Clare Chase Books in Order

Freelance journalist Anna Morris enters London's art world hoping for a career break and finds forgery, missing paintings, and mysterious deaths instead. The deeper she goes, the harder it is to tell friend from foe.

After her relationship falls apart, Ruby takes a house-sitting job in Cambridge that seems like a fresh start. Instead she finds herself caught up in another man's dark history, with Nate Bastable hiding troubles of his own.

When a body pulled from the fens is dismissed as an accident, Tara Thorpe sees signs of murder. Then another death follows, and her own secrets start to complicate the hunt for the killer.

A young woman is found drowned in a Cambridge courtyard fountain, a silver chain tight around her throat. For Tara Thorpe, the case turns personal when the threats aimed at the victim start echoing her own past.

A missing artist seems to have vanished without a trace, until Tara Thorpe's digging collides with a murder inquiry. With hostile colleagues and too many loose ends, this case is anything but simple.

Julie Cooper is found dead at an ancient hill fort, her pockets stuffed with wilting flowers. Tara Thorpe's search for answers leads to a disturbing family heirloom and a secret buried for decades.

When celebrity designer Ashton Foley is murdered near his mother's cottage, the police seize on the obvious suspect. Eve isn't so sure, and her search for the truth leads straight into old resentments and fresh lies.

At the village fair on the grounds of Seagrave Hall, a celebrated diver falls from an upper window to her death. While writing the victim's obituary, Eve uncovers rivalries, secrets, and a very real killer.

A fire tears through the Old Mill and leaves its secretive owner dead. When Eve learns he was living a double life, she follows a trail of letters, lies, and hidden relationships toward the truth.

Obituary writer Eve Mallow arrives in Saxford St Peter to write about a famous musician, then finds herself investigating his grisly murder. The pretty village quickly proves full of secrets, grudges, and suspects.

Ruby Fawcett takes a job researching a dead Cambridge academic and ends up staying in the very house where the woman died. As she uncovers a secret life, Nate's strange behaviour makes everything feel even more dangerous.

A weekend at the glamorous Abbey Hotel should be restful for Eve, not murderous. But when the owner is found dead in the woods, she is trapped among guests who all seem to be hiding something.

A TV drama crew brings excitement to Saxford St Peter until the director receives poisonous flowers and ends up dead in the church. Eve is perfectly placed to watch the cast and crew start to crack.

At Lovelace Manor's open day, a TV historian dies in a hot-air balloon disaster that looks anything but accidental. Eve follows family tensions, missing heirlooms, and the manor's romantic past toward murder.

When ghost-tour guide Emory Fulton is found dead in his bath, the locals whisper about curses and old stories. Eve Mallow is certain the answer is far more human, and far more dangerous.

Eve and Viv are catering Founders' Day at an elite old school when a notorious former pupil turns up dead. With Robin under suspicion, Eve has to dig into old grudges before the wrong person pays.

A glittering launch party at Farfield Castle ends with the host's wife found dead in the icehouse. Eve must sort through village anger, missing valuables, and old tensions to uncover who killed Kitty Fisher.

The new arts center at Saltwater Cottages looks idyllic, until star artist Nena Field is found dead in the woods. Eve investigates to save her friend's family business and find the missing painting at the heart of it all.

Diplomat Lance Hale throws a grand party at Lockley Grange, then turns up dead by the pool the next morning. Eve's obituary work draws her into a house full of jealousy, lies, and family tension.

An open gardens day brings old gossip back to life when a villager's death from years earlier starts haunting the present. After jeweller Cleo Marbeck is found drowned, Eve has to unravel a mystery rooted in the past.

Bella Winter hopes for a quiet life in Hope Eaton, until a local historian is found dead while hunting buried treasure. An ancient coin and a heap of suspects pull her into her first small-town mystery.

A holiday at a beautifully restored country hideaway sounds perfect for Eve and Robin, until the man behind it is found dead in a ditch. Hidden histories and sabotage soon make the break anything but restful.

At the centenary of Arthur's Boatyard, festive cheer gives way to murder when owner Anthony Mottram dies in his workshop. Eve follows a thin trail of clues into a web of secrets and a second killing.

Bella suspects Clemmie Crowe's death is tied to the powerful Powell family and the future of Hope Eaton. Then a ruby necklace vanishes, the death becomes murder, and the inheritance war turns deadly.

A strange doll covered in pins appears at Sweet Agnes' Spring just before Mary Roberts dies under suspicious circumstances. Bella follows the clues through folklore, missing neighbours, and a stolen carving.

The Saxford Players are taking *Cinderella* to a theatre competition when bad luck turns into murder. After the director dies and then another cast member is killed, Eve must look past the drama on stage to find the real culprit.

A wedding meant to end a family feud begins with a warning to Eve and turns deadly before the vows are said. With a missing camera, a threatened will, and another death, the big day becomes a murder scene.

When Margie Fleming drowns in the River Kite a year after her sister died the same way, Bella senses a pattern. A valuable statue, hidden bloodstain, and missing body make this one of her strangest cases yet.