The Potting Shed Murder

I had a smashing time chatting with author Paula Sutton on stage at The Malthouse in Ripponden. Tickets were sold out and signed copies of her fabulous cosy crime novel The Potting Shed Murder were flying. The event was even featured in the Halifax Courier.

It was arranged by Emily Moran at Dialogue Books for a great group of women who call themselves 'Not-the-WI' after their local Women's Institute disbanded.

You may recognise Paula as the face of @HillHouseVintage where she showcases her wonderful cottage-core and cosy Norfolk life. Think country interiors, gardens, frocks, flowers and cake. 

On publication of The Potting Shed Murder, Paula was dubbed 'Miss Marple for the 21st Century'.

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The Potting Shed Murder

Welcome to the sleepy village of Pudding Corner, a quintessentially English haven of golden cornfields, winding cobbled lanes ... and murder.

Daphne Brewster has left London behind and is settling into her family's new life in rural Norfolk, planting broad beans in raised beds and vintage hunting for their farmhouse.

But when the local headmaster is found dead in his potting shed, amongst his allotment cabbages, the village is ablaze: Who would kill beloved Mr Papplewick, pillar of the community? Daphne soon comes to realise perhaps the countryside isn't so idyllic after all...

When the headmaster's widow points her finger at Minnerva, Daphne's new friend, Daphne vows to clear her name. Sneaking into the crime scene and chasing down rumours gets her into hot water with the local inspector - until she comes across a faded photograph that unearths a secret buried for forty years...

They say nothing bad ever happens in close-knit Pudding Corner, but Daphne is close to the truth - dangerously close.