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• Dec-2025
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• Oct-2025
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Lady Eleanor Swift has a special royal invitation. She's got just the right dress and the perfect plus one... But wait! Is that a body by the throne?Lady Eleanor Swift is at Buckingham Palace to see her new husband, Detective Chief Inspector Seldon, ...

• Jul-2025
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For Lady Eleanor Swift, Paris means champagne at breakfast, romantic walks by the Eiffel Tower... and her deadliest case yet!Newlyweds Lady Swift and Detective Hugh Seldon are honeymooning in the most romantic city on earth. Clifford, her butler, has...

• Apr-2025
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Cream cakes, cucumber sandwiches, apple tarts and... poison? Lady Swift is trying to plan the menu for her wedding, until murder strikes in kitchens across the village!Lady Eleanor Swift's marriage to dashing Chief Inspector Hugh Seldon is just days ...

• Dec-2024
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Homemade baubles, reindeer-shaped cookies and snowy walks across the rolling moors... but Lady Swift's festive plans are ruined when a body turns up!Winter 1924. When Lady Eleanor Swift unexpectedly finds herself a guest of the reclusive Duke of Auld...

• Oct-2024
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A cruise down the Nile, a camel ride around the pyramids, lunch in the shadow of the Sphinx... And a very dead body!1924. Lady Eleanor Swift and her butler Clifford are touring the great, ancient sights of Egypt on a much-anticipated extended vacatio...

• Jul-2024
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• Jan-2024
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Stunning views across the Grand Canal and a hotel suite fit for royalty... Lady Eleanor Swift is having a jolly good time on her Italian vacation, until a gondola ride is cut murderously short!1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has been on a grand tour around ...

• Oct-2023
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Lady Swift has been cordially invited to a huge royal celebration in Little Buckford to toast the King's birthday... but wait, is that a body in the village hall? Lady Eleanor Swift and her loyal butler Clifford are busy lending a hand with preparati...

• Jun-2023
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Glitzy parties, sightseeing at the Statue of Liberty and strolls through Central Park with Gladstone the bulldog... Lady Eleanor Swift is loving her first trip to the city that never sleeps, until she witnesses a murder! After crossing from England o...

• Mar-2023
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When Lady Swift embarks upon her first luxury cruise she imagines a gilded ballroom, afternoons on deck taking tea and all the delectable food she can eat. But she can't seem to escape from murder... Lady Eleanor Swift is all set to spend her birthda...

• Jan-2023
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A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog... But wait, is that a body on the beach?Winter, 1923. It's nearly Christmas and Lady Eleanor S...

• Dec-2022
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Irish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and... a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season! Christmas, 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the villa...

• Aug-2022
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The society wedding of the decade has everything: the blushing bride, beautiful flowers... and the groom arrested before he can walk down the aisle? Thank goodness Lady Swift is on the guest list!Lady Eleanor Swift isn't normally one for grand social...

• Jun-2022
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A grand villa, croissants for breakfast and a dead body in the wine cellar... Lady Swift can't seem to take a vacation from murder!Summer 1923. Lady Eleanor Swift is finally persuaded by her butler, Clifford, to take a villa in the south of France fo...

• Mar-2022
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At the royal boat race there are beautiful barges, plenty of bunting, a handsome prince and... is that a body in the water? Lady Swift is on the case! Spring, 1923. One-time adventurer and now amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is attending the annual...

• Nov-2021
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Christmas at the castle with holly, handmade gifts, snowflakes and... is that a body under the tree? Someone call Lady Swift! Winter, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, amateur sleuth and reluctant lady of the manor, has been invited to spend Christmas in Sco...

• Sep-2021
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When Lady Swift is invited to her old school, she walks through familiar classrooms, finds her favourite books in the library... and surely that's not a body? Time for a lesson in murder! Autumn, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift is invited to her old school,...

• Jun-2021
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Summer flowers, warm sunshine, a maypole dance and... is that another murder? A tricky case is afoot for Lady Swift!Summer, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, the best amateur sleuth in the country, is delighted to be in charge of the prize-giving at her vill...

• Mar-2021
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A magnificent seaside hotel, striped deckchairs, strawberry ice cream... and a rather familiar dead body? Lady Swift is on the case!Spring, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, explorer extraordinaire and accidental sleuth, hasn't had a vacation since she arriv...

• Nov-2020
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An English Christmas has mince pies, cheerful carols, a twinkling tree... and a murder? Thank goodness Lady Swift is on the scene!Winter, 1920. Amateur sleuth Lady Eleanor Swift is feeling festive. She is playing host to the entire village at Henley ...

• Sep-2020
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A medieval house, a dead body and some rather suspicious chocolate fudge? Call for Lady Swift! Autumn, 1920. Lady Eleanor Swift, accidental amateur detective and retired explorer, is determined to take a break from investigating murders. So when a lo...

• Jul-2020
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A masked ball, a dead body, a missing diamond necklace and a suspicious silver candlestick? Sounds like a case for Lady Eleanor Swift!England, 1920. Lady Eleanor Swift, adventurer extraordinaire and reluctant amateur detective, is taking a break from...

• Apr-2020
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Move over Miss Marple, there's a new sleuth in town! Meet Eleanor Swift: distinguished adventurer, dog lover, dignified lady... daring detective? England, 1920. Eleanor Swift has spent the last few years travelling the world: taking tea in China, tas...