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The Teatime Mystery
(2015)(Just Not Cricket)
(The sixth 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 doing the catering for the village cricket match. But she’s not expecting one of the players to come to a sticky end.
Everyone from the village has turned out to watch the match, which marks the club’s centenary.
The next man up to bat, Tristan Jones, is nowhere to be found. He is discovered behind the pavilion, murdered by a blow to the back of the head with an old cricket bat.
The handsome twenty-something stockbroker had a reputation as a Lothario, with an appetite for married women. Did a scorned woman or a cuckolded husband kill him?
He’s annoyed other people too. He took big risks with other people’s money and lost their lifesavings.
Soon another body turns up and Jenny Starling is going to need all her cunning to crack this complex case.
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 Just Not Cricket under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.
Readers love The Teatime Mystery:
‘Another great read.’ Nerys
‘Each book in this series is better than the previous and this one is no exception.’ Anna Maria
‘Enjoyable well-written mystery.’ Susan
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 doing the catering for the village cricket match. But she’s not expecting one of the players to come to a sticky end.
Everyone from the village has turned out to watch the match, which marks the club’s centenary.
The next man up to bat, Tristan Jones, is nowhere to be found. He is discovered behind the pavilion, murdered by a blow to the back of the head with an old cricket bat.
The handsome twenty-something stockbroker had a reputation as a Lothario, with an appetite for married women. Did a scorned woman or a cuckolded husband kill him?
He’s annoyed other people too. He took big risks with other people’s money and lost their lifesavings.
Soon another body turns up and Jenny Starling is going to need all her cunning to crack this complex case.
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 Just Not Cricket under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.
Readers love The Teatime Mystery:
‘Another great read.’ Nerys
‘Each book in this series is better than the previous and this one is no exception.’ Anna Maria
‘Enjoyable well-written mystery.’ Susan
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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