Silent Night in Somerset

A new series for fans of M.C. Beaton, Agatha Christie, and Jessica Fletcher.

Daphne Noble is looking forward to a quiet country Christmas with her beloved Grandmother. All is calm. All is bright. After all, it is the tiny village of Mill-Upon-Mortlake in sleepy Somerset, after all.

Unfortunately, Christmas stirs up ancient rivalries between the village of Mill-Upon-Mortlake and their larger neighbor, the town of Shrewsberry, especially once Lady Mortlake chooses the village to be the recipient of her priceless Star of Somerset to use in their Christmas festivities.

When the silver and sapphire star goes missing from the church hall, suspicion blankets the village, and Daphne is determined not to let it ruin her first Christmas in her new home. She just has to find the star, manage the village shop, and keep tensions between Shrewsberry and Mill-Upon-Mortlake from turning into a minor civil war.

Thank goodness she has her reluctant sidekick, Mr. Gainsworth, beside her and her faithful terrier, Bertie, at her heels.

Now all she needs is a little Christmas miracle to bring peace back to the village before Christmas Eve!



Welcome to Mill-Upon-Mortlake, Somerset, England. This late Victorian-era village is picturesque, the apples are the best in the county, the locals are kind (as long as you're local, too), and mysteries are never far away.

Join Daphne Noble, a London lass who moves to Mill-Upon-Mortlake expecting to work in the village shop and keep an eye on her elderly grandmother, but instead ends up embroiled in one mystery after another.

You'll root for Daphne as her grit, gumption, and stubbornness slowly endear her to the locals--even if all of them wish she'd hurry up and get married like a respectable girl!

British Cozy mystery

Humor and heart

Low-violence

Victorian/Edwardian Era