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A Serpent’s Egg

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When Miss Smy is framed for the murder of a London music hall performer in the sleepy Suffolk town of Framlingham, she finds herself not only fighting to clear her name, but in doing so, revisiting painful episodes from her past. As murder begets murder, Smy determinedly tracks down the real perpetrators, whilst slowly becoming aware that others, at the very highest level, are carefully monitoring her movements.

The Anger of my Heart

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When Winifred Smy becomes the governess to young Melka Eary, she finds herself once again at odds with everyone after witnessing the death of a local man. But was it just an accident? And why is Smy being followed? And just who is the suave Frenchman who has introduced himself to her? Smy believes that there is one elusive answer that ties everything together.

The Devil and Miss Smy

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How can the evil accusation of a woman as a witch in 1647 unleash a series of events culminating in the unlawful death of an Ipswich magician’s assistant in 1913? When two of the most notorious 17th-century witchfinders, Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne, visit the remote Suffolk village of Kenton, their actions create a legacy that sees a man wrongly imprisoned for murder over 200 years later.

Killing Time in Kenton

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When a well-dressed man is found brutally murdered in a Suffolk village train station, the police move confidently to arrest his murderer, certain that they ‘have their man’. But a shrewd and fiercely independent local woman, Winifred Smy, isn’t convinced and – as further fatalities follow – pursues the trail of clues that leads her to the real killer.

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