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Dead Matters

A British Detective Mystery
By Eva Maclean
Series: Detective Miranda Murphy
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Some family secrets are written in blood. A fairytale marriage. A wealthy family. A strange mother-in-law. Maybe it was always going to end in murder. Effie Watson thought she had it made when she married Hugo Fincham. He was rich and good-looking with an exclusive central... Read More
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In a world where money buys silence, even truth has a price

Effie thought she'd made it when she married Hugo Fincham. But as she learns his wealthy family's dark secrets, she starts to fear Hugo's trying to kill her. Bodies pile up, and Detective Inspector Miranda Murphy must solve a decade-old mystery before the Finchams claim another victim.

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Some family secrets are written in blood.

A fairytale marriage. A wealthy family. A strange mother-in-law.

Maybe it was always going to end in murder.

Effie Watson thought she had it made when she married Hugo Fincham. He was rich and good-looking with an exclusive central London home. But marriage to Hugo has drawn her into the orbit of a wealthy, dysfunctional family with a dark secret at its core.

When Effie confides to her best friend that Hugo is trying to kill her, no one believes her.

As bodies begin to pile up, Detective Inspector Miranda Murphy must unravel a decade-old mystery before the Fincham family claims another victim. But in a world where money buys silence, even the truth has a price.

Dead Matters is the first installment in the Detective Miranda Murphy Series, a must-read for fans of police procedurals and murder mysteries.

This title was previously published as Black Grapes.

Praise for the Detective Miranda Murphy Series:

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A refreshing new DI has arrived

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stunning debut novel!

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Top-notch storytelling and characters

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Love 'British' Detective Murphy

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Crime fiction you can believe in

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great mystery and intrigue with good end twists.

Series: Detective Miranda Murphy

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  • Dead Matters
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    Dead Matters
    Some family secrets are written in blood. A fairytale marriage. A wealthy family. A strange mother-in-law. Maybe it was always going to end in murder. Effie Watson thought she had it made when she married Hugo Fincham. He was rich and good-looking with an exclusive central London home. But marriage to Hugo has drawn her into the orbit of a...
    By Eva Maclean
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    Out 3 Nov 2026

Book Details

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ISBN: 9781036700706

Publisher: Vinci Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vinci Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 316

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Coming Soon in Fiction Crime & Thriller Eva Maclean Fiction General Fiction Police Procedural Pre-order Books Pre-Order Crime & Thriller Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: Detective Miranda Murphy

About the Author

Eva Maclean read her first Agatha Christie (Death in the Clouds) at age ten and has been obsessed with detective fiction and writing ever since. After a past life as an accountant, she is finally doing what she wanted to do in the first place. Eva lives in London with her husband and two cats, her children having grown up and made good their escape. Her favourite living authors are Kate Atkinson, Donna Leon and Mick Herron. The dead are too many to count.

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