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Things are going great for Penny Slipper. Running a sewing shop in the middle of the English countryside is like a dream come true and she’s got her colourful cousin Izzy and her corgi, Monty, to keep her entertained. Her grandma’s eightieth birthday is coming up soon and Penny and Izzy are busier than ever, making fancy dress costumes for the party guests. However, Penny’s dream life is thrown into chaos when a murdered woman is found in the bathroom of her cosy flat above the shop. With the doors and the windows all locked, no one can understand how this mystery corpse got there.

Eighteen years have elapsed since Jason Apsley grabbed his second chance after time traveling forty-two years into the past. It's now 1994, and those time-travelling calamitous years of the late 70s and 80s are now a distant memory. Life is perfect or is it? Jason's worst nightmare becomes a reality when a mysterious letter appears, suggesting his immediate future may not be as rosy as expected. As the chaos ensues, an inquisitive journalist and DCI French close in on the truth about his past. Will time repeat itself, or can Jason, once again, alter the future?

When a man who died eighteen years ago mysteriously appears on his doorstep, Jason knows his past has finally caught up with him. Forty years have elapsed since Jason Apsley grabbed his second chance when time-travelling back to 1976. Apart from those time-travelling calamitous events of a few decades ago, his second life has been pretty good ... until now.

A quirky and funny series for fans of a good mystery and compelling characters. Can you solve the crime before our dressmaking duo? Penny Slipper runs a sewing shop in the beautiful market town of Framlingham and she’s got her wild and creative cousin, Izzy, to help with the latest dressmaking project. A classic car weekend is coming to town and stylish Fliss Starling wants an outfit that will match her husband’s elegant vintage car. When one of Fliss’s house guests is murdered by a masked intruder, Penny and Izzy have a deadly mystery to solve (as well as a dress to make!).

They say the dead walk amongst us – could that be true? Well, in Fairfield, that unremarkable Hertfordshire town, there are a few that do – apparently. Thirty-three years after his death, Terry awakes to discover an old acquaintance by his side suggesting that he needs to atone – who is this woman – demon or diva?

Tom Large is an accountant, Liz Thorne, is his cleaner, and when Tom stumbles across the body of volunteer librarian, Denise Knight, the unlikely sleuthing duo find themselves hunting a murderer, and thereafter dragged into investigating other local crimes.

History has changed, the clock is ticking, and she’s out of time… Three months after unintentionally time-travelling back to 1994, and despite now living 21 years in the past, life for Beth is panning out to be pretty peachy… or so she thought. When the inquisitive DCI French starts to probe into her true identity, Beth and Carlton are forced to make a snap decision… stay and face the consequences, or go on the run… an escape through time. However, back in the 1970s, it appears history has changed and not for the better.

Lucy James goes out to celebrate the end of her final exams at college. It’s a decision she soon comes to regret, because next day, she has to attend an important interview, but she can’t remember why. Having recently passed the stringent vetting procedure for a top recruitment agency, she thinks she is probably meeting a prospective employer. Or is it yet another member of the agency? Deciding to wing it, she turns up and meets Gloria.

Christmas … the season of goodwill, or so she thought. Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, return for their fourth hilarious assignment. The pressure is on … with only a week to go before Christmas, one woman’s future happiness is at stake. Janice Keelan’s happiness. Unfortunately, one rash, impulsive decision made two weeks before Christmas throws her life into disarray … she’s on the cusp of losing everything. Janice wouldn’t consider herself foolish, but she is lonely, a little too eager to find love, and trusting to a fault … traits that make her vulnerable.

When you’re blessed with many friends, it leaves you vulnerable to blackmail…as Alison is about to discover. Terry and Deana, the most unlikely guardian angels, return for their fifth hilarious assignment. The pressure is on…one woman’s liberty is at stake, and one man’s happiness is hanging by a thread…time is running out.

