For Adults
Faber are offering 5 reading groups the opportunity to win up to 8 hardback copies of Murder at Gulls Nest, the start of a new historical crime series by beloved author, Jess Kidd, publishing on 13 March.
Murder at Gulls Nest is the first in a sparkling new 1950s seaside mystery series, featuring sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen. Contact Sophie Clarke if you would like your group to be considered.
In a house like Gulls Nest, curiosity might prove fatal . . .
After thirty years in a convent, Nora Breen has thrown off her habit. Her fellow sister Frieda has gone missing and it’s up to Nora to find her. Nora’s only clue is that Frieda was last seen at Gulls Nest boarding house. So she travels down to the seaside town of Gore-on-Sea, takes a room and settles in to watch and listen. Over dubious – and sometimes downright inedible – dinners, Nora gathers evidence about the other lodgers. At long last, she has found an outlet for her powers of observation and, well, nosiness.
When one of the lodgers is found dead, Nora decides she must find the murderer. Not least because she suspects the victim knew Frieda. Could solving this mystery help her to understand what has happened to her friend?
‘HIGHLY recommended.’ Marian Keyes
‘Nora Breen will become a favourite character.’ Ian Moore
‘Murder at Gulls Nest is crying out to be a recurring Sunday evening TV drama.’ Richard Armitage
‘A seaside mystery full of intrigue and secrets.’ Olivia Kiernan
‘A beautiful book, exquisitely written, I loved it.’ Nicola Upson
About the Author
Jess Kidd was brought up in London as part of a large family from County Mayo. She is the author of four novels. She has been nominated for many awards including the CWA New Blood Dagger, the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award. Her books have been chosen for the BBC Radio 2 Book Club and the BBC Between the Covers Book Club.
