Rebecca Tope

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  • Bibliography:
    46 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Lake District

1 - The Windermere Witness (Dec-2012)
2 - The Ambleside Alibi (Nov-2013)
3 - The Coniston Case (May-2015)
4 - The Troutbeck Testimony (May-2015)
5 - The Hawkshead Hostage (May-2016)
6 - The Bowness Bequest (May-2017)
7 - The Staveley Suspect (Jul-2018)
8 - The Grasmere Grudge (Mar-2019)
9 - The Patterdale Plot (Feb-2020)
10 - The Ullswater Undertaking (Mar-2021)
11 - The Threlkeld Theory (Jan-2022)
12 - The Askham Accusation (Jan-2023)
13 - The Borrowdale Body (Feb-2024)
14 - A Lake District Christmas Murder (Sep-2024)

The Oregon Tales

1 - The Indifference of Tumbleweed (Mar-2014)
2 - The Spoils of Sin (Jul-2015)

Thea Osborne

1 - A Cotswold Killing (Jun-2004)
2 - A Cotswold Ordeal (Oct-2005)
3 - Death In The Cotswolds (Mar-2007)
4 - A Cotswold Mystery (Dec-2007)
5 - Blood in the Cotswolds (Sep-2008)
6 - Slaughter in the Cotswolds (May-2009)
7 - Fear in the Cotswolds (Nov-2009)
8 - Grave in the Cotswolds (Aug-2010)
9 - Deception in the Cotswolds (Apr-2011)
10 - Malice in the Cotswolds (Jun-2012)
11 - Shadows in the Cotswolds (Jun-2013)
12 - Trouble in the Cotswolds (Feb-2015)
13 - Revenge in the Cotswolds (Mar-2015)
14 - Guilt in the Cotswolds (May-2016)
15 - Peril in the Cotswolds (Sep-2017)
16 - Crisis in the Cotswolds (Jul-2018)
17 - Secrets in the Cotswolds (Sep-2019)
18 - A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (Oct-2020)
19 - Echoes in the Cotswolds (Jul-2021)
20 - Betrayal in the Cotswolds (Jul-2022)
21 - A Discovery in the Cotswolds (Aug-2023)

West Country

1 - A Dirty Death (Jun-2000)
2 - Dark Undertakings (Jun-2001)
3 - Death of a Friend ()
4 - Grave Concerns (Jun-2002)
5 - A Death to Record (Jun-2003)
6 - The Sting of Death (Sep-2002)
7 - A Market for Murder ()

Book List in Order: 46 titles

  • A Dirty Death

    West Country - 1

    When irascible farmer Guy Beardon meets a very dirty death in his own farmyard, it seems like an accident at first, despite the fact that he was widely disliked. But when his daughter Lilah slowly begins to suspect foul play, no one is eager to help ...

  • Dark Undertakings

    West Country - 2

    Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills and herbal remedies, it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack, but his doctor is convinced that this is the case. T...

  • Grave Concerns

    West Country - 4

    With Peaceful Repose Cemetery, Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionize the entire death industry and make cheap, ecologically sound burials a popular choice. Unfortunately, Drew's gravedigger has just discovered that their cemetery has one too m...

  • The Sting of Death

    West Country - 6

    In Tope's latest book, the sleuths from her two mystery series - Detective Sergeant Den Cooper and undertaker/amateur detective Drew Slocombe - team up to solve a series of mysterious killings in the quiet rural area of East Devon where they both now...

  • A Death to Record

    West Country - 5

    When the body of herdsman Sean O'Farrell was discovered in one of the farm buildings, Detective Sergeant Den Cooper is more than happy to cast one of the local farmers, Gordon Hillcock, in the role of chief suspect. After all, it is a well-known fact...

  • A Cotswold Killing

    Thea Osborne - 1

    Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the village of Duntisbourne Abbots is a well-kept secret: beautiful, timeless and quintessentially English. When recently widowed Thea Osborne arrives to house-sit for a local couple, her only fear is th...

  • A Cotswold Ordeal

    Thea Osborne - 2

    Thea Osborne and her spaniel Hepzibah embark on their second house-sitting commission with few worries. Despite her first disastrous venture, in which she became drawn into a murder case, Thea is convinced that lightning will not strike twice, and ar...

  • Death In The Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 3

    After two disastrous housesitting incidents in which she unwittingly became embroiled in murder and mayhem, Thea Osbourne is only too happy to have a bit of peace and quiet. The only positive thing that came out of her experiences is her blossoming r...

  • A Cotswold Mystery

    Thea Osborne - 4

    Despite the catastrophic outcomes of her previous house-sitting commissions, Thea Osborne, accompanied by her trusty spaniel, Hepzie, is truly convinced nothing can go wrong on her next assignment in the charming village of Blockley. The Montgomer...



