
Six Motives for Murder
$26.58
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
6 August 2024
Summary
Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers’ - DAILY MAIL
A charming historical mystery set in 1960s Yorkshire, starring prisoner governor and amateur sleuth Nell Lewis. This is the perfect page-turner if you love Agatha Christie and Jacqueline Winspear.
Yorkshire, 1969. Nell Lewis is four months into her new role as governor of HMP Brackerley when the prison takes on a catering contract for Brackerley village’s wedding of the year.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349431994 |
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| ISBN-10: | 034943199X |
| Author: | Frances Brody |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 6 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 240g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 124mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Brackerley Prison Mysteries |
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Critics Review
Praise for Frances Brody:Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers * Daily Mail *Has a charm, and mystery, all of its own * The Times *Brody’s writing is like her central character Kate Shackleton: witty, acerbic and very, very perceptive – Ann CleevesKate Shackleton is a splendid heroine – Ann GrangerWith a competent, dynamic and likeable heroine, and an environment packed with stories great and small, it’s hard to see how this series would fail * Morning Star *Delightful * People’s Friend *Frances Brody matches a heroine of free and independent spirit with a vivid evocation of time and place … a novel to cherish – Barry Turner * Daily Mail *
About The Author
Frances Brody
Frances Brody is the author of twelve Kate Shackleton mysteries and three historical novels. Frances began her writing career in radio and has also written for theatre and television. Her novel Sisters on Bread Street won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. A Woman Unknown was shortlisted for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse. Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
Frances lived in New York for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, and reading English Literature and History at York University.
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