Fear in the Cotswolds

Following a string of disastrous house-sitting assignments and with recent troubles in her personal life Thea Osborne is understandably apprehensive about her latest commission: a wintry month in an isolated farmhouse with only an assortment of animals for company. With the summer lushness of the Cotswolds turned icy grey Thea spends her first few days exploring more of the surrounding area. She meets some of the mysterious local characters: the unappreciated au pair from Bulgaria and the elusive Kate from a neighbouring farm. But then the weather turns extreme and so do events. When she stumbles across a man lying dead in a snow-filled field Thea is once again at the heart of a mystery…