T. A. Belshaw

January 1939. When young Amy Rowlings meets Detective Sergeant Bodkin at the scene of a robbery on the way to work at The Mill, she is blissfully unaware of how much her life is about to change. She is drawn into the murky world of murder when the body of Edward Handsley is found lying on the...

Discover Amy Rowlings: quick-witted movie buff, avid reader of crime fiction, and amateur sleuth. August 1939. For decades, local children have feared Creepy Cottage, a derelict house rumoured to swallow intruders whole. But after a violent summer storm collapses an end wall, the ruins give up a...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ROMANTIC NOVELISTS' ASSOCIATION ROMANTIC THRILLER AWARD Discover Amy Rowlings: quick-witted movie buff, avid reader of crime fiction, and amateur sleuth. October 1939. With an injury forcing her to take time off work from the Mill, amateur sleuth Amy Rowlings has the...

Tracy's the new girl in the office. A sassy nineteen year old with an eye for cloned fashion and an ear for the latest gossip, she reveals all in a series of emails written to her friend, Emma.

Featuring Amy Rowlings! Christmas 1940. Despite the rationing and the blackout, excitement at Mollison Farm is building as Alice and her workforce prepare for the annual Christmas Eve party. The snow has arrived, and this year, Alice has a big secret. She has invited her evacuee children’s...

Sunday morning, and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the church's lychgate. It appears that he has been poisoned. When amateur sleuth and regular churchgoer Amy Rowlings arrives she finds DI Bodkin already at the scene.

May 1939. When Amy and Inspector Bodkin are invited to a black-tie awards ceremony at the Town Hall, they expect to be met with the usual boring speeches, but when the recipient of the night’s ‘Businessman Of The Year Award’, Nelson Kelly, is found stabbed to death after being called from the stage.