Co-Writing with Hetty Hexley...
Gertie Goodspell's Midlife Mysteries...
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.
Books one and two of Gertie Goodspell's Midlife Mysteries are out now...
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
Murder at Margrave Fete - A Novella
Gertie Goodspell is settling into village life: mild magic, an intermittently enchanted manor, and a talking cat with aristocratic opinions. She's even hoping for a peaceful week involving scones – and maybe a hint of romance.
But when Maud Stibbons drops dead at the summer fete – face-first in a gooey gateau – everything changes.
A cryptic note found in her handbag points, rather pointedly, to Margrave Manor – and by extension, to Gertie. Now the villagers are whispering, Maud's terrifying twin is staging an inquest, and even the cat seems quietly thrilled by the drama.
Gertie never asked to be Warden of a magical house with secrets – but she is. And as Margrave begins to stir, so do the past, the truth – and the suspects.
Witchy, witty and just the right amount of weird –
