Tea? Coffee? Murder! - Dressed for Murder

Nathalie is finally looking forward to some romantic time with her boyfriend, Fred - until two coaches pull up outside the Black Feather, packed with passengers dressed as Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, and a whole host of other stars. They had planned to enter a lookalike competition, but the hotel cancelled their booking. Suddenly, the inn is bursting with impersonators, but the fun comes to a shocking halt when one of the Elvis lookalikes is found dead! Can Nathalie and Louise see past the disguises and catch the killer before they strike again?

About the series: There was nothing in the will about this . . .

Cottages, English roses and rolling hills: that's Earlsraven. In the middle of it all: the "Black Feather". Not only does young Nathalie Ames unexpectedly inherit this cosy inn from her aunt, she also falls heir to her aunt's secret double life! She solved criminal cases together with her cook Louise, a former agent of the British Crown. And while Nathalie is still trying to warm up to the quirky villagers, she discovers that sleuthing runs in the family.

Ellen Barksdale was born in the English seaside resort of Brighton, where her parents ran a small boarding house. From childhood she was a bookworm, and from a young age was interested in crime novels. Her first experience of crime fiction was with the Maigret novels by Georges Simenon. After years of reading crime fiction, she recently decided to take up writing herself. "Tea? Coffee? Murder!" is her first mystery series. The author lives near Swansea with her partner Ian and their three dogs Billy, Bobby and Libby.