The Jazz Files
by Fiona Veitch Smith
Description
The first instalment in the delectable ‘Poppy Denby Investigates’ 1920s crime series, shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger.
It is 1920. Twenty-two-year-old Poppy Denby moves from Northumberland to live with her paraplegic aunt in London. Aunt Dot, a Suffragette, was injured in battles with the police in 1910.
Her contacts prove invaluable. Poppy lands a position as an editorial assistant at The Daily Globe. She has always wanted to be a journalist and laps up the atmosphere of the newsroom. Then one of the paper's hacks dies suddenly and dramatically. His story was going to be the morning lead, but he hasn't finished writing it.
Poppy finds his notes and completes the story, which is a sensation. The editor, realising her valuable Suffragette contacts, invites her to dig deeper. Poppy starts sifting through the dead man's files and unearths a major mystery which takes her to France - and into danger.
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‘Great fun for fans of mysteries set during detection’s Golden Age.’ Martin Edwards
Author Biography
Fiona Veitch Smith writes historical crime fiction. In 2016 she was shortlisted for the prestigious Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Award for The Jazz Files, the first in her popular 'Poppy Denby Investigates' 1920s crime series. She lives in Newcastle upon Tyne with her family.
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- Publisher Lion Hudson
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesOther titles: The Kill Fee, The Death Beat, The Cairo Brief, The Art Fiasco
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