Searching for your new favourite detectives? Meet Ursula and Pandora Smart, two sharp-tongued crime lovers turned amateur sleuths . . .

***Winner of the People’s Book Prize for Fiction 2021***

One award-winning author. Five wickedly witty whodunnits. The Golden Age of murder mystery brought bang up to date.

“An unusual and enjoyable take on the classic-style country house mystery. It kept me guessing to the end.” Faith Martin, bestselling author

Meet the Smarts
Dreamy young bookworm Ursula Smart is never happier than when she has her nose in a baffling murder mystery. She dreams of being a bestselling crime writer, but to save money while she pens her masterpiece, she moves back in with her bossy mother Pandora. On the plus side, she can wander the dusty shelves of her mother's antique bookshop for inspiration. There’s even a book club for her to join. But not everyone in the group is friendly. At least one member is hiding a shocking secret . . .

Ursula’s acid-tongued mother, Pandora Smart, spends her time managing her beloved bookstore and writing her blog, Death Smarts, where she reveals the family’s close encounters with death. But despite her disapproval of her relatives’ exploits, especially those of Ursula and her formidable Aunt Charlotte, Pandora would risk her life for her family and is all too often called upon to do just that.