A Beginners Guide to Murder

The brand new book from a powerful literary voice, author of The Stranger She Knew, shortlisted for the Paul Torday Prize.\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n Guaranteed to hook you . . . At times both touching and darkly funny, A Beginners Guide To Murder explores the vital ways in which women can support one another through their darkest hours Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones\r\n\r\n\r\n A beguiling, beautifully crafted treat of a novel. It holds so much wisdom yet wears it so lightly. There are shades of Kate Atkinson in the way Rosalind balances dark themes with dry humour, a great plot, exquisitely realised characters, and more than a hint of feminist sensibility... truly everything I want in a novel Jessica Moor, bestselling author of Keeper\r\n\r\n\r\n * * *\r\n\r\n\r\n Grace, Meg and Daphne, all in their seventies, are minding their own business while enjoying a cup of tea in a cafe, when seventeen-year-old Nina stumbles in. Shes clearly distraught and running from someone, so the three women think nothing of hiding her when a suspicious-looking man starts asking if theyve seen her.\r\n \r\nOnce alone, Nina tells the women a little of what shes running from. The need to protect her is immediate, and Grace, Meg and Daphne vow to do just this. But how? They soon realise there really is only one answer: murder.\r\n \r\nAnd so begins the tale of the three most unlikely murderers-in-the-making, and may hell protect anyone who underestimates them.\r\n\r\n\r\n * * *\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n Readers LOVE Rosalind Stopps books:\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n I was hooked from the start and finished it in little more than two days, because it was truly unputdownable. Beautifully written and really quite scary in places . . . A brilliant book. More from this excellent writer please! Amazon 5*\r\n\r\n\r\n I enjoyed this book so much . . . Its is witty and thought provoking Amazon 5*\r\n\r\n\r\n This is how fiction should be done! The Stranger She Knew is a fabulous, thrilling tale and I loved it! NetGalley 5*\r\n\r\n\r\n An exceptionally powerful psychological thriller NetGalley 5*