Miss Blaine's Prefect & Golden Samovar
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Miss Blaine's Prefect & Golden Samovar by Olga Wojtas
Shona is a proud former pupil of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, but has a deep loathing for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which she thinks gives her alma mater a bad name. An accomplished martial artist, linguist and musician, Shona is less successful when it comes to solving a murder mystery.
Marvellous.. [a] laugh-out-loud farce... Readers will appreciate the skill with which Wojtas mirrors Spark's style. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Wojtas' debut is every bit as light-hearted, level-headed, inventive, hilarious, and altogether enchanting as its heroine, who richly deserves another jaunt through time and space. -- Kirkus (starred review)
This is a delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime, mixing sharp observation with a lightness of touch. -- Laura Wilson * Guardian *
I loved this book. Shona is a unique sleuth whose mission made for most entertaining reading. -- Alex Gray
A thrilling and fast-paced tale of time-travel, murder, mayhem, matchmaking and manners ... written with verve, lightness of touch and joie de vivre ... unadulterated fun. -- Alistair Braidwood * Scots Whay Hae *
If you read one new author this year, make it Olga Wojtas. Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is the creme de la creme of crime fiction debuts. -- Al Guthrie, crime fiction author & literary agent
Wit and intelligence and flashes of comedy gold -- Crime Fiction Lover blog
Anna Karenina written by P.G. Wodehouse. -- Linda Cracknell, literary fiction author and travel/nature writer
Knowing, original and very funny... that rare thing, a successfully comic crime novel. -- Simon Brett, detective fiction author and broadcaster
Miss Blaine's Prefect is a triumph - a sparky, witty rollercoaster of sheer silliness that had me in stitches from beginning to end. It's like Blackadder, Jeeves and the Two Ronnies all shoogled together. Can't wait for her next adventure. -- Angus Roxburgh * former correspondent for the BBC and Sunday Times *
A brilliant, funny, clever read. Loved it. Catherine Czerkawska, author; Such fun! -- Sara Sheridan, Author
Evincing a delirious love of language, Olga Wojtas has written an engaging Ealing Comedy for literature (and history) lovers. You'll laugh out loud. -- Lee Randall
This is definitely a book I'll be recommending, it's really a fantastic cosy crime that you really don't want to put down, certainly a page turner and I'm so looking forward to seeing where Shona's takes us next. -- It's All About the Books blog
A faint air of the ridiculous, more than a few belly laughs, and you may well pick up some interesting factoids too... Recommended. -- Raven Crime Reads
Original, funny and with a deliciously quirky edge, Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is delightful from beginning to end. -- Jaffa Reads Too blog
This book is delightful. What a hoot I had reading it. It is laugh out loud funny and a real charmer of a book... Wojtas has put together a dazzling array of characters that truly come to life in this outrageous and irresistible comedy. * Live and Deadly blog *
This is such a fun book to read with the type of humour I just love. The sort of stuff that makes you cringe and giggle all at the same time and all delivered by Shona McMonagle, time traveller extrodinaire. -- Books from Dusk Till Dawn
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is like being trapped inside a Marx Brothers' film... it's a hoot. -- David Robinson * Books from Scotland *
Wojtas' debut is every bit as light-hearted, level-headed, inventive, hilarious, and altogether enchanting as its heroine, who richly deserves another jaunt through time and space. -- Kirkus (starred review)
This is a delightful addition to the ranks of comic crime, mixing sharp observation with a lightness of touch. -- Laura Wilson * Guardian *
I loved this book. Shona is a unique sleuth whose mission made for most entertaining reading. -- Alex Gray
A thrilling and fast-paced tale of time-travel, murder, mayhem, matchmaking and manners ... written with verve, lightness of touch and joie de vivre ... unadulterated fun. -- Alistair Braidwood * Scots Whay Hae *
If you read one new author this year, make it Olga Wojtas. Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is the creme de la creme of crime fiction debuts. -- Al Guthrie, crime fiction author & literary agent
Wit and intelligence and flashes of comedy gold -- Crime Fiction Lover blog
Anna Karenina written by P.G. Wodehouse. -- Linda Cracknell, literary fiction author and travel/nature writer
Knowing, original and very funny... that rare thing, a successfully comic crime novel. -- Simon Brett, detective fiction author and broadcaster
Miss Blaine's Prefect is a triumph - a sparky, witty rollercoaster of sheer silliness that had me in stitches from beginning to end. It's like Blackadder, Jeeves and the Two Ronnies all shoogled together. Can't wait for her next adventure. -- Angus Roxburgh * former correspondent for the BBC and Sunday Times *
A brilliant, funny, clever read. Loved it. Catherine Czerkawska, author; Such fun! -- Sara Sheridan, Author
Evincing a delirious love of language, Olga Wojtas has written an engaging Ealing Comedy for literature (and history) lovers. You'll laugh out loud. -- Lee Randall
This is definitely a book I'll be recommending, it's really a fantastic cosy crime that you really don't want to put down, certainly a page turner and I'm so looking forward to seeing where Shona's takes us next. -- It's All About the Books blog
A faint air of the ridiculous, more than a few belly laughs, and you may well pick up some interesting factoids too... Recommended. -- Raven Crime Reads
Original, funny and with a deliciously quirky edge, Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is delightful from beginning to end. -- Jaffa Reads Too blog
This book is delightful. What a hoot I had reading it. It is laugh out loud funny and a real charmer of a book... Wojtas has put together a dazzling array of characters that truly come to life in this outrageous and irresistible comedy. * Live and Deadly blog *
This is such a fun book to read with the type of humour I just love. The sort of stuff that makes you cringe and giggle all at the same time and all delivered by Shona McMonagle, time traveller extrodinaire. -- Books from Dusk Till Dawn
Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Golden Samovar is like being trapped inside a Marx Brothers' film... it's a hoot. -- David Robinson * Books from Scotland *
Olga Wojtas is an unconventional – and very witty – writer of postmodern cosy crime fiction whose surrealist humour has been compared to the likes of PG Wodehouse, Jasper Fforde and the Marx Brothers. Her debut novel, Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Golden Samovar, was published in the UK and US to critical acclaim – being longlisted for the inaugural Comedy Women in Print Prize 2019, shortlisted for a CrimeFest Award, and named as one of the best mysteries and thrillers of the year by Kirkus. A journalist for more than 30 years, Olga was Scottish editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement before she began adding creative writing to her portfolio. She won a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2015 and has had numerous short stories and several novellas published. Olga's second novel, Miss Blaine’s Prefect and the Vampire Menace, was published in 2020 and longlisted for that year's Comedy Women in Print Prize. She lives in Edinburgh, where she once attended James Gillespie’s High School – the model for Marcia Blaine School for Girls, which appears in Muriel Spark’s The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, the novel that inspired the Miss Blaine’s Prefect series. She is president of the Edinburgh Writer's Club.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781912235001 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912235005 |
| Title | Miss Blaine's Prefect & Golden Samovar |
| Author | Olga Wojtas |
| Series | Murder At Teatime |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Saraband |
| Year published | 2018-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CrimeFest Awards, Last Laugh Award 2019, Long-listed for Comedy Women in Print Prize 2019 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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