Lois Meade Books in Order

Housecleaner Lois Meade uses her access to Long Farnden homes to ask questions after a local spinster is murdered. The search uncovers old affairs, local grudges, and danger close to her own family.

Lois finds a body in a chapel, dressed in a suit of armor, and is pulled into another village investigation. Her talent for hearing what others miss makes her useful, and increasingly vulnerable.

A troubled new vicar and his handsome choirmaster bring trouble to Long Farnden. When suspected poisoning and fire expose secrets, prejudice, and tangled loyalties, Lois is drawn into the cleanup.

Lois hires the daughter of the reclusive Abrahams family, then strange letters and bad omens start unsettling everyone. Rumor, family pressure, and a possible death in floodwater point to a buried secret.

Opening a new office in Tresham should be good for business, until Lois notices a suspicious shop across the street and the mayor's odd connection to it. Murder exposes the town's grubby underside.

Lois cleans a house newly claimed by Reg Abthorpe, but the inheritance story does not feel right. Soon she is asking what happened to the supposedly dead old man and his beloved terrier.

Strange incidents rattle Long Farnden, from stolen horse tack to a fatal accident when a horse bolts in front of a van. With a doubtful new employee in the mix, Lois has to work fast before danger reaches her.

An elderly neighbor and his impossible rooster drive Lois's tenants to distraction. When both man and bird end up dead, Lois's son Douglas becomes a prime suspect in a very awkward village murder.

Lois's daughter's boyfriend is found badly injured in a ditch, and the trail leads through arson, blackmail, and local troublemakers. What starts as one attack quickly opens into a messier web of lies.

A campaign to save the village hall turns ugly when someone sets the building on fire. Then a body is found in the canal, and Lois has to sort out a feud that is growing deadlier by the day.

Burglaries are hitting Long Farnden, Josie's shop is robbed, and Derek is attacked while interrupting a break-in. Lois and Inspector Cowgill race to stop a crime spree that is turning steadily more violent.

A wedding should be happy, but Lois's youngest son brings home a guarded young cellist, Akiko, and her valuable cello is stolen. When Akiko vanishes too, Lois faces a string of dangerous musical crimes.

When Josie's village shop is overrun by insects and reptiles, Lois traces the trouble to a local zookeeper and his nephew. Illegal animal dealing and a suspicious death turn a nasty prank into something darker.

At the Mill House Hotel, a woman is found strangled beside fake gems, and jeweler Donald Black looks guilty. Lois is not convinced, especially when a pyramid scheme, a second body, and family worries muddy the case.