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Bob and Shirley's Cozy Mystery/Murder Mystery Series #3
Bob and Shirley's Dead Before Pudding
Bob and Shirley run a lovely country pub. They also solve murders ...
A warmly funny, gloriously British murder mystery series that can be read as standalones or part of a 10-book series.
Set in an idyllic English village where the Sunday roasts are legendary, the pub offers a warm welcome and the plum pudding is worth dying for.
Charles is dead. So why does he keep coming to the pub?
Angry rich man, Charles Crow, died last winter – a heart attack after consuming three large slices of roast beef, a pile of crispy potatoes, cauliflower cheese, buttered carrots and gravy. Sadly, his untimely death meant he missed his favourite course: traditional plum pudding with double cream.
Now, mysterious ‘Charles-like’ things are happening around the village. ‘Charles’ is visiting Bob and Shirley’s pub, buying pudding ingredients and returning library books. There are lights on at his estate at the dead of night and a bell ringing from his private chapel. Charles has also been seen in the pub garden, filling in a crossword.
In Great Oakley, it seems not even death can keep a man from his pudding.
Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Janet Evanovich, British murder mystery books and village whodunits with extra helpings of humour and warmth.
A warmly funny, gloriously British murder mystery series that can be read as standalones or part of a 10-book series.
Set in an idyllic English village where the Sunday roasts are legendary, the pub offers a warm welcome and the plum pudding is worth dying for.
Charles is dead. So why does he keep coming to the pub?
Angry rich man, Charles Crow, died last winter – a heart attack after consuming three large slices of roast beef, a pile of crispy potatoes, cauliflower cheese, buttered carrots and gravy. Sadly, his untimely death meant he missed his favourite course: traditional plum pudding with double cream.
Now, mysterious ‘Charles-like’ things are happening around the village. ‘Charles’ is visiting Bob and Shirley’s pub, buying pudding ingredients and returning library books. There are lights on at his estate at the dead of night and a bell ringing from his private chapel. Charles has also been seen in the pub garden, filling in a crossword.
In Great Oakley, it seems not even death can keep a man from his pudding.
Perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Janet Evanovich, British murder mystery books and village whodunits with extra helpings of humour and warmth.
278 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 5, 2026
About the author
Suzy K. Quinn
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Suzy K Quinn writes book club fiction and murder mystery series, and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is a bestselling author in the US, UK and Germany, and will soon, very possibly, have written more books than she has read.
A former journalist, Suzy wrote for years before her first book was published at 30, and went on to hit no.1 in the UK comedy charts, with two books reaching the Amazon top 10. Bob and Shirley marks her move into cozy crime, inspired by a lifetime of English village life, pub lunches and an encyclopaedic knowledge of puddings.
Suzy lives in Wivenhoe, Essex, with her husband and two daughters. She is a twin, an incompetent parent of two and now fully decaffeinated. When she isn't writing in cafes, she is walking around woods dictating like a lunatic.
Suzy K Quinn writes book club fiction and murder mystery series, and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is a bestselling author in the US, UK and Germany, and will soon, very possibly, have written more books than she has read.
A former journalist, Suzy wrote for years before her first book was published at 30, and went on to hit no.1 in the UK comedy charts, with two books reaching the Amazon top 10. Bob and Shirley marks her move into cozy crime, inspired by a lifetime of English village life, pub lunches and an encyclopaedic knowledge of puddings.
Suzy lives in Wivenhoe, Essex, with her husband and two daughters. She is a twin, an incompetent parent of two and now fully decaffeinated. When she isn't writing in cafes, she is walking around woods dictating like a lunatic.
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