The Ellie Kent Mysteries
“Not only is Alice Boatwright a good detective writer, but a first-class storyteller as well. A great find.”
—M.C. Beaton, bestselling author of the Agatha Raisin mysteries
American Ellie Kent finds the first year of marriage can be a dangerous proposal when she moves with her new husband to his English village. With close to 70,000 copies sold and 6,200 Amazon ratings, this award-winning series has built a strong following.
Under an English Heaven (Book 1)
In this first book of the series, life brings the skeptical Ellie Kent from her academic job in California to a village in the Cotswolds as the vicar’s new wife; but death keeps her guessing how long she will be there. Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook editions.
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“Anglophiles will adore this book’s many pleasures.” —Kirkus Reviews
Winner of the 2016 Mystery and Mayhem Grand Prize for best mystery
It’s Christmas in Little Beecham . . . a season to celebrate with caroling, mistletoe, and mince pies. Ellie Kent is looking forward to her first English village Christmas, but a missing Oxford student and an abandoned baby soon draw her away from the fireside into danger. Available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook editions.
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“Boatwright vividly conjures the warmth of the snowy, candlelit holiday”—Publishers Weekly
In the Life Ever After (Book 3)
Ellie and Graham Kent finally take a honeymoon six months into their marriage, but their holiday mood is interrupted by the news that convicted murderer Corinna Matthews has been released from prison and returned home to Little Beecham. The locals are not welcoming, and Ellie’s efforts to support Corinna are complicated by her increasing doubts about what really happened 15 years before when Corinna killed her brother, as well as by a disturbingly suspicious death in the present. Available in paperback and ebook editions.
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“In the Life Ever After offers the perfect mix of engaging characters and a cunning plot. Readers are in for a treat!” —Candace Robb, bestselling author of the Owen Archer mysteries
Publication date: October 30, 2026
Status: Available for pre-order on Amazon
American Ellie Kent has been looking forward to Little Beecham’s traditional climax to the summer, when her husband Graham and the Beecham Morris will perform an 11th-century horn dance in the woods by the light of the full moon. Never could she have imagined the disaster ahead or the role she will play in solving the mystery that results. As she struggles to understand what happened and why, she is drawn deeply into the problems of people whose lives have been shaped — and threatened — by even more ancient laws and prejudices. It’s not the way she hoped her first year in England would end, but it does show her the progress she has made from foreign “incomer” to one of a family and a valued part of her village.