9 A Beaufort Scales Mystery books in order

A tranquil village.

A poisoned cupcake.

A murdered vicar.

A simple case - or it should be. But all clues point to the Toot Hansell Women’s Institute, and Detective Inspector Adams is about to discover there’s much more to the W.I. than just bake sales and jam making.

Alice Martin,… show more.

A festive tale of kidnapping, explosions, & stolen turkeys....

One should never meddle in the affairs of dragons, but someone has been doing just that. They’ve been making imitation dragon scale baubles that are nothing short of lethal, and kidnapping delivery drivers all over the Yorkshire Dales. They’ve also been… show more.

Warring staff.

"Accidental" poisonings.

Topiary of dubious intent.

Throw in the full complement of the Toot Hansell Women's Institute and dragons doing yoga on the terrace, and DI Adams is starting to wonder if she might have made a small misjudgement signing up for this particular spa weekend in the… show more.

Bribery. Corruption. Murder.

Who said local politics were boring?

Suspicious deaths on the Skipton city council don't sound as though they should have anything at all to do with the Toot Hansell Women's Institute, and DI Adams would rather like to keep it that way. But when the councillor for… show more.

Rebellious Christmas wreaths.

Mysterious welly-dwelling eggs.

A plague of irate water fowl.

And ten ladies of a certain age who are by no means the least troublesome of Toot Hansell's residents, as far as Detective Inspector Adams is concerned. She's entirely certain her training never covered dealing with the Women's… show more.

There's a fine line between 'eccentric' and 'a danger to oneself and others'.

And that line may just lie with the body in the freezer.

That's certainly what DI Adams is thinking when said body turns up in Rose's freezer. Rose might not look like an octogenarian black widow, but… show more.

A dragon is missing.

A Beast stalks the Dales.

And the hunters are coming ...

DI Adams' missing person is a human, not a dragon. But the trails of both lead straight to the village of Eldmere, where glimpses of a mysterious Beast have drawn the attention of the nation's… show more.

It never rains but it pours — and in Toot Hansell, that's an understatement.

With endless rain turning the village into a swamp, the locals blame the weather... until their water sprite vanishes, leaving a flock of furious geese behind. Now the only clean water comes in expensive bottles from… show more.