Murder on the Downs

British author Julie Wassmer was born in the East End of London, studied at Kingston University and had a variety of different jobs before becoming a television drama writer. She has worked on various series including ITV's London's Burning, C5's Family Affairs and BBC's Eastenders, which she worked on for 20 years. In 2010, her first book More Than Just Coincidence, a memoir, entered the Sunday Times bestselling Non Fiction Top Twenty upon publication and went on to become Mumsnet Book of the Year. In 2015, Wassmer's debut crime novel, The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, was published. Numerous other books in the Whitstable Pearl series have followed: #10 in the series, Murder at the Allotment, came out in 2024. The books have been adapted for TV as the Whitstable Pearl series for the streaming channel Acorn TV; the third season screened in 2024.

Karen Cass is an experienced actor in the theatre, advertisement and audiobooks, having recorded over a hundred and fifty titles during her career for various publishers. She also acted with the Cambridge Footlights and worked as a presenter for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. Some of her audiobook narrations include the Lady Eleanor Swift Mysteries by Verity Bright, The Other Wife by Claire McGowan and Your Place or Mine? by Portia MacIntosh.