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The Dinner Lady Detectives

By: Hannah Hendy
Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
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Murder is a dish best served ice cold...

In the idyllic, small town of Dewstow, Margery and Clementine are eagerly awaiting retirement from their work on the front-line serving meals to the students at Summerview secondary school.

Their peaceful life is shattered when their kitchen manager is found dead in the school’s walk-in freezer. The police are adamant that it’s an open-and-shut case of accidental death. But Margery and Clementine are convinced that something more sinister is afoot and take it upon themselves to investigate.

As the dinner ladies inch closer to the truth, time's running out. Will the perpetrator get their just desserts or is everything just going to go down the pan?

A charming, cosy British mystery, The Dinner Lady Detectives is ideal for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club or Murder, She Wrote.

Hannah Hendy lives in a small town in South Wales with her long-suffering wife and two spoilt cats. A professional chef by trade, she started writing to fill the time between shifts.

©2023 SAGA Egmont (P)2023 SAGA Egmont Amateur Sleuths Cosy Detective Mystery Fiction Crime Cats Murder
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Took a bit of getting in to. At times I was ready to give up, however I'm glad I continued as I'm now on book 4. Really enjoying the characters.

A little slow paced but worth it.

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When I first started listening I thought that this story was set in the 1940s but then realised that it was modern day. The author has well and truly relegated the characters into the elderly basket because they were in their 60s, it became very tedious listening to constant age related references. I would like to think that when I get to this (not very old) age that I would not be put into this category.

Horribly Ageist

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liked it all, very gentle even though it was a murder, good friendships through out

the ladies

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Slow, clumsy, and cringeworthy. These women in their 60s are made out to be totally ancient and ridiculous.

Painful

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