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The Coffee Shop Detectives

By: Louise Mumford
Narrated by: Alison Steadman
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Summary

In the quaint streets of South-West London, four female pensioners are about to embark on the heist of a lifetime. Meet the Crones:

Delilah, the impulsive mastermind

Orla, the razor-sharp retired teacher

Maz, the anxious caterer riddled with self-doubt.

and Beth, battling a deadly brain tumour

United by forty years of friendship, and desperate to raise funds for Beth’s healthcare, the Crones set about a daring plan to steal a priceless brooch from Hawling House.

But this is no ordinary theft. It's a mission to right a decades-old wrong – the ‘death’ of their friend Ronnie at the hand of the mansion's enigmatic owner, Edgar Hawling.

As the crones navigate secret passages, outsmart security, and showcase some of the most cunning catering skills Twickenham has ever seen, they quickly find themselves in a race against time and tugging at the threads of a far more treacherous tapestry than they ever imagined.

Brought to life by legendary Alison Steadman (Gavin & Stacey, Abigail's Party), The Coffee Shop Detectives is a hilarious and heart-warming celebration of female friendship and the unbreakable spirit of women who refuse to go quietly into their golden years.

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Highly entertaining, empowering reflective a story that kept turning. Wonderful characters coming alive in the audio.

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Enjoyable easy listen. Characters were well formed and relatable. A journey to save a friend that had a twist, but still had a satisfying end. The narrator was excellent and the whole story flowed beautifully because of her narration. I would recommend to others, if you looking for an easy, sweet story of love and friendship, mixed with a plan to carry out a heist

Great story, satisfying ending, lovely characters and well narrated.

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Loved the story and characters especially the underlying theme of women, friendship, menopause- and lifting up women who society would normally write off. Owning the normally disparaging label of crone and showing the characters as powerful decisive women not has been doormats.

Highly recommended

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Every so often a book really stands out and this was the latest one for me. Being just a tad younger than The Crones I could completely resonate with them! The story itself was an imaginative one with many laugh out loud moments. Yes it was far-fetched at times and no it wasn’t perfect grammatically (it’s sitting’ not ‘sat’ - and it’s an ‘espresso’ not an ‘expresso’ and no, Alison Steadman, one of my favourite actresses, struggles big-time with not just an American accent but an Italian one as well … but I didn’t care! I became so immersed in the book from the very first chapter that the small irritants that would usually have me gritting my teeth went by the wayside.

And Madame Coco was a delight!!

More please! When is the sequel?

Bravo!

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A very lovely voice to listen to and her intonation was brilliant for the different personas. Lept me hooked to the end.

Madam Coco such a smartie

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