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"The most obviously retro of Wassmer's four Whitstable cozies is in some ways the most successful. The plot is highly serviceable, and if none of the characters is exactly original, several of them are as vivid as the golden age stereotypes they're so clearly based on." -- Kirkus ReviewsIt's springtime and Whitstable is emerging from hibernation. While neither the restaurant nor detective agency is too busy, Pearl resolves to spend some time at the family allotment. But her best friend, Nathan, has persuaded one of his favorite actresses to open the May Day festivities at Whitstable Castle and involves Pearl in his plans.Like Pearl, Faye Marlowe is a Whitstable native, but having left the town more than two decades ago, the star has been living in the South of France since her agent's phone stopped ringing.
About the Author
Julie Wassmer is a UK TV drama writer who wrote the popular BBC series, EastEnders, for nearly 20 years.In 2010, her memoir, More Than Just Coincidence, told how she was reunited by an extraordinary quirk of Fate with the baby daughter she had given up for adoption when she was a teenager. It entered the Sunday Times Best Selling Non Fiction Top 20 and became Mumsnet Book of the Year.Julie's debut novel, The Whitstable Pearl Mystery, is the first in a popular crime series published by the award winning Little, Brown Book Group. Four other books have since followed, with more on the way. The TV rights have been optioned by Buccaneer, makers of the series Marcella, starring Anna Friel.Julie lives on the coast in Whitstable where she shares a home with her husband, Kas, and three cats, Charlie, Maisie and Lily. She also spends a great deal of time campaigning on environmental issues.
