The Bonnet and the Body — A Thornwick Hat Shop Mystery, Book 3

A body beneath the roses. A village full of secrets. And a milliner who notices everything.

When the body of Reginald Potts is discovered beneath the rose arbour at the Thornwick Flower Show, wearing one of her own hats, master milliner Agnes Ambrose finds herself at the centre of a mystery she did not choose.

Potts was a man who collected secrets the way others collected titles. And Thornwick, for all its flower shows and polished manners, has no shortage of them.

With her sharp-eyed apprentice at her side, Agnes begins to pull at the threads: a locked hatbox, a blackmail ledger with eleven names, a young woman who died thirty years ago, and a village that has spent decades perfecting the art of looking the other way.

Agnes does not carry a badge. She carries a needle, a trained eye, and the quiet certainty that what people choose to wear always tells the truth, even when they will not.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Village flower shows, English gardens, and 1920s charm
• A blackmail mystery with a long trail of suspects
• A heroine whose craft is her best detective tool
• Clean mysteries with no graphic violence or bad language

Book 3 of A Thornwick Hat Shop Mystery. Read the series in order, or jump in here.