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The Empty Seat at Honeyfern Supper: A Cozy Mystery
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 2 2026
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Thirty-two years ago, one guest disappeared from Honeyfern's supper record. Now he has returned to explain why-and before he can tell the truth, his seat is empty again.
Samuel Dacre has come back to Honeyfern Inn carrying a red document wallet, memories of a long-ago Heritage Society supper, and evidence that could finally correct an accusation Clara Vale's family has lived with for decades.
He promises to explain everything after supper.
He never gets the chance.
Samuel is found dead in Honeyfern's library snug before the meal begins, his half-finished ginger cordial beside him and papers from the old scandal close at hand.
For former museum registrar Clara Vale, the obvious explanation is also the most dangerous one: that someone killed Samuel to keep the events of 1994 buried.
But the closer she looks, the less neatly past and present fit together.
An erased twelfth place at an old supper. A missing silver fern brooch. Records that were altered decades ago. A daughter protecting her father's reputation. A family secret being used for money. And Samuel's own nephew, whose account of the evening keeps changing.
With DI Dev Malik and DC Rachel Shaw leading the official investigation, Clara applies the skills she trusts most-provenance, records, physical detail, and the stubborn habit of asking whether an object is really where someone claims it was.
The truth could finally restore the name of Clara's mother, Elise.
But first Clara must separate an old theft from a new murder, determine which secrets explain shame and which conceal something far worse, and uncover why Samuel's specially prepared drink became the one thing at Honeyfern's table meant for him alone.
Because someone at Honeyfern had a reason to fear what Samuel planned to do after supper.
And this time, preserving the past may depend on proving exactly who wanted him silenced.
Perfect for readers who enjoy British cozy mysteries, English village mysteries, female amateur sleuths, country inn murder mysteries, traditional whodunits, historical secrets, and clue-driven cozy mystery series.
Pull up a chair at Honeyfern Inn and discover why one empty seat holds the answer to two mysteries separated by thirty-two years.
Read The Empty Seat at Honeyfern Supper today.
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