Synopsis
'COSY CRIME AT ITS FINEST!' JANICE HALLETT
'THOROUGHLY MODERN COSY CRIME DONE RIGHT!' JONATHAN WHITELAW
Alice has made the most of her maternity leave, becoming simultaneously a proud mum (well, a mum, at least) and accidental amateur sleuth. When an opportunity to catch up on some much-needed sleep arrives in the unexpected form of an overnight sit-in protest, Alice and her friends willingly volunteer, chaining themselves to trees for a relaxing, child-free evening.
But when they awake to find one of their fellow protestors has been strangled, they are soon caught up in a tantrum of rogue artists, nude protesting (optional) and the machinations of an enigmatic local entrepreneur. With Alice's murder-solving success rate at an all-time high (one out of one), she cannot resist the chance to demonstrate her detectoring skills again, assembling her gang of young mums to investigate this latest countryside mystery.
'AILES ONCE AGAIN MARRIES QUICK WIT, SURPRISING REVEALS, AND CHARMING ANTICS' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
'MOTHERHOOD HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH MURDEROUS FUN' ANDREINA CORDANI
'THOROUGHLY MODERN COSY CRIME DONE RIGHT!' JONATHAN WHITELAW
Alice has made the most of her maternity leave, becoming simultaneously a proud mum (well, a mum, at least) and accidental amateur sleuth. When an opportunity to catch up on some much-needed sleep arrives in the unexpected form of an overnight sit-in protest, Alice and her friends willingly volunteer, chaining themselves to trees for a relaxing, child-free evening.
But when they awake to find one of their fellow protestors has been strangled, they are soon caught up in a tantrum of rogue artists, nude protesting (optional) and the machinations of an enigmatic local entrepreneur. With Alice's murder-solving success rate at an all-time high (one out of one), she cannot resist the chance to demonstrate her detectoring skills again, assembling her gang of young mums to investigate this latest countryside mystery.
'AILES ONCE AGAIN MARRIES QUICK WIT, SURPRISING REVEALS, AND CHARMING ANTICS' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
'MOTHERHOOD HAS NEVER BEEN SUCH MURDEROUS FUN' ANDREINA CORDANI
Details
06 June 2024
352 pages
9781804180938
Imprint: Zaffre
Reviews
“Cosy crime at its finest”Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal, Janice Hallett, author of The Appeal
“Ailes is at the top of her game here. Delightfully deadly with a panache all of its own. Thoroughly modern cosy crime done right!”Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives, Jonathan Whitelaw, author of The Bingo Hall Detectives
“A charming, well-crafted murder mystery with a clever twist and witty observations of British summers, parenthood and peril.”Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, bestselling author of A Murder of Crows, Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, bestselling author of A Murder of Crows
“Brilliantly plotted and very, very funny, this is a murderously good summer read”CJ Wray, author of The Excitements, CJ Wray, author of The Excitements
