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Welcome to Brambleford

A warm private reading room for family and friends: Brambleford village mysteries first, plus the full Meridian Relics adventure series for anyone who wants another shelf to explore.

Brambleford Mysteries

Eleanor Whitmore, village memory, quiet clues, old relationships, and mysteries solved over tea, notebooks, churchyards, mills, and History Hour.

Book 1 · Free complete novel

The Body at the Old Mill

Cozy village mystery

A village history hour, an old mill, and Eleanor Whitmore’s first recorded murder.

Book 2 · Free complete novel

The North Transept

Cozy village mystery

Eleanor returns to village memory, church shadows, and old relationships that refuse to stay buried.

Book 3 · Free complete novel

The Cold Letter

Cozy village mystery

A frozen morning, a letter, and a Brambleford secret that asks what memory owes the living.

Book 4 · Free reading copy

The Brambleford Minutes

Cozy village mystery

Missing village minutes, quiet corruption, and the question of who gets to keep the record.

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You might also enjoy: The Meridian Relics

A different flavour from Brambleford: Mediterranean relic mysteries, adventure, history, danger, and the question of who gets to claim the past.

Book 1 · Free complete novel

The Sunken Bell of Malta

Relic adventure mystery

A protected wreck, a buried relic, and a Mediterranean mystery that refuses to stay below water.

Book 2 · Free complete novel

The Burning Bird of Rhodes

Relic adventure mystery

A bird relief, family witness, and an island case where rescue can become another kind of possession.

Book 3 · Free complete novel

The Green Glass of Venice

Relic adventure mystery

Venice, custody, glass, and a review board that mistakes naming for ownership.

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