Libby Sarjeant Mystery

4 primary works

Murder in Bloom

by Lesley Cookman

Published 18 May 2009

Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its fifth instalment.



Middle-aged artist-come-investigator Libby Sarjeant can't ever seem to have a quiet moment. Her son, Adam, has uncovered a body within Creekmarsh Place, where he is working as a gardener for TV personality Lewis Osbourne-Walker.



The police seem to think there is no connection with the current owner but Libby, naturally, can't just leave it at that. With her psychic friend Fran's mind on other things, Libby has to go it alone.



A murder in London inspires the police to dig deeper and Libby, determined to help her new friend Lewis, stirs up more trouble.

Murder in the Green

by Lesley Cookman

Published 5 April 2010

New edition of this bestselling Libby Sarjeant murder mystery series including a map of Steeple Martin, cast of characters and a bonus chapter of the next title in the series.

Amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant and her psychic investigator friend Fran become involved when a member of a local Morris Dancing side is found dead on May Day. Driven in part by her interest in Morris lore, Libby leaves her comfort zone in Kent and travels to Cornwall where she sees the darker side of Morris and its links to Satanism.

Back home in Kent, she and Fran begin to unravel the facts behind the murder and the cleverness of a completely unsuspected killer.

Murder Imperfect

by Lesley Cookman

Published 25 October 2010

The seventh title in the Libby Sarjeant series finds her distracted from involvement with her local pantomime by her friend Harry, who asks her to help a friend of his who has been receiving threatening letters. At first she believes it to be a simple case of prejudice, but soon Libby uncovers links to particularly nasty crimes in the past, revelations that have catastrophic results.

Murder to Music

by Lesley Cookman

Published 4 April 2011

Lesley Cookman's bestselling series featuring amateur sleuth Libby Sarjeant is back for its eighth instalment.



Amateur detective Libby Sarjeant and psychic investigator Fran Castle are invited to look into a house that is reputedly haunted by a seemingly musical ghost. For once, Libby can be as nosy as she likes without being accused of getting in the way of a police investigation.



However, when they unearth 50-year-old graves in the gardens, the police are bound to cramp their style.



Someone alive today doesn’t want them interfering either, and their lives are in danger as they try to unravel the mystery of their Debussy playing ghost.