DEATH COMES TO PEN-Y-BRYN: A Bookshop Cozy Mystery (A Pen-y-Bryn Bookshop Cozy Mystery Series Book 1)

A quiet Welsh village. A beloved bookshop. A murder buried beneath decades of secrets. When retired librarian Eira Morgan takes over her late aunt’s bookshop, The Bookbinder’s Retreat, she hopes Pen-y-Bryn will offer exactly what she needs: familiar hills, shelves of old books, endless cups of tea, and a slower life. Then a village literary evening ends in death. Local historian Gareth Pritchard had been asking uncomfortable questions about old records, forgotten promises, disputed land, and a story some people would rather leave buried. When he dies suddenly, Eira begins noticing the details others dismiss. A teacup that should not be there. A missing book. A handwritten note. A name almost erased from the village’s past. The deeper Eira looks, the more she realises Gareth’s death is tangled up with events from more than forty years ago, and with secrets that still have the power to divide Pen-y-Bryn. With her curious young assistant Seren eager to help and Constable Rhys Davies warning her not to cross the line between noticing and investigating, Eira must separate genuine clues from deliberate misdirection before the truth disappears for good. Perfect for readers who enjoy bookshop mysteries, Welsh village settings, clever clues, buried family secrets, amateur sleuths, and warm character-driven cozy crime. Death Comes to Pen-y-Bryn is the first book in The Pen-y-Bryn Cozy Mysteries, a new series where old books, village gossip, and forgotten histories can be every bit as dangerous as murder.