Brighton Belle by Sara Sheridan

Brighton Belle by Sara Sheridan

1951. Brighton. With the war over and the Nazis brought to justice at Nuremberg, Mirabelle Bevan (Secret Service, retired) thinks her skills are no longer required. After her lover's death she retires to the seaside to put the past behind her and takes a job at a debt collection agency run by the charismatic Big Ben McGuigan. But when the case of Romana Laszlo - a pregnant Hungarian refugee - comes in, Mirabelle soon discovers that her specialist knowledge is vital. With enthusiastic assistance from insurance clerk Vesta Churchill, they follow a mysterious trail of gold sovereigns and corpses that only they can unravel.

'Sara Sheridan never fails to surpriseUnfailingly stylish, undeniably smart, Miss Bevan is destined to bring the exploits of the past to the best-seller lists of the present'

* Daily Record *

'An entertaining romp'

* Bookseller's Choice *

'Will engage the reader from the first page to the last. Highly recommended'

* Bookbag *

'Beautifully realised vivid characters, both heroes and villains, the atmospheric Brighton setting and plot that zipped along at a lovely pace left me in no doubt that Sara Sheridan and Mirabelle Bevan are a crime force to be reckoned with'

* Good Reads *

 'I was gripped from start to finish'

* Newbooks magazine *

'Beneath that prim exterior lies a fearless, fly-by-the-seat-of-her-pants kind of gal. One part Nancy Drew, two parts Jessica Fletcher, Mirabelle has a dogged tenacity to rival Poirot'

* Sunday Herald *

'A delight to read and very engaging, the storytelling takes you by the hand and leaves a smile on your face'

* We Love This Book *

Sara Sheridan writes fiction for adults and children. Her previous novels include 'Truth or Dare' (1998), 'Ma Polinski's Pockets' (2000) and 'The Pleasure Express' (2001), all Random House. 'The Secret Mandarin' (2009) and 'The Secret of Sands' (2011) were published by Harper Collins. She has been included in GQ Magazine's Young Talent and Company Magazine's Top Ten Young Writers Under Thirty. In 2000 Truth or Dare won a place in the 100 Best Scottish Books, as part of the Scottish Library Award. She has been awarded two bursaries by the Scottish Arts Council and from the K Blundell Trust.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781846972331
ISBN 10	1846972337
Title	Brighton Belle
Author	Sara Sheridan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2012-03-20
Number of pages	256
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.