  • Blood in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 5

    Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, have taken on a house-sitting assignment in the charming Cotswold village of Temple Guiting. But as always, an idyllic village can harbour a disquieting number of secrets and when a skeleton is discovere...

  • Slaughter in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 6

    Once again, there's death on her doorstep... Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs and Cedric Angell in Lower Slaughter following her beloved father's death - anything to keep her busy and away from some of her rather difficult relatives...

  • Fear in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 7

    Following a string of disastrous house-sitting assignments, and an equally troubled personal life, Thea Osborne is understandably apprehensive about her latest commission: a wintry month in an isolated house with only an assortment of animals, includ...

  • Grave in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 8

    Thea Osborne and her loyal spaniel Hepzie are still pursuing their occupation as house-sitters, despite the disastrous incidents of the past. At the moment they are staying in the late Greta Simmonds' house, which is currently between ownership. But ...

  • Deception in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 9

    Thea Osbourne is perhaps over-optimistic about the English summertime and her latest assignment in the Cotswolds - house-sitting for reptile breeder Harriet Young. Yet again, the region's bucolic charms prove to be more than deceptive, and Thea is...

  • Malice in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 10

    Thea Osborne and her canine companion Hepzie travel to the isolated village of Snowshill for their next assignment, house-sitting Hyacinth House for the mysterious Yvonne Parker. Something doesn't feel right to Thea, who is ill at ease in the village...

  • The Windermere Witness

    Lake District - 1

    Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon "Simmy" Brown has moved to the beautiful Lake District region to be closer to her charismatic parents. Things are going well, and Simmy is happy to lose herself in her work. But the peace she has found ...

  • Shadows in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 11

    When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to house-sit for Oliver Meadows as a favour to her mother, she expects a few days of peace with her spaniel, Hepzie. Uncomfortable with the news of her mother's sudden involvement with an old flame, and The...

  • The Ambleside Alibi

    Lake District - 2

    Simmy has been adjusting to life in Windermere, running her florist shop, Persimmon's Petals, and trying to put her tragic past behind her. But just when she thinks her life is quietly coming together, it starts to unravel at the seams.She delivers a...

  • The Indifference of Tumbleweed

    The Oregon Tales - 1

    In 1846, thousands of people moved westwards to Oregon and California in wagon trains. This is the story of Charity Collins and the families in the Tennant Party who made the 2000-mile journey that year. Charity and her sister Fanny are both of marri...



  • The View From the Cart

    The story of a legendary saint from the Dark Ages, as told by his mother. The young Cuthman is instructed by God to take his crippled mother with him on a pilgrimage across southern England. He fashions a wooden cart for her, and together they spend ...

  • Trouble in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 12

    Thea Osborne hopes to spend a quiet Christmas house sitting for the Shepherds in the picturesque Cotswold village of Stanton. Walks in the local countryside with the dogs and perhaps a meal in the pub are all the excitement she wants. When her arriva...

  • Revenge in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 13

    Thea Osborne, Cotswold house-sitter with an infamous reputation for getting mixed up in crime, is determined to avoid trouble this time. Her latest commission in the village of Daglingworth seems straightforward, with most of her time spent looking a...

  • The Coniston Case

    Lake District - 3

    Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and business at Persimmon “Simmy” Brown’s flower shop is booming. But when Simmy fulfills a string of anonymous delivery orders, she is startled to realize that each contains a secretly menacing message for...

  • The Troutbeck Testimony

    Lake District - 4

    “Rich in psychological insight . . . Tope is particularly skilled in creating interesting and unique characters.” -- Deadly Pleasures A huge funeral for Windermere’s popular resident, Barbara Dodge, is taking place and florist Persimmon “Sim...

  • The Spoils of Sin

    The Oregon Tales - 2

    Fanny Collins has arrived in Oregon after traversing the Oregon Trail in 1846 with her family. It is now 1848 and the Gold Rush is about to begin. Fanny has found a friend and partner in Carola Beaumont and together the two young girls set up in a 'b...

  • The Hawkshead Hostage

    Lake District - 5

    Summer has come to Windermere, where Persimmon "Simmy" Brown runs her own florist shop. But the shop is struggling for money, so a contract to provide floral displays for a hotel in Hawkshead couldn't have arrived at a better moment. However, Simmy's...

  • Guilt in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 14

    Thea Osborne's latest house-sitting assignment is a little different to the rest. Along with her spaniel, Hepzie, Thea finds herself in the village of Chedworth. She is tasked with creating an inventory of Rita Wilshire's possessions, requested by he...

  • A Cotswold Casebook

    A brand-new collection of twelve short stories, featuring the popular characters from Rebecca Tope's Cotswold mystery novels. A suspicious funeral, a fatal encounter at a garden centre of all places, and a country walk marred by the discovery of a...

  • The Bowness Bequest

    Lake District - 6

    Winter has arrived in the town of Windermere, and has bought with it the death of Frances Henderson, the best friend of Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown's mother. Having known the Henderson family all of her life, Simmy must cope with the loss of an important...



