Izzie Harper

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About Izzie Harper
Izzie Harper lives on the south coast of England with her cockerpoo dog, where she splits her time between writing and teaching. She blames her lifelong love affair with mysteries on the Enid Blyton books which she sneaked under the covers as a child and read by torchlight, and the Agatha Christie novels which she's read and re-read since her teens. Her innate curiosity and over-active imagination create a constant supply of story ideas.
The Wootton Windmill Mysteries are set in a fictional Kent village near where she lives. The windmill, where the protagonists live, was inspired by the one a few miles from Izzie's house.
Izzie Harper is the cozy mystery pen name of crime fiction author, Vicky Newham. More info here: https://www.vickynewham.com/
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All Ellie Blix wants is to make it to New Year without any more disasters. She's juggling jobs and looking after a sick daughter. Then her mother-in-law moves in and won’t stop interfering.
It’s the week before Christmas in the snowy village of Lower Wootton. When Andrea Burdett, Ellie's estranged schoolfriend, collapses at the village carols, it quickly becomes clear she’s been murdered. Feeling guilty about the recent row she and Andrea had, and under suspicion herself, Ellie teams up with her daughter and mother-in-law to follow the clues and solve the mystery - much to the annoyance of Ellie's detective inspector ex-husband.
Then a second villager is found dead. Can the three Blix women find the killer and return the community to safety?
'Izzie Harper has created the perfect cozy read - set in an idyllic village, with an intriguing mystery which the reader can sink their teeth into. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough to see how the Blix women were going to solve this!' - Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me.
'Warm, clever and charming, with a compelling mystery at its heart.' - Roz Watkins, author of The Devil's Dice.
Please note: all the books in the series can be read as a standalone mystery.
It's summer in Lower Wootton and Ellie Blix is enjoying balmy evenings and barbecues. But family changes are afoot and she's unsettled. To make matters worse, a property developer has his sights set on the Blix family's windmill.
Then, a woman is found bludgeoned to death in a sunflower field, a Tarot card in her hand.
At first, Ellie's detective inspector ex-husband thinks the dead woman is Ellie. But she’s soon identified as Tara Gables, a trapeze artist, who Ellie briefly met while walking the dog.
Tara's distraught partner is convinced that Ellie was the last person to see Tara alive. He pleads with the three Blix women to find out why his wife was walking in the fields when she was meant to be working.
When Ellie remembers Tara asking about a village tragedy from long ago, the three sleuths uncover a dark secret. If Ellie’s suspicion is true, that the wrong person has been killed, they must identify the real target before there’s another murder.
Spring has arrived in Lower Wootton and Ellie Blix's cleaning customers have started cancelling. Then, at a wedding at the old folly in the woods, she finds her friend Tracy's husband dead, an arrow in his back.
All the evidence points to Tracy. Distraught, she asks Ellie to find out what happened and clear her name. But now that Ellie is finally back on cordial terms with her detective inspector ex-husband, she must decide if she is prepared to jeopardise their relationship by sleuthing again.
When Ellie learns that two trusted locals have been acting suspiciously, she cannot rest. The Blix women – mother, daughter and mother-in-law – vow to find the murderer before tragedy strikes again.
Then Ellie receives a death threat and it’s clear that her sleuthing could cost her everything.
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Please note: all the books in the series can be read as standalone mysteries.
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Reader feedback on Murder in the Bluebell Woods:
"As unputdownable as the first in the series." (reader on Facebook)
"... the mystery kept me gripped from start to finish. A five star read, and really looking forward to the next one." (UK Amazon review)
"... the reader is placed straight in the heart of the action right from the first paragraph" (UK Amazon review)
"Shows village life brilliantly. I felt like I was there." (beta reader)
"Loved the relationship between the 3 sleuths... AND they live in a windmill." (beta reader)