Death In Sunset Grove: The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency 1

Author: Minna Lindgren

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Price : $24.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781447289326
Publisher : PAN MACMILLAN UK
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Weight (g) : 0.274
Publication date : June 2016
Dimensions : 196mm X 129mm X 24mm
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Author : Minna Lindgren
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Good detectives come in all manner of guises...Meet Siiri and Irma, best friends and the queen bees of Sunset Grove, a retirement community for those still young at heart. With a combined age of nearly 180, Siiri and Irma are still just as inquisitive and witty as when they first met decades ago. But when their comfortable world is upturned by a suspicious death at Sunset Grove, Siiri and Irma are shocked into doing something about it. Determined to find out exactly what happened and why, they begin their own private investigations and form The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency. The trouble is, beneath Sunset Grove's calm facade, there is more going on than meets the eye, and Siiri and Irma soon discover far more than they bargained for ...

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There's a mystery to solve at Sunset Grove retirement home and residents Siiri and Irma are about to turn their hand to detective work. A rip-roaring, hilarious and poignant debut for fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Miss Marple.

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A Finnish Miss Marple Independent

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Minna Lindgren is a well-known journalist and an expert of classical music. She is the also the author of several non-fiction books. Minna was inspired to write The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency after researching the treatment of the elderly in Finland for a magazine article. The article won the 2009 Bonnier Journalism Prize, considered the highest journalism honour in Finland. The Lavender Ladies Detective Agency: Death in Sunset Grove is her first novel.