Discover Amy Rowlings: quick-witted movie buff, avid reader of crime fiction, and amateur sleuth.
January 1939. When clothing-factory heir Edward Handlsey is found murdered in a snow-covered Kentish town, mill worker Amy Rowlings finds herself at the top of the suspect list. The man had many enemies, many of them female, but Amy was the most recent victim of his wily ways.
Luckily, as a certified lover of Agatha Christie novels, she’s perfectly capable of clearing her own name.
Impressed by her skills, new-in-town Detective Sergeant Bodkin accepts Amy’s investigative aid and local knowledge. But when he arrests an innocent man, Amy decides to take matters into her own hands. Armed with tactics from her beloved Poirot, she begins digging into the victim’s shady history.
As Amy clashes with Bodkin’s rigid, facts-only investigation – despite finding herself increasingly charmed by the good-looking detective – she must unmask the real killer before the winter snow covers their tracks for good.
Murder at the Mill is the first in the cozy, historical Amy Rowlings Golden Age Mysteries series, which can be read in any order. For fans of Verity Bright, Helena Dixon, and Felicity Penn.
Perfect for readers who enjoy:
Small-town mysteries
Amateur sleuths
Clever whodunnits
Female detectives
British village life
Detective love interests
Agatha Christie-style puzzles
Clean, traditional cozy mysteries
Former children’s writer T. A. Belshaw is a British author best known for the Amy Rowlings Golden Age Mystery series, a collection of character-driven cosy crime novels set in 1930s Kent. Blending gentle humour, classic whodunit plotting and rich period detail, his books follow the adventures of Amy Rowlings – a sharp-witted, film-loving amateur sleuth with a knack for uncovering secrets in the most unexpected places.
A lifelong fan of Golden Age detective fiction, Trevor draws inspiration from the works of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and other classic mystery writers, while bringing his own warmth and modern-storytelling style to the genre. His stories are filled with village intrigue, colourful characters and the charm of pre-war Britain, offering readers a nostalgic escape into a world of clues, gossip and slow-burn romance.
When he isn’t writing, Belshaw enjoys researching 1930s life, especially about his hometown of Ilkeston in Derbyshire, where he lives with his chatty rescue cat, Mia. Trevor is also the author of the five-book, dual-timeline, family-saga series Unspoken, and the four-book, short-format, politically incorrect comedy series Tracy’s Hot Mail.
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