HELLE AND DEATH

A glorious debut SUNDAY EXPRESS Recommended reading for a long winter night GUARDIAN A love letter to the classic country house murder mystery J M HALLA snowstorm A country house Old friends reunited It s going to be murder Torben Helle art historian Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers has been dragged to a remote Northumbrian mansion for a ten year reunion with old university friends But when some shocking revelations from their host a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur are followed by an apparent suicide the group faces a test of their wits and their trust Surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off duty police inspectors suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic Only by drawing upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past will Torben be able to solve the mystery how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer But he d better be quick or someone else might end up dead This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic country house whodunnit A must read for fans of Agatha Christie Richard Osman and Janice Hallett A witty repurposing of the Golden Age country house FINANCIAL TIMES An entertaining whodunnit in the classic Christie style