A Deadly Discovery: A charming and addictive new cosy Golden Age mystery!
Sep 2024 · Hachette UK
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✨ One priceless artefact.
🔍 Two unlikely sleuths.
📚 A murder stranger than fiction.
'Utterly charming and expertly plotted with twists I genuinely never saw coming!' Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates
*Book 1 in a gripping new bookish cosy crime series - perfect for fans of The Three Dahlias, The Mitford Murders and golden age crime.*
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In the shadow of Lewes castle lies buried an ancient tablet. Hours after discovering it, dashing local archaeologist Gideon Rivers is dead.
Writer Virginia Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa, both know firsthand that it doesn't take much to cause a stir in town. And when Gideon returned home from a dig in Syria with a glamourous Parisian heiress on his arm, all eyes were on him.
But who would have conspired to murder such a charming young man? There are more suspects in his circle than it first seems: an ambitious fiancée, a jealous best friend, and a string of scorned former lovers.
With the police chasing false leads and the murderer hunting down a second victim - one far closer to home - Ginny and Nessa are forced to take investigations into their own hands.
Solving this mystery calls for a little creativity . . .
PRE-ORDER THE NEXT WOOLF & BELL MYSTERY NOW! A LETHAL COCKTAIL - COMING SPRING 2025
READERS LOVE WOOLF & BELL:
'A delightful start to a new series'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Enjoyable and entertaining'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy murder mystery and would highly recommend'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Looking forward to reading more Woolf & Bell Mysteries'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I cannot wait to read the rest of the series'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A strong start to the Woolf & Bell Mysteries series, it had everything I was looking for'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
🔍 Two unlikely sleuths.
📚 A murder stranger than fiction.
'Utterly charming and expertly plotted with twists I genuinely never saw coming!' Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates
*Book 1 in a gripping new bookish cosy crime series - perfect for fans of The Three Dahlias, The Mitford Murders and golden age crime.*
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In the shadow of Lewes castle lies buried an ancient tablet. Hours after discovering it, dashing local archaeologist Gideon Rivers is dead.
Writer Virginia Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa, both know firsthand that it doesn't take much to cause a stir in town. And when Gideon returned home from a dig in Syria with a glamourous Parisian heiress on his arm, all eyes were on him.
But who would have conspired to murder such a charming young man? There are more suspects in his circle than it first seems: an ambitious fiancée, a jealous best friend, and a string of scorned former lovers.
With the police chasing false leads and the murderer hunting down a second victim - one far closer to home - Ginny and Nessa are forced to take investigations into their own hands.
Solving this mystery calls for a little creativity . . .
PRE-ORDER THE NEXT WOOLF & BELL MYSTERY NOW! A LETHAL COCKTAIL - COMING SPRING 2025
READERS LOVE WOOLF & BELL:
'A delightful start to a new series'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Enjoyable and entertaining'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy murder mystery and would highly recommend'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Looking forward to reading more Woolf & Bell Mysteries'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I cannot wait to read the rest of the series'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A strong start to the Woolf & Bell Mysteries series, it had everything I was looking for'
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Ratings and reviews
4.5
2 reviews
Alison Robinson
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September 27, 2024
Three and a half stars. I'll say straight off that I've never warmed to Virginia Woolf or her writing so she was going to be a difficult character for me to like. However, my issue with this book was that it wasn't sure whether it wanted to be a fictional story about the Woolfs and the Bells, with lots of detail about the décor in Nessa's house and their friends, or a cosy mystery and it sort of fell between two stools for me. Loved the cover. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.
julia day
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October 21, 2024
What a fabulous novel! The period details of Bloomsbury Set sister sleuths Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell are perfect. I felt totally transported to twenties Sussex, and captivated by the twists and turns of Ciar Byrne’s very clever plot. Murder? Yes. But there’s no grim exploitation or gratuitous grisly gore here. There’s heaps of fun to be had, romping around Lewes on the trail of a killer with Ginny and Nessa. And it kept me guessing right to the end. Can’t wait for the next book!
About the author
Ciar Byrne is a freelance gardening writer for the Daily Mail and The Lady magazine, and has previously worked on staff for The Independent, The Guardian and Private Eye. She lives in Lewes, East Sussex, where The Woolf & Bell Mysteries are set, with her husband and three children, and volunteered in the garden at Charleston Farmhouse, where Vanessa Bell lived.
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