title: Revenge in the Cotswolds (Cotswold Mysteries)
author:  Rebecca Tope 
description: "Although traditional or cosy crime tends not to reap the publicity among British crime novels today, it is undoubtedly popular among those readers who enjoy the quieter brand of mystery particularly when combined an enthusiastic amateur female sleuth, not in her first youth, with an obvious and well-depicted portrait of the beauties of rural landscapes and a great love of animals especially dogs. Very much recommended for those readers who are otherwise so much neglected by British publishers." (<i>Radmila May, Promoting Crime Fiction Blog</i>)
zlib_text: D eception in the Cotswolds
  REBECCA TOPE
  
  In fondest memory of Martha
  G rutchfield.
  
  Contents
  Title Page
  Dedication
  Maps
  Author’s Note
  Chapter One
  Chapter Two
  Chapter Three
  Chapter Four
  Chapter Five
  Chapter Six
  Chapter Seven
  Chapter Eight
  Chapter Nine
  Chapter Ten
  Chapter Eleven
  Chapter Twelve
  Chapter Thirteen
  Chapter Fourteen
  Chapter Fifteen
  Chapter Sixteen
  Chapter Seventeen
  Chapter Eighteen
  Chapter Nineteen
  Chapter Twenty
  By Rebecca Tope
  Copyright
  
  A uthor’s N ote
  As in other titles in this series, the story is set in a real Cotswold
  village. Cranham is much as described, including the pub, and the
  ‘mushroom yews’ in the churchyard. However, the Manor and other
  individual houses, as well as the people, are all products of my
  imagination.
  
  Chapter One
  Light was streaming into the entrance hall as Thea walked in. Her
  spaniel’s claws clicked on the polished wooden flooring, and the
  scent of beeswax brought with it associations of affluence and solid
  English stability. Hollywell Manor, in