  • Peril in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 15

    Thea Slocombe is trying to settle into normal family domestic life with Drew and his two children in Broad Campden. But any sense of cozy domesticity is shattered when Thea finds the body of a neighbour. No longer a house-sitter, Thea has no choice b...

  • Crisis in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 16

    Thea and Drew have been married for a year and are settled in the village of Broad Campden, but Thea is chafing at the domestic routines she is expected to devote herself to, missing the novelty and adventure that house-sitting used to bring. When a ...

  • The Staveley Suspect

    Lake District - 7

    Simmy Brown has a lot on her mind. Not just keeping her florist business afloat, her father's failing health, the challenge of developing a long-term relationship with Christopher, but also the approach of Mother's Day, a busy and painful day for her...

  • The Grasmere Grudge

    Lake District - 8

    Returning from a much-needed holiday, Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown discovers that life in the Lake District is, as ever, far from relaxing. Before she can enjoy the idea of being the future Mrs Chris Henderson, her fiancé discovers the body of his friend...

  • Secrets in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 17

    August, and Thea is tired of having to entertain Drew's children so she accepts a commission to watch over a house in Barnsley. On her first day there, she rescues a fugitive woman she finds hiding under some bushes. The woman's story is thin and inc...

  • The Patterdale Plot

    Lake District - 9

    Simmy Brown had hoped that her autumn would be less frantic than usual to give her a chance to enjoy her pregnancy, her upcoming nuptials, and some time looking for a new house in the Patterdale area of the Lake District. But it is not to be . When o...

  • A Cotswold Christmas Mystery

    Thea Osborne - 18

    It's Christmas, and things are looking good at the Slocombe house. Thea's daughter Jessica has come to stay, much to her stepdaughter Stephanie's delight. But then things take a turn for the worse. A local family, the Frowses, find themselves increas...

  • The Ullswater Undertaking

    Lake District - 10

    Spring has brought many new beginnings into the world of florist Persimmon 'Simmy' Brown. Not only has her baby arrived, but she and her fiancé Christopher have moved to the historic village of Hartsop in the Lake District - and they still intend to...

  • Echoes in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 19

    'As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I'm inclined to believe her' Daily Mail As spring returns to the Cotswolds, so too does Thea Slocombe to house-sitting. She has agreed to loo...

  • The Threlkeld Theory

    Lake District - 11

    A wedding day turns into a far darker affair in the idyllic Lake District. On a glorious July morning in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld, Simmy Brown and Christopher Henderson celebrate their wedding day. While the event passes off with...



  • Betrayal in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 20

    'As Rebecca Tope tells it, every rural idyll is blighted by underlying menace. Such is her writing skill, I'm inclined to believe her 'Daily Mail A handsome, if slightly shabby, stone house in Upper Oddington is home to Umberto Kingley as well as ...

  • The Askham Accusation

    Lake District - 12

    Autumn clouds are drawing in over the village of Askham, at the edge of the picturesque Lake District, and mourners, including Simmy Henderson, are heading to the funeral of Humphrey Craig. Taking a quiet moment later to visit the grave and admire th...

  • A Discovery in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne - 21

    A classic British cozy crime mystery set in the idyllic Cotswold countryside ...Thea Osborne reconnects with her friend Emmy while on a visit to the church in Baunton, near Cirencester with her stepdaughter Stephanie. Emmy, now married to local farme...

  • The Borrowdale Body

    Lake District - 13

    From the author of the bestselling Cotswold Mystery series ...As the auction at High Gates House in Borrowdale nears, Christopher Henderson bumps into Jennifer Reade, the expected recipient of the proceeds of the house clearance sale. She discovers a...

  • A Lake District Christmas Murder

    Lake District - 14

    As Christmas draws nearer, Simmy Henderson is invited to a party in Glenridding at the heart of the Lake District. However, the festivities are overshadowed by two alarming discoveries: a man's body in the beck above the village and a vulnerable newb...

  • Death of a Friend

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    West Country - 3

    Nina Cattermole had an unusual death: head-butted by a horse as she protested against the local hunt. The official verdict is that it was a freak accident. But when another protestor friend is expertly trampled to death by horse, and detective Den Co...

  • A Market for Murder

    • / Law Enforcement
    • Buy Buy
    West Country - 7

    Karen Slocombe isn’t sure why she visited the supermarket that day " as a member of the Food Chain Group and a stallholder at local farmers’ markets, SuperFare is a place she would normally avoid. Luckily for Karen, she leaves moments before a ...

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Rebecca Tope has published 46 books.

Rebecca Tope does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Lake District Christmas Murder, was published in September 2024.

The first book by Rebecca Tope, A Dirty Death, was published in June 2000.

Yes. Rebecca Tope has 4 series.
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