SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 ROMANTIC NOVELISTS’ ASSOCIATION ROMANTIC THRILLER AWARD
Discover Amy Rowlings: quick-witted movie buff, avid reader of crime fiction, and amateur sleuth.
October 1939. With an injury forcing her to take time off work from the Mill, amateur sleuth Amy Rowlings has the perfect opportunity to help Inspector Bodkin with a baffling new investigation. A notorious gangster is found murdered at a local pub. But the real mystery is that Bodkin already investigated this same man’s murder… three years ago.
Faced with a literal dead man walking, Amy and Bodkin plunge into a dangerous gangland turf war teeming with ruthless bosses and vengeful rivals – the stakes have never been higher.
Amy will reach into the depths of her crime-solving knowledge to unravel a tangled web of lies before a brutal killer silences her for good.
Twice Dead at the Tavern is the sixth 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
Previously published as Encore for Murder
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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