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''The Hope Stapleton Mysteries'' are a series of historical mysteries by Caroline Dunford. They're a sequel series to the ''Euphemia Martins Mysteries''.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows Hope Stapleton, Euphemia's daughter, as she follows in her mother's footsteps as a detective. Dealing with disappearances, deaths, unexplained events, and possible spies and saboteurs is all in a day's work for Hope.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows Hope Stapleton, Euphemia's daughter, as she follows in her mother's footsteps as a detective. Dealing with disappearances, deaths, unexplained events, and possible spies and saboteurs is all in a day's work for Hope.
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''The Hope Stapleton Stapleford Mysteries'' are a series of historical mysteries by Caroline Dunford. They're a sequel series to the ''Euphemia Martins Mysteries''.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows HopeStapleton, Stapleford, Euphemia's daughter, as she follows in her mother's footsteps as a detective. Dealing with disappearances, deaths, unexplained events, and possible spies and saboteurs is all in a day's work for Hope.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows Hope
** Collins' death. [[spoiler: Hamish drops a spider down his collar, knowing he's an arachnophobe. He only wants to scare Collins, not kill him. Unfortunately, Collins decides to go flying. He only notices the spider while he's coming in to land. He panics, loses control of the plane, and is killed in the crash.]]
* BusCrash: [[spoiler: Bernie disappears half-way through the second book. She's absent for the first half of the third book, and then Hope gets a telegram informing her of Bernie's death.]]
* KilledOffScreen: Hope's father dies early in the third book. [[spoiler: Hamish dies between the last chapter and the epilogue.]]
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: [[spoiler: Cole tells Hope that Eric/Fitzroy is her biological father, and she was born after he had an affair with her already-married mother. Fitzroy denies this accusation and is furious that Hope would think so little of her own mother. Hope still has doubts, though, especially when Fitzroy marries Euphemia a few months after the death of Hope's father.]]
* ScoobyDooHoax: In ''Hope for Tomorrow'', the airbase believe they're being sabotaged by angry [[TheFairFolk faeries]]. Hope investigates and discovers the saboteurs are human, and the whole thing started as an attempt to cover up an AccidentalMurder.
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* SpinOffspring: Hope is the daughter of Euphemia Stapleton née Martins, heroine of the first series.
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* SpinOffspring: Hope is the daughter of Euphemia Stapleton Stapleford née Martins, heroine of the first series.
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''The Hope Stapleton Mysteries'' are a series of historical mysteries by Caroline Dunford. They're a sequel series to the ''Euphemia Martins Mysteries''.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows Hope Stapleton, Euphemia's daughter, as she follows in her mother's footsteps as a detective. Dealing with disappearances, deaths, unexplained events, and possible spies and saboteurs is all in a day's work for Hope.
As of 2024 there are four books in the series:
* ''Hope For the Innocent'' (2020)
* ''Hope to Survive'' (2021)
* ''Hope for Tomorrow'' (2022)
* ''Hope Under Fire'' (2024)
!!Contains examples of:
* AccidentalMurder:
** [[spoiler: Charlotte's]] death. The kidnappers only want to drug her by holding a cloth over her mouth. They accidentally suffocate her instead.
** Charlotte's kidnapper drops dead of a heart attack while being "interrogated" by Johnson. On the one hand, Johnson didn't do anything worse than slap him a few times. On the other, he had a weak heart and wouldn't have had a heart attack if it wasn't for the interrogation.
* AgeGapRomance:
** In the first book Bernie, a debutante in her twenties, has an affair with a man who's at least ten years older than her. [[spoiler: This is the ''least'' of the reasons he's unsuitable for her.]]
** In the second book Bernie marries Cedric, a widowed naval officer in his fifties.
* CasualDangerDialogue: The landing gear on Fitzroy's plane doesn't work, right when they're about to land in a field. Fitzroy asks Hope to check the instruments as calmly as if he does this every day.
* CriminallyAttractive: Bernie has a relationship with a man who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Nazi spy]].
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Fitzroy. Euphemia refuses to get in a car with him because of his dreadful driving. Even worse, he ''flies'' like this too.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: All of the debutantes have to curtsey when they're presented to the king and queen.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: ''Hope For the Innocent'' starts with Hope being presented at court. She and all the other debutantes wear fancy dresses complete with trains. Hope specifically mentions the train [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit makes it difficult to curtsey]]; all of the girls have to rehearse their curtsies before being presented.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Hope For the Innocent'': King George [=VI=] and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (referred to only as "the King" and "the Queen") have cameos. Oswald Molesley and his supporters are the villains. And of course, Hitler is a looming threat in the background.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Invoked: Cedric sleeps with Bernie then does the honourable thing and proposes to her. [[spoiler: Except he planned the whole thing because he knows Bernie will tell him important secrets.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Hope's godfather is known as Eric (which appears to be his real name) and Fitzroy (which is probably an alias). He also has a title (''probably'' his real title) and several other aliases. Justified because he's a spy.
* ImmediateSequel: ''Hope for Tomorrow'' starts at most a few hours after ''Hope to Survive'' ends.
* TheJeeves: Johnson, Hope's mechanic, is a rather darker example than most. He's equally at home driving Hope around the city and violently interrogating kidnappers.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Hope investigates mysteries before and during a world war, just like her mother did twenty years earlier.
* LikesOlderMen: Bernie has an affair with Paul, a crush on Eric, and gets engaged to Cedric. All of them are ''at least'' ten years older than her. In Eric and Cedric's cases, they're closer to twenty-five years older than her.
