leases, higher rents, threatened businesses and homes placed quietly at risk.
The Post Office.
The chippy.
The florist.
The gift shop.
Even Clara’s own family home.
Gerald had made promises he never intended to keep, collected other people’s secrets, and left reputations damaged in his wake. In a village still marked by war, loss and silence, almost everyone had reason to want him stopped.
But murder is only the beginning.
Because in Heather & Bramble, the truth does not simply hide behind lace curtains and pretty shop windows.
Sometimes it is protected.
Sometimes it is altered.
And sometimes an entire village decides it can live more easily without it.
An atmospheric post-war English village mystery of poisoned loyalties, hidden grievances and justice that refuses to arrive neatly wrapped. Perfect for readers who enjoy manor-house murder, amateur sleuths, sharp family wit and beautiful villages with dangerous secrets.
Buy now and enter Heather & Bramble — where the houses are charming, the neighbours are watchful, and the prettiest things can cast the longest shadows.
Genre: Mystery
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