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The Bookshop Murder (Flora Steele, #1)

The Bookshop Murder

Penned By Merryn Allingham
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The Bookshop Murder (Flora Steele, #1)

The Bookshop Murder

Penned By Merryn Allingham
4.85 63,624 Ratings
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Join Flora Steele – bookshop owner, bicycle-rider, day dreamer and amateur detective as she tackles her first case!Sussex, 1955: When Flora Steele opens up her bookshop one morning she’s in for the surprise of her life! Because there, amongst her bookcases, is the body of a young man, with a shock of white-blond hair. But who was he? And how did he come to be there?Determined to save her beloved bookshop’s reputation and solve the baffling mystery, Flora enlists the help of handsome and brooding Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.The unlikely duo set about investigating the extraordinary case, following a lead across the sleepy village of Abbeymead to The Priory Hotel. When the hotel’s gardener dies suddenly, and they find out their victim was staying there, Flora’s suspicions are raised.Are the two deaths connected? Is someone at the hotel responsible – the nervous cook, the money-obsessed receptionist, or the formidable manageress?As the trail of clues takes Flora and Jack all over the village itbecomes clear there’s more than one person hiding secrets in Abbeymead…But does Flora have what it takes to uncover the truth – or will her amateur sleuthing put her in harm’s way?

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Length 256 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Bookouture
Released July 26, 2021
Identifier (ISBN) 58087134
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Merryn Allingham is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Merryn Allingham can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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