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The Charity Shop Detective Agency

The Charity Shop Detective Agency Mysteries, Book 1

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The Charity Shop Detective Agency

By: Peter Boland
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
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Put the kettle on and discover an utterly charming new cozy murder mystery set in a sleepy English seaside town.

Fiona, Sue, and Daisy, three retired ladies who volunteer at the local charity shop, Dogs Need Nice Homes, can’t believe their favorite customer is dead.

Eighty-six-year-old Sarah Brown was found murdered in her hallway by her delivery man, a domino clutched in her hand—with a name scratched on it.

When another person is found dead with a domino in their hand, and with the police making no progress, the ladies will need to help unmask a serial killer. At least they have Fiona’s scruffy-haired terrier cross to assist them.

With plenty of tea and cake along the way, and despite squabbles with their rivals, the Cats Alliance across the street, the Charity Shop Detective Agency is born.

Fans of The Thursday Murder Club, Janice Hallett, Simon Brett, Ian Moore, and Sarah Yarwood-Lovett will adore this exciting new talent in cozy crime.

©2023 Peter Boland (P)2023 Podium Audio Amateur Sleuths Cozy Mystery Women Sleuths

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‘Witty and knowing.’—Diamond Dagger Award-winner Simon Brett, OBE
Engaging Mystery • Clever Plot Twists • Excellent Narration • Humorous Storytelling • Surprising Ending
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I fell immediately in love with Fiona (hidden depths), Partial Sue (greatest nickname ever), Daisy (surprising skillz) and Simon LeBon with his "furry little body". The Cozy sub-genera is stuffed to the gills these days, and no wonder because we could all use some comfort, but sadly a lot of it is a bit slap-dash and the characters are often under(or over)developed. Not so with the crew who work at Dogs Need Nice Homes. Peter Boland has done a fabulous job in presenting us with characters so fully fleshed out that they will stay with you long after you've finished the book. There are lots of laugh out loud moments but it's all sprinkled with a bit of pathos that is really necessary for any good tale. Great story lines and the brilliant Zara Ramm as narrator make these books an absolute delight. I can't wait for more adventures.

Great Characters + Zara Ramm = Winner

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Definitely looking forward to more adventures with “The Charity Shop Detective Agency”. A storyline that moves along, interesting, well-developed characters, quite a decent mystery… Oh, and it’s funny! I laughed out loud several times at a particularly witty turn-of-phrase. Highly recommend.

A fantastic new mystery series

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Really great characters, cozy mystery for sure but entertaining and fun. Will definitely want to hear the sequel!

Loved it - great characters!

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The mystery is pretty well crafted but the main characters are all women who have a lot of dialogue and the narrator doesn't differentiate their voices so it can be hard to follow.

all the characters sound the same

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Made me laugh, kept me guessing and loved the characters! Loved the dog too! Great premise

Narrator makes this cozy mystery come alive. Will definitely try the rest of the series.

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not particularly clever or funny storytelling, or challenging for the reader, one felt they were just hindering the investigation by the police

hapless characters

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Laugh out loud funny, clever, great characters and narration perfection!! Only criticism is that last ten chapters were belaboured a second ending that was not needed in my opinion. Still I’ll
be listening to it again and again as well as the next two. Hoping for more from this author and narrator.

Fabulously funny, great story,Narration BRAVO!

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To be honest, the beginning was a bit slow I thought. And it took me awhile to get attached to the characters but now I completely sold on this series and can’t wait to read book 2!

Loved it.

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Sometimes it felt so lighthearted with all the teas and the cakes consumed. Yet the logic pursued was quite real, and overall everything was quite engaging.

So many false leads pursued..,

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The characters are well developed and the mystery had several twists. I enjoy smart characters in my own age group.

Excellent and fun mystery!

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