A Bookish Disappearance: a gripping English cozy mystery full of twists (The Chiltern Hills Mysteries Book 7) by Anthea Fraser

Cozy up with a cup of tea and discover an utterly irresistible mystery, set amid England’s picture-perfect Chiltern Hills. Meet Rona Parish, a feisty biographer with a talent for digging up murder and mystery wherever she goes — and Gus, the adorable Golden Retriever trotting loyally at her heels! There’s nothing so worrisome as a wayward sister. Rona knows that from bitter experience, and many a sleepless night . . . When she gets a call from the sister of artist Elspeth Wilding — begging her to investigate Elspeth’s sudden disappearance — Rona can’t help but be drawn in. Headstrong Elspeth’s always been a law unto herself. Now she’s vanished from her remote cottage, leaving her latest masterpiece half-finished on the easel — and her sister desperate for answers. But not everyone is sorry Elspeth’s gone. Elspeth drove her best — and only — friend to throw herself under a train. No one seems to have a good word to say about the missing woman. When a dead body is found in Elspeth’s abandoned studio, a disturbing new picture begins to emerge. Read more