Playing Dead — Matthew Costello

When Cherringham Drama Society invite a local TV celebrity to direct their Christmas show, they get more publicity than they bargained for. Someone's out to sabotage the event, and rehearsals spin into chaos.

Jack and Sarah are asked to investigate and soon discover that there's a darker mystery taking place behind the scenes ...

About the Cherringham is a serial novel à la Charles Dickens, with a new mystery each time.

Set in the sleepy English village of Cherringham, the detective series brings together an unlikely sleuthing English web designer Sarah and American ex-cop Jack. Thrilling and deadly â€" but with a spot of tea â€" it's like Rosamunde Pilcher meets Inspector Barnaby.

Book Nine in the Cherringham Cosy Mystery Series