The Jurassic Coast Mysteries

Sea swims, sleuthing and a very badly behaved seagull. Welcome to Lyme Regis.Annie Abbott and her friends from the Lyme Regis Women's Swimming Club can't seem to go for a swim without stumbling into a crime. Her daughter, DC Tina Abbott of Dorset Police, would much rather they left it to the...

Three twisty mysteries, all set in Lyme Regis, one of England's most picturesque seaside towns. DC Tina Abbott is supposed to be staying with her mum Annie while she's on maternity leave. And Annie isn't supposed to be sticking her nose into murder cases. But then, Annie Abbott never does as...

DC Tina Abbott from Dorset Police’s Major Crime Investigations Team is on maternity leave, and spending some time with her mum Annie in Lyme Regis. But then after a morning swim, two members of Annie’s swimming club discover a dead body in another member's car. A body that later vanishes into thin air.

It's summer and Lyme Regis is rammed with tourists. DC Tina Abbott is hoping her kids can have some fun on the beach with their granny Annie, who in turn is enjoying time with her swimming club. But then Annie and her friends’ morning swim is disturbed when they spot the body of local artist Clifford Muldoon, floating near the Cobb. Tina has things under control. But Annie, emboldened by her involvement in Lyme Regis’s last murder case, wants to get involved. And could the swimmers have information that might help solve the crime?

It's Christmas in Lyme Regis, and DC Tina Abbott is looking forward to some well-earned time with her family. But then her mum Annie, true to form, reports a crime. The pottery shop has been broken into and the owner Peg, Annie's friend, attacked. The evidence is scant. A solitary fingerprint in blood, but nothing stolen, at least as far as the police can tell. But when Annie discovers a gaudy pottery reindeer that was left at the scene of the crime, she and her swimming club friends get drawn into the mystery.

It's Christmas, and Figgy Edmunds is celebrating by taking the festive special steam train from Swanage to Corfe Castle. When she bumps into her friends from the Lyme Regis Women's Swimming Club, there's a moment of awkwardness. But then they're all stumped when the train steams through Corfe...