{"title":"Stephen Ramsay Mysteries","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"day-in-the-death-of-dorothea-cassidy-book-ann-cleeves-9780449147894","title":"A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy","description":"For Dorothea Cassidy Thursdays were special. Every week she would look forward to the one day she could call her own, and would plan to visit people she wanted to see as a welcome respite from the routine duties that being a vicar's wife entailed. But one Thursday in June was to be more special than any other. It was the day that Dorothea Cassidy was strangled. As the small town of Otterbridge prepares for its summer carnival, Inspector Stephen Ramsay begins a painstaking reconstruction of Dorothea's last hours. He soon discovers that she had taken on a number of deserving cases - a sick and lonely old woman, a disturbed adolescent, a compulsive gambler, a single mother with a violent boyfriend and a child in care - and even her close family have their secrets to hide. All these people are daunted, in one way or another, by Dorothea's goodness. But which of them could have possibly wanted her dead? It is not until a second body is discovered that Ramsay starts to understand how Dorothea lived - and why she died. With the carnival festivities in full swing and dusk failing in Otterbridge, Ramsay's murder investigation reaches its chilling climax . . .","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49897990553873,"sku":"CIN0449147894G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49943472931089,"sku":"CIN0449147894A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53351056310545,"sku":"CIN0449147894VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0449147894.jpg?v=1750878958"},{"product_id":"murder-in-my-backyard-book-ann-cleeves-9780449147207","title":"Murder in My Backyard","description":"No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry . . . . . . But here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David's Eve. And when detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, but sometimes her kindness had caused trouble. Yes, her two nephews were devoted to her, but they didn't really want her interfering in their rather complicated personal lives. Even among her neighbours, Alice Parry's helpfulness had sometimes misfired; and after her death, tension tight as a clenched fist grips the uneasy village. Meanwhile, the suspects keep rolling in, and Heppleburn's friendly neighbourhood killer continues his nasty piece of work . . .","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49943467196689,"sku":"CIN0449147207G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50148261396753,"sku":"CIN0449147207VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53211810234641,"sku":"CIN0449147207A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0449147207.jpg?v=1751228691"},{"product_id":"lesson-in-dying-book-ann-cleves-9780449146774","title":"A Lesson in Dying","description":"Appropriately, it was at Hallowe'en that headmaster Harold Medburn's body, dressed in academic cap and gown, was found swinging from the school's rusty netball hoop. And although his death brought fear to some hearts, relief was the dominant response, for Medburn had been a bully. The police accuse Medburn's wife, Kitty, of killing him because he planned to leave her for another woman; but Jack Robson, the school caretaker, who had loved Kitty when they were classmates years ago, disagrees. Helped by his clever daughter Patty, he does his homework among Medburn's friends and neighbors and finds half a dozen of them have powerful motives for murdering the hated headmaster. It is in the ugly secrets of Medburn's life and in the dark passions that sometimes ensnare good people that Robson finally discovers the tragic - and desperately dangerous - truth. If you do buy this book, read it all at one time. That way you will get the full effect. AMAZON.COM customer","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50111975358737,"sku":"CIN0449146774G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":52383843320081,"sku":"CIN0449146774A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0449146774.jpg?v=1751197465"},{"product_id":"healers-book-ann-cleeves-9780449149447","title":"Healers","description":"In Bath, England, good health is an ancient tradition and a booming business. One local font of wellness is the Sulis Clinic, where the rich come for rest, repair, and repasts of strictly organic-and not terribly pleasant-cuisine. World-famous cellist Sara Selkirk has come to Sulis to admit her former music teacher. The poor dear has fallen into decrepitude, and has lately been the unlikely suspect in the shocking murder in a local pub. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistracted from her upcoming Dvorak performance in Salzburg, Sara begins to wonder if there isn't an odd link between Sulis and the murder. But another death soon rocks Sara to her core, leading her to a choice she will regret-and a killer she can no longer avoid.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352364618001,"sku":"CIN0449149447G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50475044274449,"sku":"CIN0449149447A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0449149447.jpg?v=1751358168"},{"product_id":"killjoy-book-ann-cleeves-9780449148938","title":"Killjoy","description":"Gus Lynch is directing the Youth Theatre through a rehearsal. The cast is in place but the female lead, Gabriella Paston, is missing. Later that evening her body is discovered in the boot of Gus's car. Detective Inspector Stephen Ramsay and Sergeant Gordon Hunter are assigned to head the murder enquiry. Meanwhile violence is escalating on the Starling Farm Estate as police battle to contain the latest outbreak of joyriding. Is the death of Gabriella connected to the events at Starling Farm? When another death occurs, investigations suggest a possible link. Ramsay realises what could have provoked someone to kill . . . and kill again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352392503569,"sku":"CIN0449148939G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53004806586641,"sku":"CIN0449148939VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0449148939.jpg?v=1751260611"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/stephen-ramsay-mysteries-book-series.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}