A Field Guide to Death and Deceit

Name: A Field Guide to Death and Deceit
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ISBN: 9798892426787

A Novel

Michelle L. Cullen

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Crooked Lane Books
13 October 2026

Crime & Mystery

Widower and anthropologist Harry Lancaster and his Gen Z colleague Emma are back for more murder and mayhem when they stumble upon a dead farmer.

This delightful sequel to A Field Guide to Murder is perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Benjamin Stevenson.

When an odd request leads Harry Lancaster to agree to meet his former

sweetheart Willow at a farm on the outskirts of town, Emma's suspicions

run high, and she insists on joining him. Instead of Willow greeting

them when they arrive, they discover the farm's owner dead, with a corn

rake embedded in his back.

After being interrogated by

the police, Harry and Emma return to his home to find a bereft Willow,

who admits she lost her life savings in a real estate scam involving the

farm. Worried Willow will become the main murder suspect, Harry decides

to help her, despite Emma's concerns.

To bring the

swindlers-and murderer-to justice, Harry recruits his potentially shady,

financial-whiz brother and a neighborhood teenage hacker. Then Willow's

realtor is declared missing, and Harry's brother is caught up in the

fray.

As Harry, Emma, and team unearth clues, they

increasingly dodge the police, stalkers, and danger in their race to

save Willow and Harry's brother before anyone else turns up dead.

By: Michelle L. Cullen
Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 139mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9798892426787
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 13 October 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Michelle L. Cullen has lived, traveled, and studied all over the world, from working as a (decent if powered by enough espresso) bilingual secretary in Paris; to backpacking around Europe, Central America; and Southern Africa, to helping rebuild communities after war throughout Africa, East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific. She earned her master's degree in anthropology at Melbourne University in Australia and her PhD in sociology at the London School of Economics in England. A fan of adventure, she has a black belt in Taekwondo, has summited nine-hundred-feet rock climbing, and has flown a helicopter (once, during a lesson, for five terrifying minutes). She currently lives in Annapolis, Maryland, where she's either doing yoga, playing outside, or plotting murder.