Murder on the Green

By Eleanor Maplewood

A body on the bowling green. A victim nobody can name.

The Lawn Bowls Ladies Association of Westcliffe has buried plenty of members in its time, but never one who arrived alive that afternoon and died on the green before anyone had really got to know her.

The woman carried no handbag, no purse. She chatted, she laughed, she bought drinks at the bar. Then she staggered onto the grass in front of witnesses who all swear they never saw a thing.

Retired widow and reluctant sleuth Mabel "Mae" Hartwell is four hours and one steam train away when the call comes. By the time she arrives, the body has been taken away, the club's owner is scrubbing glasses like his life depends on it, and a tired and exasperated Sergeant Arthur Peters has nothing but a chalk outline that raises far more questions than it answers.

Murder on the Green is the third Mabel Hartwell Cozy Mystery. A quick, warm, amusing British-flavoured whodunnit with a village full of eccentrics, a heroine of a certain age, and absolutely no excessive gore or foul language. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club, and M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin.

Can be read as a standalone. Best enjoyed with tea, biscuits, and a suspicious eye on the bar staff.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDX64FM4
• ISBN13: 9798192083307
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"