A rare visitor arrives at the Black Feather: Joseph, longtime butler to the recently deceased Earl of Helliwell. Convinced that his master's death was no accident, Joseph is convinced that someone had a hand in it. Then there are the Earl's cryptic last words: "Take care of the talking books." Puzzled by the strange message, Nathalie, Louise and Constable Strutner turn to bookseller Paige Rittinghouse for answers. Paige soon uncovers the truth behind the Earl's mysterious library - but that's only the beginning of the mystery ...

About the series: There was nothing in the will about this ...

Cottages, English roses and rolling hills: that's Earlsraven. In the middle of it all: the "Black Feather". Not only does young Nathalie Ames unexpectedly inherit this cosy inn from her aunt, she also falls heir to her aunt's secret double life! She solved criminal cases together with her cook Louise, a former agent of the British Crown. And while Nathalie is still trying to warm up to the quirky villagers, she discovers that sleuthing runs in the family.

Autorentext

Ellen Barksdale was born in the English seaside resort of Brighton. Her first experience of crime fiction was with the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon (her mother is Belgian by birth). After years of reading crime fiction, she recently decided to take up writing herself. "Tea? Coffee? Murder!" is her first mystery series. Ellen Barksdale lives near Swansea with her partner Ian and their three dogs Billy, Bobby and Libby.