* LooseLips: Bernie is utterly incapable of keeping a secret, to Hope's despair. [[spoiler: Played for drama when Cedric gets engaged to her, knowing she'll tell him everything she hears.]]
* LovableRogue: Harvey, a con-man and Hope's reluctant assistant. In his own words, he's a bounder but not a cad.
* NoEscapeButDown: Harvey, who is currently wanted by the police, visits Hope and Bernie in their flat. The police come to arrest him. Hope delays them while Harvey makes his escape via the window... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but the police expected this and are waiting for him at the bottom.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Bernadette is always called Bernie.
* ProtagonistTitle [=/=] PunBasedTitle: All of the books' titles contain Hope's name.
* ShoutOut: Hope and her father discuss ''[[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Gaudy Night]]'' in the first book.
* SpinOffspring: Hope is the daughter of Euphemia Stapleton née Martins, heroine of the first series.
* TheSpymaster: Hope's godfather Eric, [=AKA=] Fitzroy. In addition to spying on the Germans, he recruits Hope to keep an eye on what's happening in parts of the British army.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: The first book is set in 1939, just before the war starts. The rest of the series is set during the war.
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''The Hope Stapleton Mysteries'' are a series of historical mysteries by Caroline Dunford. They're a sequel series to the ''Euphemia Martins Mysteries''.
Set before and during World War 2, the series follows Hope Stapleton, Euphemia's daughter, as she follows in her mother's footsteps as a detective. Dealing with disappearances, deaths, unexplained events, and possible spies and saboteurs is all in a day's work for Hope.
As of 2024 there are four books in the series:
* ''Hope For the Innocent'' (2020)
* ''Hope to Survive'' (2021)
* ''Hope for Tomorrow'' (2022)
* ''Hope Under Fire'' (2024)
!!Contains examples of:
* AccidentalMurder:
** [[spoiler: Charlotte's]] death. The kidnappers only want to drug her by holding a cloth over her mouth. They accidentally suffocate her instead.
** Charlotte's kidnapper drops dead of a heart attack while being "interrogated" by Johnson. On the one hand, Johnson didn't do anything worse than slap him a few times. On the other, he had a weak heart and wouldn't have had a heart attack if it wasn't for the interrogation.
* AgeGapRomance:
** In the first book Bernie, a debutante in her twenties, has an affair with a man who's at least ten years older than her. [[spoiler: This is the ''least'' of the reasons he's unsuitable for her.]]
** In the second book Bernie marries Cedric, a widowed naval officer in his fifties.
* CasualDangerDialogue: The landing gear on Fitzroy's plane doesn't work, right when they're about to land in a field. Fitzroy asks Hope to check the instruments as calmly as if he does this every day.
* CriminallyAttractive: Bernie has a relationship with a man who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Nazi spy]].
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Fitzroy. Euphemia refuses to get in a car with him because of his dreadful driving. Even worse, he ''flies'' like this too.
* EveryProperLadyShouldCurtsy: All of the debutantes have to curtsey when they're presented to the king and queen.
* GorgeousPeriodDress: ''Hope For the Innocent'' starts with Hope being presented at court. She and all the other debutantes wear fancy dresses complete with trains. Hope specifically mentions the train [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit makes it difficult to curtsey]]; all of the girls have to rehearse their curtsies before being presented.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: In ''Hope For the Innocent'': King George [=VI=] and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (referred to only as "the King" and "the Queen") have cameos. Oswald Molesley and his supporters are the villains. And of course, Hitler is a looming threat in the background.
* HonorableMarriageProposal: Invoked: Cedric sleeps with Bernie then does the honourable thing and proposes to her. [[spoiler: Except he planned the whole thing because he knows Bernie will tell him important secrets.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Hope's godfather is known as Eric (which appears to be his real name) and Fitzroy (which is probably an alias). He also has a title (''probably'' his real title) and several other aliases. Justified because he's a spy.
* ImmediateSequel: ''Hope for Tomorrow'' starts at most a few hours after ''Hope to Survive'' ends.
* TheJeeves: Johnson, Hope's mechanic, is a rather darker example than most. He's equally at home driving Hope around the city and violently interrogating kidnappers.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Hope investigates mysteries before and during a world war, just like her mother did twenty years earlier.
* LikesOlderMen: Bernie has an affair with Paul, a crush on Eric, and gets engaged to Cedric. All of them are ''at least'' ten years older than her. In Eric and Cedric's cases, they're closer to twenty-five years older than her.
* LooseLips: Bernie is utterly incapable of keeping a secret, to Hope's despair. [[spoiler: Played for drama when Cedric gets engaged to her, knowing she'll tell him everything she hears.]]
* LovableRogue: Harvey, a con-man and Hope's reluctant assistant. In his own words, he's a bounder but not a cad.
* NoEscapeButDown: Harvey, who is currently wanted by the police, visits Hope and Bernie in their flat. The police come to arrest him. Hope delays them while Harvey makes his escape via the window... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome but the police expected this and are waiting for him at the bottom.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Bernadette is always called Bernie.
* ProtagonistTitle [=/=] PunBasedTitle: All of the books' titles contain Hope's name.
* ShoutOut: Hope and her father discuss ''[[Literature/LordPeterWimsey Gaudy Night]]'' in the first book.
* SpinOffspring: Hope is the daughter of Euphemia Stapleton née Martins, heroine of the first series.
* TheSpymaster: Hope's godfather Eric, [=AKA=] Fitzroy. In addition to spying on the Germans, he recruits Hope to keep an eye on what's happening in parts of the British army.
* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII: The first book is set in 1939, just before the war starts. The rest of the series is set during the war.
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