The Mystery of the Crooked Man

Tom Spencer

eBook - 2025

Fraudulent cozy mystery expert Agatha Dorn is cancelled — and severely ticked off! — in this quirky homage to Golden Age detectives, lost manuscripts, and famous authors“Oh how I enjoyed this thoroughly delightful and nasty mystery” – Alice Bell, author of Grave ExpectationsMeet Agatha Dorn, cantankerous archivist, grammar pedant, gin afficionado and murder mystery addict. When she discovers a lost manuscript by Gladden Green, the Empress of Golden Age detective fiction, Agatha's life takes an unexpected twist. She becomes an overnight sensation, basking in the limelight of literary stardom.But Agatha's newfound fame takes a nosedive when the 'rediscovered' novel is exposed as a hoax. And when her ex-lover tur...ns up dead, with a scrap of the manuscript by her side, Agatha suspects foul play.Cancelled, ostracised and severely ticked off, Agatha turns detective to uncover the sinister truth that connects... more