Marion Chesney

Gentle by name, gentle by nature. Everyone in the sleepy Scottish town of Lochdubh adores elderly Mrs. Gentle--everyone but Hamish Macbeth, that is. Hamish thinks the gentle lady is sly and vicious, and the citizens of Lochdubh think he is overly cranky. Perhaps it's time for him to get married, they say. But who has time for marriage when there's a murder to be solved? When Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, the town is shocked and...

Seeking her independence, Lady Rose Summer leaves her parents' home to join the working class, but when an acquaintance turns up dead, Captain Harry Cathcart and Superintendent Kerridge of Scotland Yard enlist her aid.

Wealthy, worldly Marquis of Charrington proposes a marriage of convenience to Miss Jennie Bemyss that would leave him free to pursue his pleasures. She should have felt happy to be ignored by a man whom she properly should despise, then why did she feel so confused?

When her employer dies, leaving her a tidy legacy, middle-aged spinster and housekeeper Miss Hannah Sym takes to the roads of Regency England, searching for adventure and earning a reputation as "The Travelling Matchmaker."