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  • The Mother's Day Mystery: A Crampton of the Chronicle Adventure

  • Deadline Murder Series, Book 2
  • By: Peter Bartram
  • Narrated by: Matt Jamie
  • Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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The Mother's Day Mystery: A Crampton of the Chronicle Adventure

By: Peter Bartram
Narrated by: Matt Jamie
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Summary

The mother of all murder mysteries...

There are just four days to Mother's Day and crime reporter Colin Crampton is under pressure to find a front-page story to fit the theme.

Then Colin and his feisty girlfriend Shirley Goldsmith stumble across a body late at night on a lonely country road. Colin scents a story when the cops dismiss the idea of murder.

Colin and Shirley flirt with danger as they investigate the killing. They take on a crazy hippie commune, an eccentric group of church bell-ringers, and a chemistry teacher with an unusual late-night hobby.

And that's before they tangle with the mothers...Colin’s landlady has been thrown out of the Mothers’ Union. And Shirley’s mum has gone missing in a town where a serial killer is on the prowl.

Join Colin and Shirley for a madcap Mother's Day mystery in Swinging Sixties England, where the laughs are never far from the action.

©2018 Peter Bartram (P)2020 Matt Jamie

Critic reviews

"A romp of a read! Very funny and very British." (The Book Trail)

"A fun read with humour throughout..." (Crime Thriller Hound)

"It read like a breath of fresh air and I can't wait for the next one." (Little Bookness Lane)

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Brilliant

Brilliant story we both felt that we were pulled in to the story as part of it I was given this as a review copy so well written.

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Thoroughly entertaining mystery writing

Peter Bartram is a great builder of his world. Colin Crampton and his girlfriend are likeable characters, but with enough quirks to makes them completely believable. Crampton is a tenacious and intelligent investigator who is determined to get to the bottom of a suspicious hit and run. I will be reading more of this series for sure!

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