The Pie & Mash Mysteries
#1 - The Pie & Mash Detective Agency
Who is Nellie Thorne and why does she keep disappearing? Jane Pye and Simon Mash are on the case in this cosy crime mystery novel, perfect for fans of Janice Hallett and Robert Thorogood!
'Fans of Richard Osman will love it!' Jonathan Ross
'Like the dish in the title, I devoured it in one sitting' Sue Perkins
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Local schoolteacher 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 questionable detective skills, they set out to solve a case that has baffled Kent's police for decades.
What links the missing Nellies? And why does everyone keep talking about ghosts!?
Is it an open and shut case? Not on your Nellie…
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‘A blissfully cozy mystery packed with funny moments and delightful little pleasures on each page’ Kelly Mullen, author of This is Not a Game
‘A really funny read, with two very endearing detectives' Faith Martin, bestselling author of the DI Hillary Greene series and the Ryder and Loveday mystery novels
#2 - The Murder Mystery Mystery
When the actor playing the Butler disappears mid-performance - just days after his predecessor died in a freak accident - the cast start whispering about a curse on the role: The Butler’s Curse.
Luckily, The Pie & Mash Detective Agency are on the scene.
With suspicious actors, clues that don’t add up, and dark secrets emerging from backstage, Jane Pye and Simon Mash can’t ignore that the show is going off script.
Trapped in a crumbling country house, the detectives must work together to sneak behind the curtain and untangle fact from fantasy – without unravelling their partnership along the way.
Will they crack the case of the 'curse'? Finish the murder mystery they paid several hundred pounds to play? And possibly even . . . solve their first murder?
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Praise for the Pie & Mash Mysteries:
Fans of Richard Osman will love it!' Jonathan Ross
'Compelling and intriguing' J. M. Hall
'Absolutely delightful!' Janice Hallett
‘Sharp, witty and wonderfully original' L T Shearer
‘A really funny read, with two very endearing detectives' Faith Martin