Daphne Neville Books in Order

Joining his newly married friend for a Cornish holiday in 1953, George Clarke expects an easy escape after a breakup. Instead, increasingly disturbing dreams consume his thoughts and threaten his sense of security as the visit takes an unsettling turn.

In the summer of 1967, Trengillion faces changes to its grandest house and the impending retirement of its innkeepers. Strange visitors and a holidaymaker's supposedly accidental death unsettle village life, prompting questions that the tourist season cannot keep hidden.

Recovering from illness, history teacher Ned Stanley visits a Cornish inn expecting peace and quiet. Learning that a young employee disappeared the previous summer draws him into a village mystery whose secrets prove harder to escape than his London routine.

As Trengillion prepares for a busy summer during the 1976 drought, a stranger arrives bearing a supposedly extinct local family name. His appearance revives speculation about a century-old disappearance, entangling the village's present with an unresolved part of its past.

After Christmas gatherings and ghost stories at the Old Vicarage, heavy snow transforms Trengillion in January 1987. The disappearance of people and objects revives older accounts of strange events during blizzards, leaving villagers to question what the weather has brought.

Cornwall prepares for an influx of visitors to witness the 1999 solar eclipse, and Trengillion's businesses anticipate a busy season. For the village and retired headmaster Ned Stanley, the celestial event brings consequences extending beyond the expected crowds.

Trengillion organizes festivities for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 2012, while retired headmaster Ned Stanley reflects on sixty years in the village. The celebrations promise a memorable occasion, though events threaten to make it memorable for unexpected reasons.

Twin sisters Hetty and Lottie arrive in Pentrillick for Christmas festivities centered on the village’s seasonal Wonderland. When someone is found dead in its grounds, the celebrations are overshadowed by the possibility of a murderer nearby.

Sandra Burton expects a peaceful family holiday after winning three weeks in Cornwall. Her mother-in-law and the woman’s twin sister have other plans when an unsolved murder in Pentrillick attracts their attention and amateur detective skills.

Drawn to Cornwall by a fascination she cannot explain, Anna Greenwood books a holiday at Penzance’s Old Tile House. The trip begins pleasantly, but the arrival of new guests sets off a series of peculiar changes.

A playwright’s arrival excites Pentrillick’s drama group, especially when he offers them an unperformed murder mystery. As strange crimes begin resembling the play, twin sisters Hetty and Lottie investigate with help from their friends.

An attic conversion uncovers a suitcase hidden beneath the floorboards of Hetty and Lottie’s home. Its apparently wartime contents inspire the twin sisters and their friends to investigate who packed it and why it was concealed.

The death of Pentrillick’s oldest resident raises hopes that his bakehouse might become a new family home. As would-be beneficiaries arrive and details of his will emerge, the village discovers troubling secrets from the baker’s life.

Pentrillick prepares for a wedding, a flower competition, and the renovation of its pub. When a tradesman working there is found dead, twin sisters Hetty and Lottie add investigating the death to their busy summer plans.

A reclusive tenant’s death attracts little attention until his landlady is found murdered in the house he rented. Hetty, Lottie, and their friends investigate his hidden life and its possible connection to the second death.

Widower Charlie Everton renovates an abandoned Cornish coaching inn hoping to start a new life. Finding a local resident dead interrupts his plans, and the puzzling circumstances suggest that both Charlie and the inn are involved.

A young musician’s death disrupts a cheerful summer in Pentrillick. With few clues and no clear motive, Hetty and Lottie refuse to accept that it was merely an accident and begin investigating with their friends.

Retired teacher Dilly buys an old Cornish cottage and becomes curious about its former owners. With her godson and new neighbors, she investigates a young woman's disappearance and an unresolved hit-and-run, uncovering questions the Bray family left behind.

Pentrillick’s plans for flower competitions, a Jubilee party, and a wedding promise a happy year. An unexplained death leaves police baffled, prompting elderly twins Hetty and Lottie, their friends, and a crystal ball to investigate.

Kate and Larry buy a Cornish cottage hoping for a quieter life, then discover human remains in a sealed cellar. New friends and two inquisitive boys help them investigate who concealed the body and why the hidden room was closed.

A winter writing course at a Cornish manor ends in murder when a visiting author is found dead in the library. With few clues and the police struggling, aspiring novelist Dotty and her friends begin their own investigation among the guests.