The Pie & Mash Detective Agency

Author/Guide: J D Brinkworth

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2014: Dev Hooper arrives home from work to find his girlfriend, Nellie Thorne, has vanished.

ISBN: 978-1529950441
Genre: Cosy crime

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What you need to know before your trail

Dev Hooper arrives home from work to find his girlfriend, Nellie Thorne, has vanished.

But she’s not the first Nellie Thorne to disappear. In fact, she’s the fifth in fifty years.

Enter Jane Pye and Simon Mash: a millennial couple who signed up for a private detective night class on a whim. When they’re assigned Dev’s case for their coursework, they quickly realise they’ve bitten off more than they can chew.

Armed with just six weeks of notes, matching trench coats, and a lot of enthusiasm, they set out to solve a case that has baffled Kent’s police for decades.

What connects the missing Nellies? Why do locals whisper about a ghostly presence? Only the Pie & Mash Detective Agency can uncover the truth behind this eerie urban legend.

Is it an open and shut case? Not on your Nellie…

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The novel is clearly set in London and the pie and mash mentions are fun and fresh but there is no real sense of locations as such. Many locations are vague or fictional but that doesn’t spoil the novel or story. This is a novel about an agency set up to solve crime and is an immersive read in the big smoke! It’s recommended that you tour the real pie and mash shops and pretend you are in the Pie and Mash agency having lunch whilst on a case.