The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone
$21.25
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2025
Summary
Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops.
“When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that we’d never compete with Amazon. The one thing they didn’t warn us about was the murders …”
Introducing … the Bookshop …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776951307 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1776951301 |
| Author: | Gareth and Louise Ward, Louise Ward |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 287g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Gareth and Louise Ward
Gareth and Louise Ward are the real-life owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books, with stores in Havelock North and Napier, New Zealand. Louise is known among the staff as Fearless Leader and Gareth as a bit of a dick; he is, however, the author of the Tarquin the Honest and The Rise of the Remarkables book series, as well as being the bestselling and award-winning author of The Traitor and the Thief and The Clockill and the Thief.
Gareth and Louise met at police training college in the UK and are both ex-coppers. Louise has one murder arrest to her name, is an English Literature Graduate and as an ex-teacher inflicted Shakespeare on inner-city twelve-year-olds. She regularly reviews books on RNZ.
Both are obsessed with their rescue dog Stevie, avoid housework and gardening, and live in the cultural centre of the universe that is Hawke’s Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Bookshop Detectives is Gareth and Louise’s first book together.
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