Debbie Young Books in Order

A beginner-friendly handbook on book promotion for self-published and independent authors. Young walks through the marketing maze in plain English, offering practical ways to reach readers and keep promoting each new release.

Set at the winter solstice, this short story explores fear of the dark, grief and bereavement. It is a small, poignant read that looks for light and hope even in the bleakest part of the year.

Co-written with Dan Holloway, this guide looks at how self-published authors can work more effectively with the wider book trade. It is practical, advocacy-minded and aimed at building better relationships on both sides.

These very short stories capture moments of change, from birth to death, in pieces that are brief but sharply observed. The collection moves through physical, emotional and psychological turning points with wit and economy.

Twelve festive stories poke gentle fun at how people behave at Christmas, without pretending the season is always perfect. Funny, brisk and warm-hearted, the collection works as either a quick dip or a full holiday binge.

Part gift, part tiny book, this miniature festive volume brings together two short stories previously published on their own. It is a playful Christmas keepsake for readers who like a little story with their seasonal greetings.

This collection gathers Debbie Young's Hawkesbury Parish News columns and essays about settling into English village life. It's a warm, funny look at community, local habits and the small dramas of the Cotswolds.

Fifteen warm, witty stories follow relationships through seeking, committing and enduring. From dating mishaps to married life, the collection looks at love and partnership with humor, sympathy and a clear eye for human foibles.

This playful Christmas short story offers a tongue-in-cheek answer to why turkey ended up on the festive table. It is brisk, oddball and made to raise a smile rather than solve any serious historical puzzle.

Young collects her Tetbury Advertiser columns in a book full of wry observations from the Cotswolds. The pieces range from local life to wider events, all told with a light touch and a sharp eye for detail.

Sophie inherits a cottage in Wendlebury Barrow and hopes for a quieter life. Instead, a body appears on a carnival float, and her new village, its bookshop owner and its busybodies all look suspicious.

A practical guide for indie authors who want to move beyond online sales and work with bookshops. Young focuses on the realities of the trade and the steps that can make a self-published book easier to stock.

Halloween and Bonfire Night bring trouble to Wendlebury Barrow when a stern new vicar upsets old traditions. Sophie soon finds herself facing buried secrets, a dangerous bonfire and another village murder.

Sophie is writing the village nativity play when Christmas goes badly off script. With her troublesome ex back in town and the whole community under suspicion, festive cheer gives way to a clever and very local mystery.

A body at the bottom of a well pulls Sophie and Hector into a tangle of grudges, loyalties and village history. Set around Valentine's season, this mystery leans into bookselling, family tensions and Cotswold gossip.

When an elderly villager is found in an open grave, Sophie suspects more than an accident. As she and Hector probe a sprawling family web, the case becomes a funny, poignant story about love, loyalty and loss.

Penniless Gemma Lamb takes a teaching post at a girls' boarding school and hopes for a fresh start. Instead she finds talk of murder, missing books and staff with alarming secrets in this witty school-set cozy mystery.

A writers' retreat on a remote Greek island sounds like the perfect break, until a celebrated guest novelist disappears. Away from Wendlebury Barrow and Hector, Sophie must untangle rivalries, secrets and a mystery among fellow writers.

Gemma Lamb is settling into life at St Bride's when an American arrives claiming the school estate is rightfully his. If he wins, Gemma could lose her job, her home and her chance with Joe Spryke.

When Tommy's new obsession with wild birds' eggs throws Wendlebury Barrow into uproar, Sophie tries to calm the fallout. This short village mystery mixes comedy, friendship, loss and the messy business of putting things right.

Sophie joins a village charity knitting project expecting harmless good works. Instead she gets yarnbombing, local chaos and an oddly explosive mystery in a short, gentle Wendlebury Barrow tale with a hopeful ending.

After thirty years of dull routine, Juliet Morris takes an unusual loan car and winds up on an unexpected journey through second chances. This uplifting Cotswold novella mixes romantic comedy with a touch of magical realism.

Sophie expects a quiet summer until a body turns up in the village school's lost property cupboard, then vanishes. With the police unconvinced and the school under threat, she has to identify the victim before she can catch a killer.

Gemma Lamb takes a job at a quirky girls' boarding school to escape her controlling boyfriend. The post comes with a flat, but also a staffroom full of secrets and a mystery that makes her fresh start far less simple.

An American stranger claims St Bride's grand estate, putting the school, Gemma's home and her future at risk. To fight back, she must outwit a would-be heir while navigating pranks, politics and a growing romance.

Back at school, Gemma finds whispers, scandals and secretive behaviour spreading through the staff. When a strangely familiar man appears, she has to protect St Bride's reputation, her job and her fragile relationship with Joe.

Storm damage, student businesses and a bossy new girl give Gemma more than enough to handle. Then a mysterious tycoon and a crumbling manor house pull St Bride's into another knot of secrets and suspicion.

This festive collection returns to Wendlebury Barrow for Christmas and New Year stories set across different years. Alongside Sophie, readers also glimpse Great Auntie May, adding warmth and extra history to the village.

Sophie takes Hector to Scotland so he can meet her parents, and village gossip immediately starts imagining Gretna Green. A string of alarming mishaps soon turns the trip into a Highland mystery with Hector at the centre.

Alice Carroll leaves her old life behind to take over a derelict bric-a-brac shop in Little Pride. Then a body turns up in a neighbour's compost heap, and her new start becomes a village murder case.

When the local bus company plans to cut Wendlebury Barrow's route, the village fights back. Protests turn deadly after a body is found on the Number 27, and Sophie investigates while struggling through disastrous driving lessons.

Alice's ex asks her to sell his chess-set collection, so she stages a tournament at the Curiosity Shop. Missing pieces, old baggage and a body outside the event turn a clever promotion into a dangerous game.

Alice is hoping for an easy first Christmas in Little Pride, until a Santa runner steals from her mother's stall and ends up dead. Another festive mystery points back to the Curiosity Shop and something worth killing for.