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Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives. When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. The one thing they didn’t warn us about was the murders . . . The Bookshop Detectives are on the case! In...
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Another case to solve for the number-one bestselling Bookshop Detectives.
When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. The one thing they didn’t warn us about was the murders . . .
The Bookshop Detectives are on the case!
In this rollicking new adventure, Garth and Eloise (and Stevie) must sniff out a prolific poisoner ahead of a vital fundraising event, the Battle of the Book Clubs. As time runs out and the body count rises, it seems the bad actors are circling closer to the people and places they care about.
Could Pinter, the infamous serial killer from Eloise’s past, somehow be involved? And when anyone could be a suspect, how can Garth and Eloise keep their customers, their small town and their beloved bookshop safe?
Praise for The Bookshop Detectives: Dead Girl Gone:
‘Eloise and Garth are the book-selling, tea-drinking, crime-fighting duo that I didn’t know I needed in my life! The Bookshop Detectives is a real treat for bibliophiles of all stripes.’ — Jack Heath
‘Warm-hearted, filled with wry humour, spiced up with suspense . . . captivating Kiwi cosy crime!’ — Nicky Pellegrino
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781776951413
Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 April 2026
Country: New Zealand
Imprint: Penguin Books (NZ)
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 1.0mm
Width: 1.0mm
Height: 1.0mm
Weight: 1g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Gareth and Louise Ward are the real-life owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books, with stores in Havelock North and Napier, New Zealand. Louise is known among the staff as Fearless Leader and Gareth as a bit of a dick; he is, however, the author of the Tarquin the Honest and The Rise of the Remarkables book series, as well as being the bestselling and award-winning author of The Traitor and the Thief and The Clockill and the Thief. Gareth and Louise met at police training college in the UK and are both ex-coppers. Louise has one murder arrest to her name, is an English Literature Graduate and as an ex-teacher inflicted Shakespeare on inner-city twelve-year-olds. She regularly reviews books on RNZ. Both are obsessed with their rescue dog Stevie, avoid housework and gardening, and live in the cultural centre of the universe that is Hawke's Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand. The Bookshop Detectives is Gareth and Louise's first book together.
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