'Cosy crime fiction does not come much cleverer or more angry than Tom Spencer's first novel...neatly plotted, funny, whacky and very sad indeed' - Literary Review

'This quirky drama raises a gin to the golden age of classic mysteries. A cosy caper with a waspish sting' - Sun

As fresh and pithy as a ripe tangerine - a hoot from start to finish. Tom Spencer has created a riotously funny crime caper that Agatha Christie would have loved -- M.H. Eccleston, author of 'The Trust'

Not your usual cosy, and that's exactly what I loved! Spencer tip-toes on that line between traditional and modern with a delicate charm and deftness of touch to create a juicy whodunnit. Simply brilliant!

With a prickly protagonist and a plot that's twistier than a bag full of corkscrews, this one will keep you guessing until the end -- Fiona Leitch, author of 'The Cornish Wedding Murder'

An intriguing story and an engaging narrator whose sharp wit kept me turning the pages -- Frances Brody

This edgy mystery takes you down a dark path with unexpected turns, intriguing Golden Age breadcrumbs and a thorny denouement -- Sarah Yarwood-Lovett, author of A Murder of Crows

Oh how I enjoyed this thoroughly delightful and nasty mystery. It's hard to write a protagonist who is both completely unlikeable, yet desperately sympathetic and charismatic, but Tom Spencer has managed it at the same time as providing an intricately written and very funny crime story. You'd hate to work with Agatha Dorn, but you'd love to meet up once a month for a massive bitching session -- Alice Bell, author of 'Grave Expectations'

Christie fans'll love meeting Agatha Dorn, in a crime yarn as cool, crisp, and heady as the gin cantankerous library archivist Agatha loves - Peterborough Telegraph

Witty and unique - Women's Own

Tom Spencer is an expat Londoner currently living and working in Montgomery, Alabama. He has published creative work in various journals, including a story nominated for a Pushcart Prize and another shortlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Prize. Under his real name, Tom Perrin, he has published an academic book on twentieth-century fiction, as well as having written for the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and elsewhere.