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Thea Osborne Series

21 primary works • 23 total works
Thea Osborne, a house-sitter in the Cotswolds, in England

Book 1

A Cotswold Killing
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3.31 · 2162 Ratings · 235 Reviews · published 2004 · 14 editions
Nestled in the fertile hills of the Cotswolds, the…

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    Book 2

    A Cotswold Ordeal
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    3.64     · 1015 Ratings · 114 Reviews · published 2005 · 14 editions
    Thea Osborne embarks on her second house-sitting c…

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    Book 3

    Death in the Cotswolds
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    3.60     · 890 Ratings · 90 Reviews · published 2007 · 15 editions
    After two disastrous housesitting incidents in whi…

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    Book 4

    A Cotswold Mystery
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    3.42     · 849 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 2008 · 13 editions
    After three catastrophic housesitting commissions,…

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    Book 5

    Blood in the Cotswolds
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    3.38     · 697 Ratings · 72 Reviews · published 2008 · 12 editions
    Thea Osborne and her faithful spaniel, Hepzie, hav…

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    Book 6

    Slaughter in the Cotswolds
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    3.63     · 666 Ratings · 63 Reviews · published 2010 · 12 editions
    Thea throws herself into house-sitting for Babs an…

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    Book 7

    Fear in the Cotswolds
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    3.55     · 641 Ratings · 59 Reviews · published 2009 · 18 editions
    Following a string of disastrous house-sitting ass…

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    Book 8

    A Grave in the Cotswolds
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    3.71     · 575 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2010 · 17 editions
    As undertaker Drew Slocombe drove to Greta Simmond…

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    Book 9

    Deception in the Cotswolds
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    3.47     · 503 Ratings · 52 Reviews · published 2011 · 14 editions
    Thea Osbourne is perhaps over-optimistic about the…

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    Book 10

    Malice in the Cotswolds
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    3.72     · 473 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2012 · 12 editions
    Thea Osborne and her canine companion Hepzie trave…

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    Book 11

    Shadows in the Cotswolds
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    3.75     · 441 Ratings · 39 Reviews · published 2013 · 14 editions
    When Thea Osborne agrees at the last minute to hou…

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    Book 12

    Trouble in the Cotswolds
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    3.54     · 441 Ratings · 42 Reviews · published 2014 · 10 editions
    Thea Osborne hopes to spend a quiet Christmas hous…

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    Book 13

    Revenge in the Cotswolds
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    3.50     · 370 Ratings · 28 Reviews · published 2015 · 13 editions
    Thea Osborne, Cotswold house-sitter with an infamo…

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    Book 14

    Guilt in the Cotswolds
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    3.58     · 461 Ratings · 34 Reviews · 7 editions

    Thea Osborne’s latest housesitting assignment is a…

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    Book 15

    Peril in the Cotswolds
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    3.60     · 288 Ratings · 25 Reviews · 7 editions
    Thea Slocombe is trying to settle into normal fami…

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    Book 15.5

    A Cotswold Casebook
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    3.45     · 141 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 7 editions
    A brand-new collection of twelve short stories, fe…

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    Book 16

    Crisis in the Cotswolds
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    3.77     · 227 Ratings · 18 Reviews · 8 editions
    Thea and Drew have been married for a year and are…

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    Book 17

    Secrets in the Cotswolds
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    3.51     · 218 Ratings · 20 Reviews · 6 editions
    Thea Slocombe is struggling to entertain her stepc…

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    Book 18

    A Cotswold Christmas Mystery
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    3.32     · 482 Ratings · 49 Reviews · 5 editions
    It’s Christmas, and things are looking good at the…

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    Book 19

    Echoes in the Cotswolds
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    3.51     · 168 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 2021 · 4 editions
    As spring returns to the Cotswolds, so too does Th…

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    Book 20

    Betrayal in the Cotswolds
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    3.61     · 141 Ratings · 15 Reviews · 4 editions
    A handsome, if slightly shabby, stone house in Upp…

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    Book 21

    A Discovery in the Cotswolds
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    3.73     · 131 Ratings · 18 Reviews · 5 editions
    Thea Osborne reconnects with her friend Emmy while…

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    Book 1-6

    The Cotswold Village Mysteries, Books 1-6
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    4.28     · 258 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 1 edition
    Meet feisty, sharp-tongued forty-something Thea Os…

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