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Book 2 · A Restoration Mystery

A Murder in the Orange Court

Marrakech · Morocco

June restores the bitter-orange courtyard of a Marrakech riad — where the household’s oldest story and its newest guest don’t quite add up.

What grows in a courtyard everyone swears has always been empty?

Coming later. June’s third garden waits in Marrakech.

Behind an unremarkable door in the medina, a riad wraps around a courtyard of bitter-orange trees that the family insists were planted by a grandfather nobody can quite describe. June is there to bring the garden back. The cat, at least, is honest with her.

Full blurb to come. The postcard list hears about it first.

  • Slow Burn
  • Amateur Sleuth
  • Hidden Courtyard
  • Body in a Charming Place
  • Forced Proximity
  • A Cat Who Knows
  • Old Money Secrets
  • Second Chance at Love

why this place

The riads of Marrakech turn their backs on the street and hide whole gardens inside — cool, secret, scented with orange blossom. It’s the perfect architecture for a family with something to keep quiet.

If you love Verity Bright, T.A. Williams or Jenny Colgan, you’ll feel right at home here.

Keep travelling with June

Now and then — when there’s a cover to reveal, a book to launch, or a chance to read early — I’ll send you a digital postcard from my desk. No fixed schedule, nothing pushy, and you can leave any time.