Summer & Wynter Mysteries Books in Order

The Summer & Wynter Mysteries begins with an unlikely partnership, an old house and a mystery that has been waiting a long time to be solved. The first book, The Mystery of Montague House, introduces Andie Summer and Clodagh Wynter, two women whose approaches to life could hardly be more different.

Andie calls herself a Finder of Things. Her experience has taught her that what she finds is often trouble, and she is not the sort to walk away when something looks suspicious. Her basset hound, Hamish, is part of the adventure too. Clodagh is more grounded and methodical. She is hired to value and catalogue the contents of Montague House after its owner dies, and she is initially interested in the job, not ghost stories or hidden treasure.

Montague House gives the series its cosy, old-fashioned mystery mood. It is large enough to invite rumour, full of rooms and belongings that may hold a clue, and surrounded by stories about a vanished owner and a fortune concealed somewhere inside. The past is never just decoration here. It affects the people searching the house in the present, and it creates a reason for strangers to compete, lie and keep secrets.

Then there is the question of who can be trusted.

Andie has been hired by the mysterious Mr Mayfair to look for treasure, while Clodagh has a legitimate professional reason to examine the building and its contents. Once their paths cross, it becomes clear that they are not the only people with an interest in what Montague House might contain. The puzzle grows beyond a simple search for something valuable and turns into a web of family history, motives and hidden information.

The tone is light on its feet but not flimsy. Readers can expect an English country-house puzzle, a touch of possible haunting, comic friction between the central pair and the steady companionship of Hamish. The suspense comes from the chase for answers and from the danger of people who may be willing to go too far to reach them.

The Mystery of Montague House is the natural starting point because it establishes the partnership, the setting and the kind of clues that shape the series. It suits readers who enjoy mysteries where a crumbling house has as much personality as the suspects inside it.

Nothing at Montague House is quite as straightforward as it first appears.