Order of Thea Osborne Books
Thea Osborne is the protagonist in a series of mystery novels by British novelist Rebecca Tope. Thea Osborne is a house-sitter based in the Cotswolds area of western England. The series is connected to Rebecca’s other series, the West Country Mysteries featuring Drew Slocombe. The series is also known as the Cotswold Mysteries series.
Rebecca Tope debuted her Thea Osborne character in the novel A Cotswold Killing, which was published in 2004. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Rebecca Tope’s Thea Osborne/Cotswold Mysteries books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):
Publication Order of Thea Osborne Books
| A Cotswold Killing | (2004) |    |
| A Cotswold Ordeal | (2005) | |
| Death in the Cotswolds | (2007) | |
| A Cotswold Mystery | (2008) | |
| Blood in the Cotswolds | (2008) | |
| Slaughter in the Cotswolds | (2009) | |
| Fear in the Cotswolds | (2009) | |
| A Grave in the Cotswolds | (2010) | |
| Deception in the Cotswolds | (2011) | |
| Malice in the Cotswolds | (2012) | |
| Shadows in the Cotswolds | (2013) | |
| Trouble in the Cotswolds | (2014) | |
| Revenge in the Cotswolds | (2015) | |
| Guilt in the Cotswolds | (2016) | |
| Peril in the Cotswolds | (2017) | |
| Crisis in the Cotswolds | (2018) | |
| Secrets in the Cotswolds | (2019) | |
| A Cotswold Christmas Mystery | (2020) | |
| Echoes in the Cotswolds | (2021) | |
| Betrayal in the Cotswolds | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Cotswold Short Story Collections
| A Cotswold Casebook | (2016) | |
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Thea Osborne/Cotswold Mysteries Synopsis: A Cotswold Ordeal is the second book in Rebecca Tope’s Thea Osborne series. Thea Osborne is looking after the Phillips house, with little to do besides tend to a sick pony and feed the animals… That is, until an apparent suicide occurs in one of the barns. D.S. Phil Hollis is surprised to see Thea in the middle of another investigation and sees that she can get in the way a bit. Despite that, they end up working together to try and solve yet another mystery.
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