Rebecca Tope

Rebecca Tope was born on 2 October 1948, in Worcestershire, and has lived in many parts of England since then. She has nearly 40 crime novels in print, published by Allison & Busby. Her two main series are set in the Cotswolds and the Lake District, both featuring amateur female detectives.

She lives on a smallholding in Herefordshire, but has had no livestock for some years. The acres have been returned to the wildlife, which includes a lot of brambles and thistles.

She founded a small press, Praxis Books, in 1992, which has concentrated almost exclusively on reissuing the works of Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924). She has also written and published a definitive biography of Baring-Gould.

Tope's hobbies mainly centre around wool, antique auctions and travel.

• A Cotswold Killing 23 May 2005, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749083984}}
• A Cotswold Ordeal 31 October 2006, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749082680}}
• Death in the Cotswolds 28 April 2008, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749080648}}
• A Cotswold Mystery 28 August 2008, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749079420}}
• Blood in the Cotswolds 7 September 2009, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749007300}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/2228757.murder-detectives-sought/|title=Murder detectives sought|website=Evesham Journal|date=27 April 2008 |accessdate=8 June 2019}}
• Slaughter in the Cotswolds 22 February 2010, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749007935}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/5073123.best-selling-author-in-broadway-book-signing/|title=Best-selling author in Broadway book signing|website=Evesham Journal|date=21 March 2010 |accessdate=8 June 2019}}
• Fear in the Cotswolds 13 September 2010, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749008901}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/news/475428Latest_book_in_Cotswold_Mystery_series_is_launched/|title=Evesham Journal New Book Launch 23 November 2009 |accessdate=8 June 2019}}
• Grave in the Cotswolds 4 April 2011, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749009168}}
• Deception in the Cotswolds (re-issued) 26 March 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749010621}}
• Malice in the Cotswolds 26 March 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749010645}}
• Shadows in the Cotswolds 25 March 2013, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749011239}}
• Trouble in the Cotswolds 24 March 2014, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749014438}}
• Revenge in the Cotswolds 19 March 2015, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749017903}}
• Guilt in the Cotswolds 24 March 2016, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749019044}}
• A Cotswold Casebook (short stories) 20 April 2017, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749020149}}
• Peril in the Cotswolds 24 August 2017, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749021689}}
• Crisis in the Cotswolds 19 April 2019, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749023386}}
• Secrets in the Cotswolds 24 August 2019, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749024338}}
• A Cotswold Christmas Mystery (forthcoming){{cite web |url=http://www.allisonandbusby.com/author/rebecca-tope/books/ |title=Books by Rebecca Tope |publisher=allisonandbusby.com |accessdate=23 December 2019}}

• A Dirty Death Reprint edition 28 May 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749040086}}"Crimefile", The Birmingham Post 10 April 1999
• Dark Undertakings 28 May 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749040185}}"Tripping down the yellow brick road to murder." Chicago Sun-Times 5 August 2001
• Death of a Friend Reprint edition 28 May 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749040284}}"Glory amid the gore", The Scotsman 17 June 2000"Encarta Book of Quotations" Birmingham Evening Mail, 21 October 2000
• Grave Concerns 7 February 2011, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749009700}}"A cosmopolitan kiss of death" The Scotsman 9 December 2000
• A Death to Record 28 May 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749040383}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4725394/Make-the-detective-fit-the-crime.html|title=Make the detective fit the crime|date=31 August 2001|accessdate=8 June 2019|website=Telegraph.co.uk}}
• The Sting of Death Reprint edition 7 February 2011, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749008895}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-31655-6 |title = Fiction Review: Sting of Death by Rebecca Tope, Author Minotaur Books… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201070509/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-31655-6 |archive-date=1 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}
• A Market for Murder Reprint edition 7 February 2011, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749008949}}

• The Windermere Witness 26 November 2012, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749012595}}
• The Ambleside Alibi 26 August 2013, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749012748}}
• The Coniston Case 24 July 2014, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749016159}}
• The Troutbeck Testimony 21 May 2015, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749018139}}
• The Hawkshead Hostage 19 May 2016, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749019891}}
• The Bowness Bequest 18 May 2017, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749021078}}
• The Staveley Suspect 19 April 2018, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749022396}}
• The Grasmere Grudge 21 March 2019, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749024307}}
• The Patterdale Plot 20 February 2020, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749025809}}
• ’’The Threlkeld Theory’’ 2022, Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749028619}}

Three novelisations of Rosemary and Thyme, credited to ITV series creator Brian Eastman, which were published in Britain by Allison and Busby and in Australia by Hardie Grant Books:

• And No Birds Sing (published in 2004, based on the pilot episode) Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749083410}}
• The Tree of Death (published in 2005, based on the final episode of Series 1) Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749081409}}
• Memory of Water (published in 2006, based on the feature-length opening episode of Series 2) Allison & Busby {{ISBN|978-0749081270}}

• 2009 Longlisted for Crimefest (International Crime Fiction Convention) "Sounds of Crime (unabridged)" for Blood in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon){{cite web|url=http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2009.html |title=crime fiction convention in Bristol, UK |publisher=Crimefest |year=2009 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}
• 2010 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for Fear in the Cotswolds
• 2010 Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for Slaughter in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon){{cite web|url=http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2010.html |title=crime fiction convention in Bristol, UK |publisher=Crimefest |year=2010 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}
• 2011 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for A Grave in the Cotswolds
• 2011 Longlisted for Crimefest "Sounds of Crime longlist – unabridged" for A Grave in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon){{cite web|url=http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2011.html |title=crime fiction convention in Bristol, UK |publisher=Crimefest |year=2010 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}
• 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "Audible Sounds of Crime" for Deception in the Cotswolds (read by Caroline Lennon)
• 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "Goldsboro Last Laugh Award" for Deception in the Cotswolds
• 2012 Longlisted for Crimefest "eDunnit Award" for Deception in the Cotswolds{{cite web|url=http://www.crimefest.com/awards_2012.html |title=crime fiction convention in Bristol, UK |publisher=Crimefest |year=2012 |accessdate=2012-10-08}}

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