Secrets of Appletree Lodge
(2025)(A book in the Appletree Lodge Mystery series)
A novel by Jay Larkin
The coziest new mystery series where the secrets are gentle, the charm is high, and the body count is zero.
Freda Starling has spent her life cleaning up other people’s messes, but nothing prepares her to hear her friends, Eva and Billy Pearmain, have abruptly abandoned their beloved guesthouse. She rushes to Saltmere-on-Sea to find Billy gravely ill and Appletree Lodge in the hands of strangers who are clearly hiding something.
Rooms feel wrong. Guests whisper. Little details that others overlook catch Freda’s sharp eye. With her warm Cockney humour and a lifetime of noticing what others miss, she starts untangling the secrets tucked behind every door.
Set in 1980s England, Secrets at Appletree Lodge is a cozy mystery with no murders, full of seaside charm, quirky locals, and gentle intrigue. The perfect introduction to a delightful new heroine and her world.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Freda Starling has spent her life cleaning up other people’s messes, but nothing prepares her to hear her friends, Eva and Billy Pearmain, have abruptly abandoned their beloved guesthouse. She rushes to Saltmere-on-Sea to find Billy gravely ill and Appletree Lodge in the hands of strangers who are clearly hiding something.
Rooms feel wrong. Guests whisper. Little details that others overlook catch Freda’s sharp eye. With her warm Cockney humour and a lifetime of noticing what others miss, she starts untangling the secrets tucked behind every door.
Set in 1980s England, Secrets at Appletree Lodge is a cozy mystery with no murders, full of seaside charm, quirky locals, and gentle intrigue. The perfect introduction to a delightful new heroine and her world.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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