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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The story caught my attention at once and held it until I finished the book in one setting.’ Betty
A DELICIOUSLY QUIRKY COZY MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS BY A BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
Meet Bea Abbot. Life in leafy Kensington should be all Georgian houses, beautiful parks and charming tea shops. But it turns out there are plenty of murders to solve for our amateur sleuth.
Attending a birthday celebration at the home of an old friend, Bea can’t help a shiver of foreboding when she notices they are thirteen at dinner. She’s not superstitious, but she has a bad feeling about the evening.
Suddenly there’s a loud bang — and the dining room curtain goes up in flames.
Pandemonium follows: the house is plunged into darkness, the host is rushed to hospital, the nanny breaks her leg. As Bea races through the smoke-filled rooms to find the survivors, she wonders if the fire was started deliberately . . . If so, who was the intended target?
In the days that follow, a number of the dinner party guests begin to die in seemingly accidental but very convenient ways — and Bea finds herself in the middle of a mystery which grows more dangerous by the minute.
A charming cozy murder mystery packed with wit and intrigue. Fans of Richard Osman, M.C. Beaton, the Reverend Richard Coles and Jane Adams will love this unputdownable mystery.
READERS LOVE THE ABBOT AGENCY MYSTERIES:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heley’s Bea Abbot series has proven most addictive . . . I finish one Bea Abbot novel and immediately embark on the next!’ Ivonne R.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If you love clever whodunnits, you will love these!’ Pamela G.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I'm really enjoying getting to know Bea and her wonderful, extended family. The mysteries surrounding them are fun and intriguing.’ Linda
ABOUT THE DETECTIVE
Sixty-something Bea Abbot is recently widowed and newly returned to London after taking an around-the-world trip with her late husband, Hamilton, one he never finished. Heartbroken but determined, she must decide what to do with her husband's business. The Abbot Agency is an exclusive organisation which handles domestic crises such as house clearances, staff problems and entertaining. Bea is tempted to sell up and settle for a quiet life — a move urged upon her by her MP son Max and his socially ambitious wife Nicole. Bea can’t think of a better way to spend her sunset years, that is until she ends up investigating murders . . .
ALSO BY VERONICA HELEY
THE BEA ABBOT AGENCY MYSTERIES
Book 1: A FALSE CHARITY
Book 2: A FALSE PICTURE
Book 3: A FALSE STEP
Book 4: A FALSE PRETENCE
Book 5: FALSE MONEY
Book 6: A FALSE REPORT
Book 7: A FALSE ALARM
Book 8: A FALSE DIAMOND
Book 9: A FALSE IMPRESSION
Book 10: A FALSE WALL
Book 11: A FALSE FIRE
Genre: Mystery
A DELICIOUSLY QUIRKY COZY MYSTERY FULL OF TWISTS AND TURNS BY A BESTSELLING AUTHOR.
Meet Bea Abbot. Life in leafy Kensington should be all Georgian houses, beautiful parks and charming tea shops. But it turns out there are plenty of murders to solve for our amateur sleuth.
Attending a birthday celebration at the home of an old friend, Bea can’t help a shiver of foreboding when she notices they are thirteen at dinner. She’s not superstitious, but she has a bad feeling about the evening.
Suddenly there’s a loud bang — and the dining room curtain goes up in flames.
Pandemonium follows: the house is plunged into darkness, the host is rushed to hospital, the nanny breaks her leg. As Bea races through the smoke-filled rooms to find the survivors, she wonders if the fire was started deliberately . . . If so, who was the intended target?
In the days that follow, a number of the dinner party guests begin to die in seemingly accidental but very convenient ways — and Bea finds herself in the middle of a mystery which grows more dangerous by the minute.
A charming cozy murder mystery packed with wit and intrigue. Fans of Richard Osman, M.C. Beaton, the Reverend Richard Coles and Jane Adams will love this unputdownable mystery.
READERS LOVE THE ABBOT AGENCY MYSTERIES:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Heley’s Bea Abbot series has proven most addictive . . . I finish one Bea Abbot novel and immediately embark on the next!’ Ivonne R.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘If you love clever whodunnits, you will love these!’ Pamela G.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I'm really enjoying getting to know Bea and her wonderful, extended family. The mysteries surrounding them are fun and intriguing.’ Linda
ABOUT THE DETECTIVE
Sixty-something Bea Abbot is recently widowed and newly returned to London after taking an around-the-world trip with her late husband, Hamilton, one he never finished. Heartbroken but determined, she must decide what to do with her husband's business. The Abbot Agency is an exclusive organisation which handles domestic crises such as house clearances, staff problems and entertaining. Bea is tempted to sell up and settle for a quiet life — a move urged upon her by her MP son Max and his socially ambitious wife Nicole. Bea can’t think of a better way to spend her sunset years, that is until she ends up investigating murders . . .
ALSO BY VERONICA HELEY
THE BEA ABBOT AGENCY MYSTERIES
Book 1: A FALSE CHARITY
Book 2: A FALSE PICTURE
Book 3: A FALSE STEP
Book 4: A FALSE PRETENCE
Book 5: FALSE MONEY
Book 6: A FALSE REPORT
Book 7: A FALSE ALARM
Book 8: A FALSE DIAMOND
Book 9: A FALSE IMPRESSION
Book 10: A FALSE WALL
Book 11: A FALSE FIRE
Genre: Mystery
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