Horrid Herbs
Horrid Herbs—When Sage Meets Stage


“On a surreal March Sunday morning, when it was warm in the sun, but cool in the shade …”
In vintage Old Farrow, a sniff of strange things to come. For fans of Cluedo, Agatha Christie, and Jonathan Creek, the stage is set for one unlucky thespian’s shocking final curtain call. Cue sparring amateur sleuths, Windy & Darling, ready to unpot a crooked cauldron of connivery in Horrid Herbs, book three in The Windy & Darling Cosy Mystery Series. Brimful of sorcery, with a cast of curiosities, hold fast to your broomstick and take a gripping escape into the dark, devilish depths of Treetonshire County.
One tragic play.
One sage smudge stick and feather.
A Windy & Darling encore.
On a surreal spring morning, within the whiffy walls of Snells’ pig farm, members of Treeton Amateur Dramatics Society re-enact medieval punishment as a warm-up to their forthcoming play, Woman: Being Female Is Your Crime.
In his amateur swansong for one night only, before heading off to tread the boards at a top London drama school, heartthrob, Miles Bowden, plays brutal Puritan witchfinder, Henry Pink. During the intense final act, when chanting his impassioned “Swing the Witch” soliloquy, Miles plunges through the stage trapdoor, leaving the audience hanging in darkness. The only clues on the stage near the diva’s dead, stretched neck are a sage smudge stick and feather, like those sold at Wicca Wacke, the bizarre Pagan bazaar owned by Wicca witch, Lilia Wacke, and her mysterious Maine Coon cat, Strega.
Convinced the evidence signals more horrid herb happenings, Windy & Darling purge local history and uncover a calamitous crock of murder, treachery, and deceit. Can our mischievous meddlers spring their own trap before the seasoned killer strikes again?
Ride the threads of yore, among bubbling brews and medieval madness, with our sharp snoops and a peck of peculiarities in another romp through Treetonshire’s extraordinary past. Horrid Herbs … because crime should be cosy. Fluff at a premium.
COMING SOON!
Windy & Darling sleuth again in Old Farrow.
Horrid Herbs launches in 2025.







Horrid Herbs—When Sage Meets Stage


“On a surreal March Sunday morning, when it was warm in the sun, but cool in the shade …”
In vintage Old Farrow, a sniff of strange things to come. For fans of Cluedo, Agatha Christie, and Jonathan Creek, the stage is set for one unlucky thespian’s shocking final curtain call. Cue sparring amateur sleuths, Windy & Darling, ready to unpot a crooked cauldron of connivery in Horrid Herbs, book three in The Windy & Darling Cosy Mystery Series. Brimful of sorcery, with a cast of curiosities, hold fast to your broomstick and take a gripping escape into the dark, devilish depths of Treetonshire County.
One tragic play.
One sage smudge stick and feather.
A Windy & Darling encore.
On a surreal spring morning, within the whiffy walls of Snells’ pig farm, members of Treeton Amateur Dramatics Society re-enact medieval punishment as a warm-up to their forthcoming play, Woman: Being Female Is Your Crime.
In his amateur swansong for one night only, before heading off to tread the boards at a top London drama school, heartthrob, Miles Bowden, plays brutal Puritan witchfinder, Henry Pink. During the intense final act, when chanting his impassioned “Swing the Witch” soliloquy, Miles plunges through the stage trapdoor, leaving the audience hanging in darkness. The only clues on the stage near the diva’s dead, stretched neck are a sage smudge stick and feather, like those sold at Wicca Wacke, the bizarre Pagan bazaar owned by Wicca witch, Lilia Wacke, and her mysterious Maine Coon cat, Strega.
Convinced the evidence signals more horrid herb happenings, Windy & Darling purge local history and uncover a calamitous crock of murder, treachery, and deceit. Can our mischievous meddlers spring their own trap before the seasoned killer strikes again?
Ride the threads of yore, among bubbling brews and medieval madness, with our sharp snoops and a peck of peculiarities in another romp through Treetonshire’s extraordinary past. Horrid Herbs … because crime should be cosy. Fluff at a premium.
COMING SOON!
Windy & Darling sleuth again in Old Farrow.
Horrid Herbs launches in 2025.






