Ding Dong Bell

By A.G. Barnett

A young woman is found dead in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. The police call it an accident. Two unlikely detectives know better.

When her small black terrier leads Hester Croft off the morning path and barks at the grass beside Fair Rosamund's Well, what they find pulls her, sharp-tongued and not in the habit of being mistaken, and Gertie Bundle, landlady of the Old Pyed Bull, into their first investigation together.

Inspector Wallace of the Oxfordshire CID wants the file closed before Blenheim opens to the public on Saturday. Hester does not oblige.

Jean Penrose, tutor at Woodstock House, was a young woman who knew how to find a person's weakness and press on it. Plenty of people in town were paying her something other than gratitude. As Hester and Gertie follow what Jean knew and who she knew it about, the polite surface of the small Oxfordshire market town fractures into something far colder and far less forgiving.

Ding Dong Bell is the first Woodstock Mystery - a clever, character-driven whodunnit perfect for fans of classic English cosy crime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GQG6J218
• ISBN13: 9798249931131
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"