The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone (NZ Author/Topic)

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When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that wed made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that wed never compete with the evil Amazon. The one thing they didnt warn us about was the murders

Introducing...the Bookshop Detectives!

When a mystery parcel arrives at Sherlock Tomes bookshop in small-town Havelock North, New Zealand, husband-and-wife owners Garth and Eloise (and their petrified pooch, Stevie) are drawn into the baffling case of a decades-old missing schoolgirl.

Intrigued by the puzzling, bookish clues the two ex-cops are soon tangled in a web of crime, drugs, and floral decapitations, while endeavouring to pull off the international celebrity book launch of the century.

With their beloved shop on the chopping block and the sinister suspect who forced them to run away from Blighty reemerging from the shadows, have Garth and Eloise Sherlock finally met their Moriarty

For once, the cover copy is no exaggeration: Diary of a Bookseller really does meet Thursday Murder Club meets Bookseller at the End of the World in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, comedic insights and the kinds of Kiwis you only ever meet in bookshops.

A page-turning joy, bursting with intrigue, fun and humanity. Charity Norman

Fun and twisty. the only two crime writers I know who have actually solved murders. Michael Bennett

At last! A book that kept me guessing until the end, and in the perfect setting. How could I, or anyone who loves bookshops, resist Ruth Shaw