The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl Gone

The Bookshop Detectives 1: Dead Girl GoneCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781776951307 Format: B format paperback Year: 2025 Publisher: Penguin NZ Description: 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.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781776951307
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2025
Publisher: Penguin NZ


Description:
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 Detectives!




When a mystery parcel arrives at Sherlock Tomes bookshop in small-town Havelock North, New Zealand, husband-and-wife owners Garth and Eloise (and their petrified pooch, Stevie) are drawn into the baffling case of a decades-old missing schoolgirl.




Intrigued by the puzzling, bookish clues the two ex-cops are soon tangled in a web of crime, drugs, and floral decapitations, while endeavouring to pull off the international celebrity book launch of the century.




With their beloved shop on the chopping block and the sinister suspect who forced them to run away from Blighty reemerging from the shadows, have Garth and Eloise Sherlock finally met their Moriarty?




For once, the cover copy is no exaggeration- Diary of a Bookseller really does meet Thursday Murder Club meets Bookseller at the End of the World in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, comedic insights and the kinds of Kiwis you only ever meet in bookshops.




'A page-turning joy, bursting with intrigue, fun and humanity.' - Charity Norman


'Fun and twisty. -the only two crime write