Crime and Mystery Club 3 Book Set By Leigh Russell Barking Up the Right Tree & more

A Poppy Mystery Tale Collection is a three-book crime and mystery set by Leigh Russell, set in the Wiltshire village of Ashton Mead. The stories follow Emily and her puppy, Poppy, after Emily inherits a cottage from her great aunt. The inheritance comes with an unexpected condition: she must become a pet owner.

Looking for a fresh start after a run of personal setbacks, Emily moves to Ashton Mead, makes new friends and begins to rebuild her life. However, the village proves far from peaceful, with a neighbour’s disappearance, a suspicious death by the river and a murder drawing Emily into investigations that bring pressure from both villagers and the police.

Included titles

• Barking Up the Right Tree
• Barking Mad
• Poppy Takes the Lead

Key details

• Three-book crime and mystery set
• By Leigh Russell
• Set in the Wiltshire village of Ashton Mead
• Centres on Emily and her puppy, Poppy

Synopses

Barking Up the Right Tree

After losing her job and her boyfriend, Emily learns that her great aunt has died and left her a cottage in Ashton Mead. The inheritance requires her to become a pet owner, and she finds herself starting over in the village. When her ex-boyfriend returns and she takes him back against advice, Emily also begins to look into a neighbour’s disappearance, putting herself in danger.

Barking Mad

Emily’s new life with Poppy is unsettled when she discovers the body of a woman who appears to have drowned in the river. Suspicion falls on her next-door neighbour Richard, a newcomer, but Emily is not convinced. She travels to London to find the man with whom Richard’s wife was having an affair, determined to uncover the truth.

Poppy Takes the Lead

In Ashton Mead, one household remains feared for rude and aggressive behaviour: Silas Strang and his mother. After Silas targets Poppy and a public altercation follows, Silas is murdered. The police then treat Emily as their main suspect.