Manna from Hades (Cornish Mysteries Book 1)

Eleanor Trewynn is a widow living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. Once a world traveler with her husband, she is now retired and runs the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, recently transferred to the area and was promoted to Detective Sergeant, though she works under a Detective Inspector who disapproves of women on the police force and views Eleanor with particular disdain. These tensions come to a head when Eleanor and the vicar's wife discover a dead body hidden in the charity shop's stockroom the day after collecting donations. The situation becomes more complicated when they realize that some jewelry thought to be fake is actually valuable and stolen from a violent robbery in London. Adding another layer of mystery, the corpse appears to have no connection to the robbery itself. Manna from Hades presents a case involving theft, double-cross, and murder that draws Eleanor into a confounding investigation.