June, 1870. The author Charles Dickens has been found dead in his summerhouse where he had been working on his final, unfinished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Did he die of natural causes - or is there something more sinister behind his sudden demise. Private investigators Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired to find out.
The Sunday Times top ten bestseller. A wise and witty exploration of suburbia from music icon Tracey Thorn; singer-songwriter and bestselling author of Bedsit Disco Queen
When Vivian Borne - true-crime writer, antiques dealer and drama queen - and her co-author daughter Brandy travel to London in luxury to meet their new editor, they don't predict their vacation will end in murder . . . but, plunged into a complex mystery, they have no choice but to carry on.
When Vivian Borne - true-crime writer, antiques dealer and drama queen - and her co-author daughter Brandy travel to London in luxury to meet their new editor, they don't predict their vacation will end in murder . . . but, plunged into a complex mystery, they have no choice but to carry on.
When long-suffering antiques store owner Brandy Borne is rudely awoken by her eccentric mother, Vivian, and invited on a late-night, surreptitious shopping trip, the idea is less than tempting. But she smells trouble, and soon the mother and daughter sleuths aren't just buying dead stock at the dead of night - they're finding dead bodies too ...