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A Stone's Throw?
Stone Dead
Blood from a Stone

Carole's are good because they cross the pond. I like Busman's Holiday because it brings a smile and a knowing nod from me and maybe others! But does the wider world use it?

Woman Scorned - does that give too much away?

Alex,

Scorned women are found in a number of other titles, so I wouldn't go with that merely to avoid confusion. Carol's suggestion of "A Stone's Throw" is good.

For a blurb, I threw this together as a first cut. Admittedly I don't know many of the details of the story, but if you think it fits maybe this can be a starting point:

Finding a dead body really ruins your holiday.

During a much-needed break in Devon, Inspector Nathan Stone discovers the hotel owner's wife [name] murdered. What's worse, the murder weapon is found in Nathan's room! When, adding insult to injury, a violent storm cuts off access to the village, he becomes both suspect and investigator, charged with ferreting out the truth. Then a second murder drives home a frightening fact: Nathan, the other guests, and the staff are sharing a roof with a hate-filled killer who will stop at nothing to exact revenge . . . and to prevent Inspector Stone from discovering the truth.

I like A Stones Throw. You haven’t had one with him in the title yet.

I like Blood from a Stone cause he struggling too.

sounds good.

and have fun while doing it!! lol

Alex wrote: "That is a great starting point, Dale, thank you so much. It would require a bit of tweaking because Stone isn't the one that discovers the first body, but it gives me something to work with."

You're quite welcome. Here's a tweak to deal with that one issue:

During a much-needed break in Devon, Inspector Nathan Stone is forced back to work. The hotel owner's wife [name] is found murdered. Worse, the murder weapon is found in Nathan's room! Adding insult to injury, when a violent storm cuts off access to the village, he becomes both suspect and investigator, charged with ferreting out the truth. And then a second murder drives home a frightening fact: Nathan, the other guests, and the hotel staff are sharing a roof with a hate-filled killer who will stop at nothing to exact revenge . . . and to prevent Inspector Stone from discovering the truth.

You're quite welcome, Alex. I've had some experience at it, and there are others here, I've noticed, who are very good at it too. Maybe some of them will chime in when they can.