An Aunt Bessie Cold Case: Books 4-6
(2025)(A book in the Aunt Bessie Cold Case Mystery series)
An omnibus of novels by Diana Xarissa
Books four, five, and six in the series together in one collection.
The Durand File
With all the time he’s spending on the island running his cold case unit, Andrew Cheatham is considering buying a house there. Bessie is happy to go along on the hunt with him, but they’re both surprised and upset to discover a fire raging at one of the houses he’s considering purchasing. It’s even more upsetting to learn that the fire was started deliberately.
Meanwhile, the cold case unit has not one, but two murders to consider. The two men died two years apart, but the French police are convinced that the cases are connected. While Bessie is happy to agree that the cases are connected, she’s not convinced that the same person was responsible for both deaths.
Can Bessie and the cold case unit work out what really happened to the two men? Bessie also wants to help the police discover who set the fire at Christian Christian’s house, but does she have time to do that, as well? And will she ever have a chance to really get to know the two police inspectors she’s working with on the unit who never seem to have time to socialise with Bessie and her friends?
The Evans File
Bessie Cubbon is surprised and disappointed when she learns that Andrew Cheatham isn’t going to be staying in the holiday cottage next to her home on Laxey Beach when he visits the island in February. For the next week of cold case unit meetings, he’s decided to stay in a hotel in Ramsey. It isn’t until the first meeting that Bessie learns the reason why.
Police Inspector Nathan Fuller has come to the island with Andrew, to work with the unit on one of his cold cases that has always troubled him. It’s bad enough that he’s keeping Andrew away from Bessie. He’s also rude and bad-tempered. Before Bessie can dig too deeply into Nathan’s case, though, she’s promised to help Elizabeth Quayle advertise her party planning business at a wedding showcase event in Douglas.
Elizabeth’s former boyfriend, Andy Caine, is there with his fiancée, Jennifer Johnson. Tensions are high, and things go from bad to worse when Jennifer suddenly disappears right after the showcase.
Can Bessie help locate the missing woman? Can she convince Andy that Jennifer is wrong for him? And can she find time to help the cold case unit work out what really happened to Owen Evans, ten years after his murder?
The Flowers File
Elizabeth Cubbon, Bessie to everyone who knows her, is surprised when Charles Morris invites her to lunch. He'''s part of the cold case unit with which she’s been working for months, but he’s never seemed particularly friendly. Lunch is pleasant enough, but both Bessie and Charles are unpleasantly surprised when they walk out of the restaurant to find that Charles’s hire car has been stolen.
Meanwhile, the cold case unit is considering a case that may not be a case at all. Julia Tyler is convinced that her boyfriend, Jack Flowers, is missing. His family, friends, and former fiancée all disagree, although none of them will provide Julia or the police with any information to help them find Jack.
When Charles has a second hire car stolen from him later in the same week, Bessie can’t help but get involved. Can Bessie help discover who is stealing hire cars? Can she and the cold case unit find Jack Flowers? Is he just missing or has something terrible happened to him?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
The Durand File
With all the time he’s spending on the island running his cold case unit, Andrew Cheatham is considering buying a house there. Bessie is happy to go along on the hunt with him, but they’re both surprised and upset to discover a fire raging at one of the houses he’s considering purchasing. It’s even more upsetting to learn that the fire was started deliberately.
Meanwhile, the cold case unit has not one, but two murders to consider. The two men died two years apart, but the French police are convinced that the cases are connected. While Bessie is happy to agree that the cases are connected, she’s not convinced that the same person was responsible for both deaths.
Can Bessie and the cold case unit work out what really happened to the two men? Bessie also wants to help the police discover who set the fire at Christian Christian’s house, but does she have time to do that, as well? And will she ever have a chance to really get to know the two police inspectors she’s working with on the unit who never seem to have time to socialise with Bessie and her friends?
The Evans File
Bessie Cubbon is surprised and disappointed when she learns that Andrew Cheatham isn’t going to be staying in the holiday cottage next to her home on Laxey Beach when he visits the island in February. For the next week of cold case unit meetings, he’s decided to stay in a hotel in Ramsey. It isn’t until the first meeting that Bessie learns the reason why.
Police Inspector Nathan Fuller has come to the island with Andrew, to work with the unit on one of his cold cases that has always troubled him. It’s bad enough that he’s keeping Andrew away from Bessie. He’s also rude and bad-tempered. Before Bessie can dig too deeply into Nathan’s case, though, she’s promised to help Elizabeth Quayle advertise her party planning business at a wedding showcase event in Douglas.
Elizabeth’s former boyfriend, Andy Caine, is there with his fiancée, Jennifer Johnson. Tensions are high, and things go from bad to worse when Jennifer suddenly disappears right after the showcase.
Can Bessie help locate the missing woman? Can she convince Andy that Jennifer is wrong for him? And can she find time to help the cold case unit work out what really happened to Owen Evans, ten years after his murder?
The Flowers File
Elizabeth Cubbon, Bessie to everyone who knows her, is surprised when Charles Morris invites her to lunch. He'''s part of the cold case unit with which she’s been working for months, but he’s never seemed particularly friendly. Lunch is pleasant enough, but both Bessie and Charles are unpleasantly surprised when they walk out of the restaurant to find that Charles’s hire car has been stolen.
Meanwhile, the cold case unit is considering a case that may not be a case at all. Julia Tyler is convinced that her boyfriend, Jack Flowers, is missing. His family, friends, and former fiancée all disagree, although none of them will provide Julia or the police with any information to help them find Jack.
When Charles has a second hire car stolen from him later in the same week, Bessie can’t help but get involved. Can Bessie help discover who is stealing hire cars? Can she and the cold case unit find Jack Flowers? Is he just missing or has something terrible happened to him?
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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