A Poppy Mystery Tale Collection 2 Books Set By Leigh Russell Barking Up the Right Tree, Barking Mad

A Poppy Mystery Tale Collection brings together two mysteries by Leigh Russell, following Emily as she adjusts to a new life in the Wiltshire village of Ashton Mead. After a run of personal setbacks, she inherits a cottage from her great aunt, but the legacy comes with an unexpected condition: she must take on a pet.

As Emily begins to settle in, she forms new friendships in the village, including Hannah of the Sunshine Tea Shoppe, and starts to feel at home. However, her fresh start is disrupted by troubling events, from a neighbour’s unexplained disappearance to a death by the river that leaves the community suspicious and divided.

Included titles

• Barking Up the Right Tree
• Barking Mad

Key details

• Two-book collection by Leigh Russell
• Set in the Wiltshire village of Ashton Mead
• Follows Emily as she inherits a cottage with a condition attached
• Includes mysteries involving a disappearance and a death in the village

Synopses

Barking Up the Right Tree

After losing her job and her boyfriend, Emily is left unsure what to do next. News of her great aunt’s death brings an inheritance: a cottage in Ashton Mead, provided Emily becomes the owner of a pet. Hoping for a new beginning, she moves to the village and starts to build a life there.

When her ex-boyfriend arrives and she takes him back against her friends’ advice, tensions rise. Emily’s decision to look into a neighbour’s mysterious disappearance leads her into danger.

Barking Mad

Emily is now settled in Ashton Mead with her puppy, Poppy, and life seems to be on track. Everything changes when she discovers the body of a woman who appears to have drowned in the river. Villagers suspect foul play and quickly point the finger at Richard, Emily’s next-door neighbour and a newcomer.

Unconvinced by the accusations, Emily tries to uncover what happened. Her search takes her to London as she tracks down the man with whom Richard’s wife was having an affair.