One Puzzling Afternoon
Emily Critchley
Works of: Fiction
Publisher(s): Zaffre
A MOVING, CAPTIVATING MYSTERY BELOVED BY READERS AND PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS AND ELIZABETH IS MISSING
On a suburban street filled with secrets, 82 year old Edie Green must look back into the past to discover what happened to her friend Lucy, who went missing years before . . .
It is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living alone with her eccentric mother – who conducts seances for the local Ludthorpe community – she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life.
When the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. But Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep . . .
Readers LOVE One Puzzling Afternoon:
‘I loved it. I loved it. I loved it’
‘Wow . . . one of my books of the year’
‘A beautiful and touching novel that will completely grab you’
‘Edie Green is one special character & I think I’ll remember her for a long time yet’
‘What a beautiful, emotional, intriguing, touching novel’
‘I loved this and finished it in one sitting. It truly is glorious’
Sub-genres
Other books by Emily Critchley
Join the CWA
Become part of a thriving community of successful crime writers with invaluable support, expertise and marketing opportunities for all our members.
