Mrs Capper's Casebook Books in Order

Former police officer Christine Capper juggles private investigations, blogging and preparations for Christmas in Haxford. A violent incident, missing library books and the unsolved Graveyard Poisoner murders draw her into a tangle of local troubles.

Hired to prove a nightclub owner’s wife is unfaithful, Christine Capper fears what her client might do with the evidence. When murder enters the case, her professional duty to report the facts collides with her concern for the woman’s safety.

A blackmail case draws Christine Capper into Haxford’s approaching by-election. When a man is found dead, pressure to reveal what she knows escalates into threats and violence, putting her investigation and comfortable life at risk.

A fairground owner asks Christine Capper to investigate death threats during Haxford's Wool Fair. Sabotaged brakes and a killing on the ghost train turn her doubts into a difficult case involving an uncooperative family and resentful workers.

While caring for her injured husband, Christine investigates a novelist's possible involvement in murder. Questions about the author's late husband, hacked manuscripts and strangely timed fictional deaths multiply when another suspect is killed and one disappears.

A radio event brings Christine to Christmas Manor just before a severe snowstorm cuts it off. When a body is discovered, she must begin inquiries among hostile guests and staff while police struggle to reach the hotel.

Christine travels to Cambridge for a family wedding while an unresolved harassment case troubles her at home. A death places her husband under suspicion, forcing her to investigate reluctant academics and possible connections between the two mysteries.

Investigating rivalry between local slimming clubs, Christine becomes involved when two members are murdered. Suspects, a troublesome health spa and pressures at home complicate her attempts to separate ordinary competition from a deadly motive.

Christine examines whether a man has served twenty years for a murder he did not commit. Challenging his confession and the original investigation puts her at odds with police friends, her radio employers and powerful outside interests.

Hired to recover an antique engagement ring, Christine attends Haxford's Christmas ball and becomes the prime suspect in a woman's murder. Public accusations and damaged friendships leave her fighting to clear her name and connect the cases.

A missing cat and cryptic text messages interrupt Christine's Christmas preparations. With little police help, she sorts through accusations, difficult animal professionals and a suspiciously capable crossword solver to discover whether the two problems are connected.

A suspicious drowning and the murder of an obnoxious television quiz host draw Christine into an unwelcome investigation. Despite warnings from police and the show's production team, she pursues a tangled network of secrets and changing loyalties.

A trip to a Scarborough-area caravan park becomes urgent when Christine's daughter and her partner are accused of murder. Uncooperative staff, a determined police inspector and another death force her to untangle the site's troubled history.

A film star hires Christine to uncover a private family secret during Haxford's summer festivities. When a woman is found dead in the churchyard, clearing him brings suspicion uncomfortably close to his wife and mother.