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y separately published work icon The Tea Ladies single work   novel   crime  
Is part of A Tea Ladies Mystery Amanda Hampson , 2023 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 The Tea Ladies
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'A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties, ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus. She keeps everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965- After a chance encounter with a stranger, mild-mannered tea lady Hazel Bates becomes an accidental sleuth, stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman she believes to be in danger. In the meantime, Hazel's job at Empire Fashionwear is in jeopardy. The firm has turned out the same frocks and blouses for the past twenty years and when the mini-skirt bursts onto the scene, it rocks the rag trade to its foundations. War breaks out between departments and it falls to Hazel, the quiet diplomat, to broker peace and save the firm. When there is a murder in the building, Hazel and her network of tea ladies put themselves in danger as they piece together clues that connect the murder to a nearby arson and a kidnapping. But if there's one thing tea ladies can handle, it's hot water.'

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2023 .
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      Extent: 384p.
      Reprinted: 3 Jan 2024
      Note/s:
      •  Published 25 April 2023

      ISBN: 9781761043857
Form: audiobook

Other Formats

  • Braille.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Large print.
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