Murder at Winterton Hall An utterly addictive and unputdownable cozy Golden Age murder mystery

* Previously published as The Cairo Brief*

England, 1921. Intrepid reporter Poppy Denby is headed to the English countryside to cover an auction of ancient Egyptian treasures, hosted by renowned explorer Sir James Maddox on his beautiful estate - Winterton Hall.

Maddox is auctioning priceless artefacts from his travels, including the death mask of Queen Nefertiti, which is alleged to carry a curse... Poppy is not one to believe in superstition but when an unfortunate 'accident' during the clay-pigeon shooting leaves one of the gun boys badly injured and she finds herself chased while walking the gardens, that's enough for Miss Denby to smell a headline!

But when Sir James is found dead it's clear there is more at stake than just a byline. Is someone out to reclaim the ancient treasures, by any means necessary? And if so is anyone at Winterton Hall safe?

About the author

Fiona Veitch Smith is a lover of Golden Age mysteries and historical fiction and has been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger. She has worked as a journalist, a university lecturer and a communications manager, and mentors new novelists. She grew up in Northumberland, then spent her teens and twenties in South Africa. She now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Veitch Smith
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 17.12.2024
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense
• EAN: 9781471417818
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-1781-8
• Pages: 288
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 19.9 x 2.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 204 g
• Subjects: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators, Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, c 1919 to c 1929 (The Jazz Age)