LAMBERT & HOOK MYSTERIES BOOKS 9-15 seven gripping British murder mysteries set in the idyllic Cotswold Hills (Crime Mystery Box Sets)

This seven-book box set contains British murder mysteries set in the Cotswold Hills, featuring Superintendent John Lambert and Detective Sergeant Bert Hook. Lambert, entering middle age, brings decades of police experience to his cases, though he now prefers the peace of his garden and golf course. Hook, five years younger, has a village bobby appearance that masks a shrewd and analytical mind. The Cotswolds setting comprises villages connected by hawthorn-edged lanes and separated by the River Severn, which winds between farmlands, cricket fields, and cathedral cities. The river's slow-moving sections pass through green valleys, with willows whose low branches catch all manner of things. The seven mysteries include: a suspicious death ruled accidental at a funeral; a body discovered in a pond with an MP's murder to solve; a missing schoolgirl case revealing hidden secrets; a chemistry teacher with a double life found dead at a churchyard; a woman posed on cathedral altar steps suggesting serial or copycat killing; a history lecturer shot in the Malvern Hills; and a young woman's body found during a golf game. Each case presents Lambert and Hook with multiple suspects and layers of deception to unravel.