Bookshop owner Flora Steele escapes the sleepy English village of Abbeymead through the adventures in the stories she sells.
There are many twists and turns that will keep you turning the page until the end .\' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.
Entertaining and interesting characters.
Grabs you from the first page. highly recommend .\' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \'A roller coaster of suspense and intrigue.
Deserving of its 5 stars ... so many twists and turns that kept me guessing most of the way through . a page-turner .\' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ \'Love ... the tension builds and builds right up to the last chapter ...
Why readers love Merryn Allingham: \'Excellent ...
An utterly addictive story that will have you guessing until the very end.
Fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Joy Ellis will love this perfect cozy murder mystery novel.
The start of a brand-new murder mystery series featuring Bookshop owner Flora Steele and crime writer Jack Carrington.
And they soon realise there\'s more than one person hiding secrets in Abbeymead...
As the unlikely duo set about investigating the baffling case, guilty faces greet them at every door.
But are the two deaths connected? And is someone at the hotel responsible - the nervous cook, the money-obsessed receptionist, or the formidable manageress? Determined to save her beloved bookshop\'s reputation and solve the murder mystery, Flora enlists the help of handsome and brooding Jack Carrington: crime writer, recluse and her most reliable customer.
But who is he? How did he come to be killed in Flora\'s ordinary little bookshop? Flora finds out he was staying at the Priory Hotel, and when the gardener suddenly dies in its beautiful grounds only a few days later, she is certain that something untoward is happening in her quiet village by the sea.
His hand reached out to the scattered pages, as though he was trying to tell her something.
The young man with the shock of white-blond hair lay spread-eagled on the floor, surrounded by fallen books.
Until one morning, everything changes when she discovers a body amongst her own bookshelves...
Bookshop owner Flora Steele escapes the sleepy English village of Abbeymead through the adventures in the stories she sells