Thirty-three years after his untimely death in 1983, Terry returns to the land of the living to discover the world has somewhat changed. Why is he back? And who is Deana, the old acquaintance suggesting he must atone … demon, angel, or diva? Humour, romance, suspense, the two most unlikely guardian angels, and a time leap from the 1980s.

Damian, a lovable hapless fool, makes a series of disastrous decisions–he loses everything. Of course, his father, who died thirty-three years ago, can’t help because he’s dead–or is he? However, the dead really do walk amongst us–apparently. Terry and Deana return in their second riotous escapade as they attempt to help Terry’s son scramble out of a rather tricky situation–will they succeed and, at last, atone for their sins?

After losing her job at an exclusive London hotel, Penny Slipper is only too happy to help when her grandma asks her to take charge at the Cozy Craft sewing shop in charming rural Suffolk. With cousin Izzy on hand as the expert dressmaker and Penny’s head for business, what can possibly go wrong? But Penny’s in town for less than a day when the local librarian is poisoned and Penny fears she might even be accidentally responsible. Penny and Izzy are forced to turn detectives to uncover the true cause of death, while finishing a costume commission for their first customer.

After returning to 1979, when he changed history and prevented the murder of his wife, Frank Stone thought he was done with time travel. He thought wrong. A British time travel murder mystery – a witty whodunnit, back in the 1970s. Thirty-six years have elapsed since Frank saved his ex-wife. A murder which, because of the effects of time travel, never happened – or did it? Now, in 2015 again, and after enjoying his new life, Frank faces an impossible dilemma.

Tom Large is an accountant with issues, issues which are not helped when he stumbles across the body of Denise Knight. The police are treating Denise’s death as misadventure, but Tom’s cleaner, Liz Thorne, won’t accept that. She declares it to be murder, and little by little, she drags Tom out of his comfort zone as they try to establish the truth of what really happened to Denise. The unconventional pair of sleuths are doing well until Tom’s daughter reveals an earth-shattering secret.

His dying mother, Sandra, is desperate to know what happened to her son. Believing the police have let her down, Sandra hires Patsy Hodge and the Bearing Witness team to find out the truth behind Jason’s disappearance, however devastating. When Meredith meets the Bearing women at a Christmas do, he introduces them to Patsy. The women begin working together to solve the mystery. But as they dig deeper into Jason’s last days, they put other lives in jeopardy. Can Meredith help them solve the mystery of what happened to Jason before the murderer strikes again?

Henry Cooksey was 17 when he disappeared. No trace of him was ever found, apart from his treasured scarf, abandoned at a bus stop. When the Bearing women investigate his disappearance, they uncover not only betrayal and deceit, but a secret hidden for almost four decades, which could shatter the lives of the loved ones Henry left behind.

Living in the remote Scottish Highlands under Witness Protection, life is finally happy for Kate Ward and her young son Joe, until someone from Kate’s past appears. Ryan Albright is the only person that knows all of Kate’s secrets, and what she had to do to escape her previous abusive relationship. Ryan is determined to complete the mission set for him by Kate’s ex-husband.

Rhianna Chow has been abducted, snatched from the street in front of her home, and in this second Little Compton Mystery, cleaner Liz Thorne, and accountant Tom Large team up once again to help find her. As they dig deeper into Rhianna’s life, they discover a maze of secrets and betrayals that threaten to muddy the waters, and obscure who is really responsible for Rhianna’s abduction.

A wedding is a cause for celebration. Not only do dressmakers Penny and Izzy get an invite to the big day but they have an unusual dress commission to complete for one of the guests. It seems Penny’s only problem is deciding which potential boyfriend to take as her plus-one guest — practical handyman Aubrey or cultured fabric expert Oscar. But bigger problems arise when the maker of the wedding cake is found dead in the grounds of the stately home where the wedding is to take place. Can Penny and Izzy unravel the mystery and solve this crime before the big day is fatally ruined?