{"product_id":"murder-at-tanton-towers-9781448315734","title":"Murder at Tanton Towers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree cheers for British stately home Tanton Towers! Explore the eccentric, history-filled house, take tea in the Happy Huffkin caf?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e . . . and visit the site of a recent murder?!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroducing caf?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-owner and divorcee Cara Shelly, who bakes a mean cake - and solves impossible crimes - in the first of a brand-new British traditional mystery series with cozy flair.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryone told Cara Shelley that she was crazy to set up a caf? in the shadow of eccentric Kentish stately home Tanton Towers. But now, three years later, the forty-something single mother can't believe her good luck. The Happy Huffkin caf? is thriving, and Cara considers the Tanton Towers staff - and its equally eccentric owners, Max and Alison - to be more like family than colleagues. Three cheers for Tanton Towers! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one beautiful summer evening, when Cara's hard at work clearing up after closing time, Alison comes hurtling down to the caf? to beg her for help. It's trouble - and of the worst kind. Daphne Hanson, queen of the Towers' costume-clad dancing troupe - and the greatest nosy parker in Kent - is lying dead in the orangery. Strangled! But by whom? And why? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetermined that the culprit should \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003ebe one of her friends, and suspicious of the detective assigned the case - the deeply annoying, and annoyingly attractive DCI Andrew Mitchem - Cara launches her own investigation. But the more secrets she uncovers, the more she's forced to consider the unthinkable: that one of her dear friends could be the killer . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448315734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Amy Myers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44870689063093,"sku":"9781448315734","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_121f5ddf-9afa-4508-a144-8a55c22fec38.jpg?v=1733241032","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-at-tanton-towers-9781448315734","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}