Back home in PA there was a bar down the road called the Wayside Inn. I think it was the only bar for miles around that I never entered. I went past it daily for years growing up but never set foot in the place.
But for the Grace by Peter Grainger. @petitepedal would like this series. A lot like Louise Penny and her Inspector Gamache series. This is set in an English coastal town and stars Detective Sergeant David Smith.