Frances Brody book signing

The fourth fantastically quirky crime novel featuring amateur sleuth extraordinaire Kate ShackletonThe Woman Unknown: Deirdre Fitzpatrick is married to a man who wants to know where she really goes when supposedly taking care of her sick mother and calls on the expertise of Kate Shackleton, amateur sleuth extraordinaire to investigate.

The Gentleman: Everett Runcie is a banker facing ruin and disgrace. His American heiress wife will no longer pay for his mistakes, or tolerate his infidelity, and is seeking a divorce.

The Murder: When a chambermaid enters Runcie's hotel room, she is shocked to find that he is alone - and dead! Suddenly Kate is thrown into the depths of an altogether more sinister investigation. Can she uncover the truth of her most complex, and personal, case to date?Neatly plotted . . . a classic Golden Age whodunnit[An] engaging and resourceful 1920s heroine; a deftly constructed, intriguing period pieceFrances Brody is the author of three mysteries featuring Kate Shackleton as well as many stories and plays for BBC Radio, scripts for television and four sagas, one of which won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse, and Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.The fourth novel in the Kate Shackleton mystery series. Imagine Miss Marple in her youth!Set in the 1920s in Yorkshire, the stories are full of wonderful characters and colourful historical detailCosy crime fiction with an edgeWill appeal to fans of Jacqueline Winspear and Ann GrangerFrances was long-listed for the CWA Dagger in the Library 2012