Judith Cutler

Harriet and Matthew Rowsley, the housekeeper and estate manager of Thorncroft House in Shropshire, have to cut short their successful trip to Oxford when they receive a telegraph: a decapitated and mutilated body has been found on the estate.

On a freezing winter's night, the residents of Thorncroft House are roused from their beds by an unexpected visitor....

With his lordship's mental health failing, management of his grand country estate has been assigned to a group of trustees, including land agent Matthew Rowsley and his wife Harriet....

When a colleague becomes seriously ill, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman delays her retirement to oversee an investigation into a recent spate of "happy slappings"....

When Josie Welford settles in the idyllic West Country village of Kings Duncombe, she honestly believes she can bury her past....

Morning service in the quiet village church. Josie Welford, licensee of the White Hart, is daydreaming during Father Tim Martin’s sermon....

Lina Townend is making a name for herself as an antiques dealer, in partnership with her old friend, Griff Tripp....

When a middle-aged woman enters Lina Townend's antiques shop wanting to sell a white Beswick china horse which she claims is a cherished heirloom, Lina's instincts tell her to avoid the sale....

The last way antiques dealer Lina Townend wants to spend a summer’s afternoon is helping at a church fete....

Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate the case of a woman beaten into a coma....

From the moment Lina Townend and Griff Tripp, set up their antiques stall at the weekend fair....

It's a busy weekend for Lina: she wins a dance competition, annoys a valuable client and has to play gooseberry when Griff, her business partner, meets an old flame....

Antiques dealer Lina Townend....

Newly retired, ex-chief superintendent Fran Harman and her partner, Mark, have volunteered to assist West Mercia police in reinvestigating an unsolved crime....

When everything points to the shadowy dealings of people smugglers in the area, Jane Cowan has her work cut out....

Newly appointed as land agent to the youthful Lord Croft, Matthew Rowsley finds plenty to keep him busy as he attends to his lordship's neglected country estate. But he's distracted from his tasks by the disappearance of a young housemaid....

While Jane waits for renovations to be completed on her new permanent home, she remains in temporary accommodation under the watchful eye of her landlord, Brian Dawes, chair of the governors at Wrayford School....

Detective Chief Superintendent Fran Harman is preparing for her forthcoming wedding to Assistant Chief Constable Mark Turner....

England, 1810. A young parson's first night in one village brings excitement of the wrong kind....

Actress Vena Burford is 'resting' between jobs. But needs must, and with few voice-over jobs in the pipeline, Vena takes on a few jobs for friends and family around the idyllic Stratford-Upon-Avon....