The Cherrywood Murders (Cherrywood Mysteries Book 1)

A cosy murder mystery by Mary Jayne Baker, writing as Penny Blackwell. It was published by Headline Accent on 25th May 2023.

A DOLLOP OF JAM. A SPOT OF TEA. A SLICE OF MURDER…

It has been a year since Tess had to trade the hustle and bustle of London life for pulling pints and moonlighting as a Cher impersonator in a backwater country pub.

The sleepy Yorkshire village of Cherrywood would always be home, but a return to rural life wasn’t quite the path she’d paved for herself. Still, being back with her oldest friends, Raven and Oliver, was a definite upside and she was beginning to settle into the slower pace.

That is until Clemmie Ackroyd, a stalwart member of the community, is brutally murdered. Ruled a robbery gone wrong, it’s an open-and-shut case for the police, but something isn’t quite adding up for Tess.

Then an unexpected face from the past shows up in the village, pointing fingers, and Tess finds herself resolving to get to the bottom of Clemmie’s death – even if that means getting up to her neck in jam, Jerusalem and deadly secrets at the Women’s Guild…