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Death at the Highland Loch

(2025)
(The first book in the Lady Poppy Proudfoot series)
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Move over, Inspector! Lady Poppy Proudfoot is here to solve her very first case.

Scotland, 1924: When Lady Poppy Proudfoot travels to the Highlands for a midsummer party, the last thing she and her fellow guests expect is for a body to wash up beside the loch.

Despite protests that it could have been an accident, Poppy is convinced it’s murder and decides to dust off her law degree and hunt for clues. But when the police arrive, the grumpy
Inspector MacKenzie dismisses her evidence, insisting a crime scene is no place for a Lady. The nerve!

With the help of her trusted Labrador,
Major, Poppy begins to unpick the case. But she soon has two mysteries to solve, as her host Lady Constance Balfour claims a diamond and emerald bracelet has been stolen. Could the two cases be linked? Was it Freddy the footman, a favourite of her ladyship? Or American actress Miss Cornett, with a keen eye for jewels? Or with such a dazzling guestlist, was someone from the local village tempted into the grounds by the party?

When a woman bearing an uncanny resemblance to Poppy is attacked, she realizes that someone wants her off the case.
Someone connected to Balfour Houseis a murderer and a thief, but who? And can Poppy solve the mystery before she, too, washes up beside the loch?

A warm, unputdownable page-turning historical whodunnit, perfect for fans of Helena Dixon, Verity Bright, T.E. Kinsey and Catherine Coles.

Readers are loving Death at the Highland Loch:

I inhaled this amazing book over one weekend and resented everything that kept me away from it!’ Goodreads reviewer

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I absolutely loved Lady Poppy and already need more of her!… The plot kept me guessing and had me completely hooked from start to finish.’ bookedbycrystal ⭐��⭐⭐⭐

‘With red herrings, clever twists, and a heroine
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Genre: Mystery

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