The scissors are blacksmith worked, crude and blackened. They've always hung there at the door of Treagrove. For three-hundred years they have played a part in murders and mysteries surrounding the women of the old house. Who says the tool of justice can't be domestic?
Three Novellas Spanning Three Centuries of Mystery
1798
Despite the danger, the abandoned tin mine had always been the place where Esled and Rosie felt safest. But that was years ago. Esled's beloved Rosie is dead, and the place where they used to meet now holds a deadly significance to someone else.
1888
If anyone deserved to be murdered, it was Davy Sowden. So, Miss Eliza Bell is not surprised that someone has finally killed him. But when she and her lover, Alice, become suspects in his murder, Eliza won't just need to prove who did it, but also who didn't.
1977
Melanie's first teaching job brings her to a seemingly dull Cornish village. But aftr meeting Bernadette Merrick she's inspired to dig into the village's past. Unfortunately for both women someone is dangerously determined to keep old secrets buried.