MURDER AT GULL'S NEST

After 30 years in a convent, Nora Breen has thrown off her habit. Her fellow sister Frieda has gone missing and it's up to Nora to find her. The only clue is that Frieda was last seen at Gull's Nest boarding house, so she travels to the seaside town of Gore-on-Sea, takes a room and settles in to watch and listen. Over dubious and sometimes downright inedible dinners, Nora gathers evidence about her other lodgers. At long last she has found an outlet for her powers of observation and, well, nosiness. When one of the lodgers is found dead, Nora decides she must find the murderer, not least because she suspects the victim knew Frieda. Could solving this mystery help her to understand what has happened to her friend? With her understated genius, wit and guts, this is a 1950s seaside mystery which will keep readers guessing until the end with our new favourite character. Richard Armitage said, 'A gothic house, a retired nun and vivid nostalgic stalk through the murky quagmire of murder.' 331 pages in very large softback with fairly large print.