Unsolicited : A Detective Fatima Matthews Mystery - Andrea Shaw

Andrea Shaw

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  • Pages · 280 pages
  • Publication Date · 21/10/2025
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Quick witted and sharp eyed, Detective Warrant Officer Fatima Matthews is fed up with menopause and that's just the beginning of it. However, there's a dead editor with melted eyes at Hadeda Press and just when she could really use the career boost, her internal polygraph has decided to flatline. Someone is playing deadly games with the publishing house. As the threats escalate, and one crisis triggers another, Fatima must come to terms with what it means to face your frailties and whether a second chance is really possible when your greatest adversary is time. Featuring drug dealers, plagiarism scandals and a midlife crisis, Andrea Shaw's humorous and thrilling debut novel gives the local publishing industry its moment in the sun.

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