Death at Opening Time: A Cozy Village Mystery

When antiques dealer Bernard Crowther fails to open his shop on the busiest morning of the year, the other traders on Alderwick High Street know immediately that something is wrong.Bernard is found dead behind the locked doors of Crowther's Antiques, and the police believe he interrupted a burglary. But grocer Marnie Bell and her fellow shopkeepers have each noticed something that does not fit: a mysterious parcel, a copied key, an unexpected visitor and a figure slipping through the alley after dark.Their questions lead to a valuable object missing for decades, a local man driven from town under suspicion, and a redevelopment scheme that could change Alderwick forever. Someone is prepared to protect the past-and the high street's newest amateur investigators may be getting far too close to the truth.A warm, witty British cozy mystery about friendship, community and the secrets hidden behind familiar shopfronts.