Una Corda

A village chapel. A suspicious death. And a familiar voice that could lead to a terrible mistake.

Priddock's Methodist chapel is celebrating its hundredth anniversary, and formidable chapel steward Miss Jane Bagnell is determined to mark the occasion with a magnificent memorial concert.

Unfortunately, half the village would rather the celebration never happened.

For blind piano tuner Octavia Bird, the assignment promises enough challenges without any local quarrels. There's a harmonium infested with mice, an organ with a note that refuses to stop sounding, and an elderly vestry piano beside a temperamental gas heater.

Then, on the night the clocks go back, Miss Bagnell is found dead in the vestry.

At first, it appears to be a tragic accident.

But an anonymous caller tells the police he saw Jane alive at eight o'clock, casting doubt on the accepted timeline. When the police broadcast his message on local radio, Octavia immediately recognises the voice.

She's heard it before-shouting angrily at her across the chapel just days earlier.

Octavia is certain she knows who made that call. But what if certainty is the most dangerous mistake of all?

With her faithful guide dog Crotchet beside her, Octavia is drawn into a tangle of village grudges, suspicious alibis, and secrets someone would rather keep buried.

As the evidence mounts, she must confront an unsettling possibility: the voice she recognises may not belong to the person she suspects.

And with her father's own remarkable ear for sound becoming part of the puzzle, Octavia must question the instincts she has always trusted.

Someone in Priddock is hiding the truth. And one mistaken identification could let a killer escape.

Una Corda is an atmospheric, cleverly plotted British cozy mystery set in a picturesque Mendip village, featuring a resourceful blind piano tuner, her loyal guide dog, eccentric villagers, and an ingenious mystery built around a deceptively simple clue.

Perfect for readers who love traditional British murder mysteries, intelligent female amateur sleuths, English village mysteries, classical music, and cleverly constructed whodunits.

A clean, standalone cozy mystery with no graphic violence or profanity, a satisfying, fairly clued solution, and plenty of English countryside charm, village gossip, family relationships, and gentle humor.

Octavia Bird has always trusted her ear. This time, it might lead her straight to the wrong person.