Bob and Shirley Books in Order

Pub owners Bob and Shirley escape to a luxury resort, where a disliked blackmailer is found dead beside the pool. Investigating fellow holidaymakers reveals motives and dangerous secrets, turning their hoped-for break into a race to identify the killer.

Charles Crow died after a hearty pub meal, yet villagers keep seeing signs of his return, from pudding purchases to lights at his estate. Bob and Shirley investigate the strange appearances unsettling Great Oakley and the secrets behind them.

A disliked villager dies beside an unexpectedly luxurious hot chocolate, leaving Shirley the prime suspect. She and Bob investigate the peculiar circumstances while rumors of witchcraft spread, threatening both their reputation and the local chocolatier blamed by the village.

Great Oakley’s reputation as a safe village collapses when a local slimming-group organizer is found dead in Bob and Shirley’s pub garden. The outspoken landlady and her methodical husband investigate a puzzling death involving treacle tart and unexplained weight loss.