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The Blackout Murders
(2024)(The first book in the Homefront Sleuths Cozy WWII Mystery series)
A novel by Anna Elliott and Charles Veley
A blacked-out village. Five unlikely amateur sleuths. One deadly mystery.
The bestselling WWII cozy mystery series — perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Rhys Bowen, and Foyle’s War.
England, 1941. In the blacked-out village of Crofter's Green, the lights are off, but the secrets are only just beginning to surface. When the local air raid warden is found dead beside a churchyard gravestone, the police are too stretched by the war to investigate—leaving five unlikely neighbors to catch a killer hiding in plain sight.
Meet the investigators:
The bestselling WWII cozy mystery series — perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Rhys Bowen, and Foyle’s War.
England, 1941. In the blacked-out village of Crofter's Green, the lights are off, but the secrets are only just beginning to surface. When the local air raid warden is found dead beside a churchyard gravestone, the police are too stretched by the war to investigate—leaving five unlikely neighbors to catch a killer hiding in plain sight.
Meet the investigators:
- Evie Harris: a young woman who came to the village for a fresh start — and doesn’t talk about what she left behind.
Alice Greenleaf: the village herbalist—sharp as a tack twice as observant, and trusted with everyone’s secrets.
Blake Collins: a schoolteacher who notices everything and forgets nothing — including the person the Blitz took from him.
Harry Jenkins: a retired Scotland Yard detective who thought his useful days were behind him. He was wrong.
Dorothy Baker: a warm-hearted mum whose nosiness turns out to be her greatest gift.
Heartwarming, humorous, brimming with wartime village charm — and one runaway Pomeranian whose escapes are not what they seem. The Blackout Murders is a complete, standalone clean-read mystery—no cliffhanger, no graphic violence—and the ideal doorway into a beloved series readers binge in one go.
WINNER OF THE 2024 GLOBAL BOOK AWARDS SILVER MEDAL FOR AMATEUR SLEUTH MYSTERIES
Read free with Kindle Unlimited — or listen on Audible, narrated by the brilliant Iona Campbell.
What readers are saying:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great surprises, a multifaceted mystery, excitement… but also a sense of homecoming and camaraderie with the characters." — Amazon Reviewer
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "A heartwarming, suspenseful tale for fans of cozy mysteries and wartime intrigue." — Apple Books Editorial
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This father-and-daughter team continue to crank out first-rate stories." — Amazon Customer
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Genre: Cozy Mystery
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