Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well - kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house - sit for a local couple, her only fear is that three weeks there might prove a little dull. Her first night s sleep at Brook View is broken by a piercing scream outside but she decides such things don t require investigation in a sleepy place like this. At least not until a body turns up... In calling on her neighbors to get some answers, Thea uncovers more tragedy and intrigue than she thought possible behind the peaceful Gloucestershire village. The first in a new series of thrillers to be set in the Cotswold area, A Cotswold Killing takes the reader on a tense journey along winding roads and muddy paths towards a dramatic and unexpected denouement.