The start in a BRAND NEW cosy mystery series from Debbie Young A picturesque village. A quaint highstreet... And a murder to solve. Alice's new life is off to a deadly start. When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage, a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop in the Cotswold Village of Little Pride, she thinks she's found the perfect place to start the new phase of her life. Freshly separated from her collector long-term boyfriend, she's excited to embrace her new, minimalist existence. All Alice needs to do is sell off the left-behind stock, and settle in. But the villagers of Little Pride have other ideas, and Alice quickly realises they won't give up their beloved shop without a fight. Then a dead body is found buried in her neighbour's compost heap, and Alice realises there's much more to Little Pride, and its residents, than meets the eye. Head for the Cotswolds in this delightful new cozy mystery series, perfect for fans of Fiona Leitch, Faith Martin and Agatha Christie. Readers LOVE Debbie Young's delightful mysteries: ""A cracking example of cozy crime!"" Bestselling author Katie Fforde ""An affectionate glimpse of traditional rural English life. The sun shines, the locals gossip, the villagers all come together for the fair. The only problem is a murder. Luckily Sophie is there to solve it. A warm page turner that puts the cosy into cosy mystery. Well worth a read!"" Bestselling author T.A. Williams "Warm and cosy, the Sophie Sayers mysteries are full of likeable and eccentric characters inhabiting the idyllic Cotswold village of Wendlebury Barrow, where gossip, intrigue and murder are rife!" Bestselling author Michelle Salter