Co-Writing with Hetty Hexley

Hetty Hexley is Janet's slightly more bonkers alter ego and her official excuse to create pure hokum....

Same tea. Same chaos. Slightly louder cats.

If you enjoy:

  • Midlife witches with murder problems

  • Talking cats with opinions

  • Magical villages full of secrets

  • And low-stakes mysteries with tea, wit, and warmth...

Then Janet and Hetty hope you enjoy their new series they are co-writing - Gertie Goodspell's Midlife Mysteries.

Book one, Murder at Margrave Manor, is out now with more fun to come soon...

Murder at Margrave Manor - A Novella

Newly divorced Gertie Goodspell inherits crumbling (and possibly sentient) Margrave Manor—complete with ley lines, botanical drama and a cat who insists she’s a countess.

She’s barely unpacked when a pompous actor drops dead during a village play rehearsal. Poisoned. In her ballroom. With her teacup.

The house seems cursed, the locals are a bit murdery, and the detective is annoyingly handsome and full of himself.

Armed only with sarcasm and a deeply judgmental cat, Gertie must untangle a mystery soaked in secrets… and rediscover the magic she left behind as a child.

Click the cover to enter the manor