The Missing Heirloom by Rachel Ward

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 The Missing Heirloom by Rachel Ward- Cozy crime

Bea and Ant work at Costsave, the local supermarket. They have a reputation for investigating crimes so when Ant finds the body of his friend at the allotments, in a shed, Ant wants to do what they’ve always done and find out more. Bea is still shaken by the last body they found and wants nothing to do with it. When there is a second body, they all wonder if the two are connected in some way. Who would want them dead and why?

This is book five in the series but can happily stand alone- I haven’t (yet) read the others, but enjoyed this so much I’m putting the others on my TBR pile. I quickly got to know the characters and having them at a supermarket puts them in a great position to hear what's going on in the town and talk to people, a great unusual concept.  I liked Bea and Ant as they have their hearts in the right place and are everyday people doing their best for the community. A wonderfully relaxing read I most thoroughly enjoyed.

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Blurb

Finders keepers, losers . . . Dead?

Checkout girl Bea Jordan has a knack for stumbling into trouble. Even so, nothing can ruin her picnic in the allotment with her best friend, green-thumbed Ant.
With the annual Kingsleigh Flower and Produce Show approaching, she feels he’s had little time for her. Especially with the drama of a prize-winning tomato thief on the loose.
But a grizzly discovery is waiting for them by the pumpkin patch . . .
The body of Dylan Bradley, their old history teacher. Someone stuck a trowel in his head and left him for dead.
But who would want to hurt Dylan? Bea has a feeling it has something to do with the ruby ring he dug up in the allotment.
Then the discovery of a second body throws the townsfolk into full-blown turmoil. Now Bea must juggle small-town secrets, rivalries and murder with her growing feelings for Ant.
Can she dig up the truth before the killer strikes again, or has Bea finally planted the seed for her own demise?
AN ABSOLUTELY GRIPPING COZY MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS AND LOVEABLE CHARACTERS.

Meet the workers of Kingsleigh Costsave. There’s Bea, a maths whizz with a heart of gold. Ant, a hapless high-school drop-out. And wisecracking Dot, in her late fifties and always beautifully coiffed.
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Rachel’s Bio

I'm a fifty-something author of psych thrillers and cosy crime books for adults and thrillers for young for adults. I live in Bath, England, and have a husband, two grown up children and two dogs. I've been a full-time writer for 10 years, before which I had 'sensible' jobs.
I'm now writing crime for adults. My cozy crime series, The Supermarket Mysteries, is now published as ebooks with Joffe Books. The first novel in the series is The Missing Checkout Girl Mystery.
My debut psychological thriller, Safe With You, is published by HQ Digital and is out now.
For young adults, I have published the Numbers trilogy, The Drowning and Water Born with Chicken House UK. The first book came out in the UK in 2009 and the USA in 2010. My Numbers books explore the gift of being able to see death dates. If you looked in somebody's eyes and saw the date of their death, would it change the way you felt about people? They've been published in 26 countries and optioned for film.

Author’s Social Media

Twitter: https://x.com/RachelWardbooks
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Book Links
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219824756-the-missing-heirloom-mystery
Purchase Link: https://mybook.to/missingheirloom-zbt

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