The author of the bestselling The Night Ship switches genres with a thoroughly enjoyable slice of period cosy crime, as a former nun begins to harbour suspicions about her fellow lodgers in a 1950s coastal guest house.
The first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen.
'Somewhere in the north, a religious community meets for Vespers. Here on the southeast coast, Nora Breen prepares for braised liver and a dining room full of strangers.'
After thirty years in a convent, Nora Breen has thrown off her habit and set her sights on the seaside town of Gore-on-Sea. Why there? Why now? Instinct tells her it's better not to reveal her reasons right now. She takes a room at Gulls Nest guest house and settles in to watch and listen.
Over disappointing - and sometimes downright inedible - dinners, Nora realises that she was right to keep quiet: her fellow lodgers are hiding something. At long last, she has found an outlet for her powers of observation and, well, nosiness: there is a mystery to solve, and she is the only person for the job.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571378944
Number of pages: 352
Dimensions: 234 x 153 mm
Edition: Main
A Wonderful start to a new series of cosy crime thrillers and Murder at Gulls Nest was a joy from start to finish.
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