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  Description Molly the Maid is used to being invisible. But it's time for her to shine in a brand new mystery… **AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** *THE SPARKLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF  THE MAID* ––––– Molly the maid is no stranger to secrets… She sees everything behind closed doors at the Regency Grand hotel: wiping away the dust and grime of guests passing through. But one secret lies much closer to home. An old trinket – a  faux  Fabergé egg – is revealed to be a precious antique during an appraisal at the hotel, making Molly a rags-to-riches sensation. But no sooner has the egg shown its value than it’s stolen: vanishing without a trace. Determined to crack the case of the missing Fabergé, Molly begins dusting for clues – uncovering a mystery that stretches deep into the past. For in the pages of a long-forgotten diary, written by her late gran, lie the secrets that could unlock all others – and only Molly holds the key… Review This is the th...

  Description This is a murder mystery.  This is a story about love.  Or is it? . . . Fair Play is the puzzle-box story of two competing tales that brilliantly lay bare the real truth of life - the terrifying mystery of grief. 'A treat – clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death'  Paul Murray, author of  THE BEE STING 'Dazzling, formally subversive, brimming with compassion'  Colin Walsh, author of  KALA Abigail and her brother Benjamin have always been close. To celebrate his birthday, Abigail hires a grand old house and gathers their friends together for a murder mystery party. As the night goes on, they drink too much and play games. Relationships are forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses someone they shouldn’t, someone else’s heart is broken. In the morning, everyone wakes up – except Benjamin. Suddenly everything is not...

  Description The follow-up to the bestselling Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice to Murderers Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Vera Wong is perfectly content as a teashop owner. She is definitely not seeking opportunities for amateur sleuthing. But what else is she to do when a distressed woman called Millie asks for her help? Okay, perhaps Vera wheedled the story out of her. And maybe the case file for Millie’s missing friend Thomas didn’t exactly fall into her lap. Everyone knows a locked briefcase is just asking to be opened by someone handy with a hairpin. Not even the aroma of chrysanthemum tea can stop Vera from catching the scent of this mystery. However dangerous it is, Vera intends to uncover the truth in the only way that this Chinese mother knows how: by spilling the tea. ‘I thoroughly loved it. With a Vera in your life nothing bad can ever happen!’  J. M. Hall, bestselling author of  A Spoonful of Murder ‘Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. C...