Foul Play at Four by Ann Purser pg 374

Four Play at Four  (Lois Meade Myster)
by Ann Purser   pages 374

Mrs. Tollervey-Jones is the upper class of the village.  Her family has run the estate and cared for the villagers for generations. She now lives alone and may have to sell the estate.  Lois Meade's cleaning company visits Mrs. TJ at Farnden Hall twice a week.
A series of robberies begin to plague Long Farnden village. Lois' help is needed to solve the mystery of who is committing these crimes. Josie, Lois' daughter, has a robbery at her shop, and Derek, Lois' husband gets knocked in the head.  Lots of interesting things going on in this little English village.
I love these easy going British cozy stories.  This is wonderful reading for a lazy, quiet afternoon.

Threats at Three (A Lois Meade Mystery by Ann Purser

Threats at Three (A Lois Meade Mystery)
 by Ann Purser  pages 346

Lois Meade, owner of New Brooms Cleaning Service, is at again!  Mrs. M,  as her cleaning team calls her, moonlights as a secret sleuth in her village of Long Farnden and surrounding areas.  A dead body turns up in the canal, Inspector Cowgill, turns to Lois to help him sort out the clues.  There are several story lines in this book-murders, soap box grand prix, village committee meetings, Lois' mother-Gran, Lois' grown children and their families, a teenage boy who is always in trouble, and the underlying vibe of Inspector Cowgill being in love with Lois, a happily married woman.  Great fun and easy read.