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The Birthday Mystery
(2010)(Birthdays Can Be Murder)
(The first book in the Travelling Cook Mysteries series)A novel by Joyce Cato (Faith Martin)
From multi-million-selling Faith Martin, one of Britain’s best-loved mystery writers.
Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur sleuth.
Jenny Starling is catering the twenty-first birthday party of upper-class twins, Alicia and Justin.
Jenny arrives at their parents’ stunning country house and is immediately met by the police. A young man has drowned in the pond. Was it an accident . . . or murder?
But the birthday party must go ahead. Just after midnight, everyone gathers for a champagne toast — and one of the guests falls down dead. Everyone at the party becomes a suspect — and the police are completely baffled.
When someone adds an extra ingredient of poison to Jenny’s precious recipes, she will stop at nothing to find the culprit.
Jenny Starling must unmask a ruthless killer before more party guests die.
INCLUDES A BRILLIANT BONUS SHORT STORY THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
This delightful cozy mystery series is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, Richard Osman, the Rev Richard Coles, Janice Hallett, Fiona Leitch and Veronica Heley.
Please note this book was first published as Birthdays Can Be Murder under Faith Martin’s pen name Joyce Cato.
Readers love The Birthday Mystery:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It felt like I was reading a young Miss Marple, with Jenny’s straight talking and the way she solved the mystery. It looks like we are in for another great series.’ Louise
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Very clever indeed . . . Agatha Christie fans will enjoy.’ Justine
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of Faith Martin’s best books.’ Frog Princess
⭐⭐⭐⭐��� ‘The identity of the murderer was a complete surprise. Miss Jenny Starling is a force to be reckoned with.’ Woodbend
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Clever writing and hugely enjoyable.’ Sally-June
MEET THE AMATEUR SLEUTH
In her late twenties, Jenny Starling is an impressive woman. Physically, she stands at 6ft 1inch, and has shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her — that of a travelling cook. Her famous (and now very rich) father, is a ‘celebrity’ cook, divorced from Jenny’s mother. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van, and is happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food. She is on a one-woman mission to bring back ‘real’ food. She finds crime very distracting, especially when there is chocolate to temper or pike to poach. Nevertheless, she is adept at reading people, and with a quick and agile brain, becomes very good at unmasking killers. And her always-undaunted sense of humour goes a long way in keeping her sane when all around her people are dropping like flies.
TRAVELLING COOK MYSTERIES
Book 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERY
Book 2: THE WINTER MYSTERY
Book 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY
Book 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERY
Book 5: THE OXFORD MYSTERY
Book 6: THE TEATIME MYSTERY
Book 7: THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Meet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur sleuth.
Jenny Starling is catering the twenty-first birthday party of upper-class twins, Alicia and Justin.
Jenny arrives at their parents’ stunning country house and is immediately met by the police. A young man has drowned in the pond. Was it an accident . . . or murder?
But the birthday party must go ahead. Just after midnight, everyone gathers for a champagne toast — and one of the guests falls down dead. Everyone at the party becomes a suspect — and the police are completely baffled.
When someone adds an extra ingredient of poison to Jenny’s precious recipes, she will stop at nothing to find the culprit.
Jenny Starling must unmask a ruthless killer before more party guests die.
INCLUDES A BRILLIANT BONUS SHORT STORY THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING.
This delightful cozy mystery series is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, Richard Osman, the Rev Richard Coles, Janice Hallett, Fiona Leitch and Veronica Heley.
Please note this book was first published as Birthdays Can Be Murder under Faith Martin’s pen name Joyce Cato.
Readers love The Birthday Mystery:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It felt like I was reading a young Miss Marple, with Jenny’s straight talking and the way she solved the mystery. It looks like we are in for another great series.’ Louise
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Very clever indeed . . . Agatha Christie fans will enjoy.’ Justine
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘One of Faith Martin’s best books.’ Frog Princess
⭐⭐⭐⭐��� ‘The identity of the murderer was a complete surprise. Miss Jenny Starling is a force to be reckoned with.’ Woodbend
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Clever writing and hugely enjoyable.’ Sally-June
MEET THE AMATEUR SLEUTH
In her late twenties, Jenny Starling is an impressive woman. Physically, she stands at 6ft 1inch, and has shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her — that of a travelling cook. Her famous (and now very rich) father, is a ‘celebrity’ cook, divorced from Jenny’s mother. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van, and is happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food. She is on a one-woman mission to bring back ‘real’ food. She finds crime very distracting, especially when there is chocolate to temper or pike to poach. Nevertheless, she is adept at reading people, and with a quick and agile brain, becomes very good at unmasking killers. And her always-undaunted sense of humour goes a long way in keeping her sane when all around her people are dropping like flies.
TRAVELLING COOK MYSTERIES
Book 1: THE BIRTHDAY MYSTERY
Book 2: THE WINTER MYSTERY
Book 3: THE RIVERBOAT MYSTERY
Book 4: THE CASTLE MYSTERY
Book 5: THE OXFORD MYSTERY
Book 6: THE TEATIME MYSTERY
Book 7: THE COUNTRY INN MYSTERY
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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