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Murder at the Palace

A BRAND NEW delightfully deadly cozy mystery from Frances Evesham for 2026

By: Frances Evesham

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Hardcover | 12 June 2026

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Hardcover
210 Pages

Dimensions(cm)
23.5 x 16.2 x 2.1

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Frances Evesham is BACK with her ALL-NEW thrilling and atmopsheric Exham-on-Sea Murder Mystery set in the small English seaside town full of quirky characters, sea air, and gossip.

Have you missed super-sleuths Max and Libby?
This time they are in the beautiful historic cathedral city of Wells in Somerset solving their latest whodunnit.

When Libby Forest and her husband Max accidentally gatecrash a house-warming party at Priory Manor, the Somerset home of Major Chalfont-Smythe and his wife Dawn, they discover an odd mix of local characters.

Why has the new owner, a retired army major, invited this peculiar combination of family, old friends and new neighbours to the party?

When one of the partygoers unexpectedly dies at one of Somerset's loveliest beauty spots, Libby finds her murder antennae quivering insistently.

Who has a motive and are more murders planned?
Can Libby and Max uncover the secrets behind the crime?

If you love Agatha Christie-style mysteries, cosy crime, clever dogs and cake, then you'll love these intriguing mysteries.

Here's what readers are saying about the series:

'This is a perfect short, cosy mystery.'

'It makes you wonder if English country villages are safe places to live. But I certainly would given half a chance.'

'With every book, I grow more fond of Libby and Exham.'

'If you like Miss Marple this amateur sleuth will enthral you.'

THE EXHAM-ON-SEA MURDER MYSTERIES:

Murder at the Lighthouse
Murder on the Levels
Murder on the Tor
Murder at the Cathedral
Murder at the Bridge
Murder at the Castle
Murder at the Gorge
Murder at the Abbey

Books in the Ham Hill Murder Mystery series by Frances Evesham

A Village Murder
A Racing Murder
A Harvest Murder

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