{"product_id":"the-birthday-mystery-an-absolutely-gripping-whodunit-jenny-starling","title":"The Birthday Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet Jenny Starling: travelling cook and reluctant amateur detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note this book was first published as “BIRTHDAYS CAN BE MURDER” under Faith Martin’s pen name JOYCE CATO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenny Starling is catering the twenty-first birthday party of upper-class twins, Alicia and Justin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe arrives at their parent’s country house and is immediately met by the police. A young man has drowned in the pond. Was it an accident or murder?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the birthday party goes ahead. Then just after midnight, everyone gathers for a champagne toast . . . and one of the guests falls down dead. The police are baffled and there is a whole party full of suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen it comes to someone adding the extra ingredient of poison to her own precious recipes, Jenny isn't going to take it lying down. She has a reputation to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJenny Starling won't stop until the murderer is found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of a series of enjoyable murder mysteries with a great cast of characters and baffling crimes which will keep you in suspense to the final page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of classic whodunits by authors like Agatha Christie, LJ Ross, TE Kinsey, and J.R. Ellis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJENNY STARLING\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her late twenties, Jenny Starling is an impressive woman. Physically, she stands at 6ft 1inch, and has shoulder-length black hair and blue eyes. Curvaceous and sexy, she’s a modern single woman, living the lifestyle that suits her – that of a travelling cook. Her famous (and now very rich) father, is a ‘celebrity’ cook, divorced from Jenny’s mother. Jenny drives a disreputable cherry-red van, and is happy travelling the country catering events and cooking great food. She is on a one-woman crusade to bring back ‘real’ food. And definitely doesn’t like having to divert her attention from achieving the perfect Dundee cake or creating a new sauce recipe by having to solve a murder. She finds crime very distracting, especially when there is chocolate to temper or pike to poach. Nevertheless, she is very good at reading people, and with a quick and agile brain, becomes very good at unmasking killers. And her always-undaunted sense of humour goes a long way in keeping her sane when all around her people are dropping like flies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faith Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51410978504873,"sku":"9781789310610","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781789310610.webp?v=1792293350","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-birthday-mystery-an-absolutely-gripping-whodunit-jenny-starling","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}