PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Harbinder Kaur has left Sussex for London and a promotion. Only a few days into her new job, she is handed an important case - a prominent politician has turned up dead in suspicious circumstances at his school reunion. As it turns out, one of her colleagues went to the same school, knew him well and was present at the party. She also has a dark secret concerning the man. Then another of the same friendship group is killed - and he knew Cassie's secret. Told through three different voices, this is a compelling police procedural with red herrings strewn everywhere and the obligatory didn't-see-that-coming conclusion. You don't need to have read the previous two Harbinder Kaur novels as the setting and characters are different, but if you have then you'll enjoy seeing Harbinder come into her own! Lindy
A propulsive new thriller set in London featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur from the author of the No 1 bestselling Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries. A murderer hides in plain sight - in the police.
Elly Griffiths is the bestselling author of the Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries and the Brighton Mysteries. She has won the CWA Dagger in the Library, has been shortlisted five times for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for The Lantern Men. Her new series featuring Detective Harbinder Kaur began with The Stranger Diaries, which was a Richard and Judy book club pick and won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in the USA. The Postscript Murders followed and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Elly lives near Brighton with her archaeologist husband.
ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK ----- Harbinder Kaur has left Sussex for London and a promotion. Only a few days into her new job, she is handed an important case - a prominent politician has turned up dead in suspicious circumstances at his school reunion. As it turns out, one of her colleagues went to the same school, knew him well and was present at the party. She also has a dark secret concerning the man. Then another of the same friendship group is killed - and he knew Cassie's secret. Told through three different voices, this is a compelling police procedural with red herrings strewn everywhere and the obligatory didn't-see-that-coming conclusion. You don't need to have read the previous two Harbinder Kaur novels as the setting and characters are different, but if you have then you'll enjoy seeing Harbinder come into her own! Lindy
As ever, Griffiths skilfully blends complex plotting with a cast of wonderfully vivid characters * Mail on Sunday * This standalone thriller is a page-turner with an engaging cast of characters. It provides an enjoyable take on the classic killer-at-a-school-reunion, horror-movie trope, before delivering a jaw-dropping twist * Sunday Express * Witty takes on life, love and relationships pepper the novel and make the plot all the more appealing * Belfast Telegraph * The third outing for Detective Harbinder Kaur, this is an easy-to-read, rewarding mystery * Best * Filled with Griffiths's trademark good humour, this is not only a well-researched police procedural but also a very comforting novel * Literary Review * Once again Elly Griffiths has created an ingenious mystery with hidden depths * The Times * A tightly paced, character-driven book * Woman & Home * A cleverly plotted page-turner that's well up to Griffiths's vertiginously high standard * Guardian *
