Beginner's Guide to Murder

* Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2022 *'Guaranteed to hook you . . . At times both touching and darkly funny' Anna Bailey, Sunday Times bestselling author of Tall Bones 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 [An] excellent character-driven tale . . . by turns amusing, sorrowful, and thrilling. Stopps is definitely a writer to watch Publishers Weekly, STARRED review A quirky, witty thriller that reminds us not to underestimate the older generation Best Darkly comic and gripping Woman s Own* * *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. She s clearly distraught and running from someone, so the three women think nothing of hiding her when a suspicious-looking man starts asking if they ve seen her.Once alone, Nina tells the women a little of what she s 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.And so begins the tale of the three most unlikely murderers-in-the-making, and may hell protect anyone who underestimates them.* * *Readers LOVE Rosalind Stopps: 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* This is how fiction should be done! A fabulous, thrilling tale and I loved it! NetGalley 5*