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Author: Rebecca Tope

Rebecca Tope is the author of two major murder mystery series, featuring Thea Osborne, house sitter in the Cotswolds and Persimmon Brown, Lake District florist. Also "ghost writer" of the novels based on the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme. Seven earlier titles (known as the Westcountry mysteries) feature Drew Slocombe, undertaker (who turns up again in the Cotswolds) and Den Cooper, police officer.


  • The Eskdale Episode by Rebecca Tope - Hardcover book
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    Rebecca Tope

    The Eskdale Episode

    Persimmon Brown 16

    Regular price £22.00 GBP
  • The Dacre Dilemma by Rebecca Tope - Paperback book
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    Rebecca Tope

    The Dacre Dilemma

    Persimmon Brown 15

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    A Lake District Christmas Murder

    Persimmon Brown 14

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    The Dacre Dilemma

    Persimmon Brown 15

    Regular price £22.00 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    The Ambelside Alibi

    Persimmon Brown 2

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    The Windermere Witness

    Persimmon Brown 1

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    The Askham Accusation

    Persimmon Brown 12

    Regular price £8.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    Death in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne Cotswold Mysteries 3

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    A Cotswold Ordeal

    Thea Osborne Cotswold Mysteries 2

    Regular price £8.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    A Cotswold Killing

    Thea Osborne Cotswold Mysteries 1

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    The Borrowdale Body

    Persimmon Brown 13

    Regular price £9.99 GBP
  • Rebecca Tope

    A Discovery in the Cotswolds

    Thea Osborne Cotswold Mysteries 21

    Regular price £19.99 GBP