Scenes of the Crime

Jilly Gagnon

Scenes of the Crime
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Country
United Kingdom
Published
27 December 2023
Pages
400
ISBN
9781035400409

Scenes of the Crime

Jilly Gagnon

A remote winery. A missing friend. And a bunch of sour grapes.

An ambitious screenwriter tries to solve her friend's disappearance by recreating their fateful final girls' trip in this riveting locked-room mystery from the author of The Murder Weekend. Perfect for fans of Lucy Foley.

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It should have been the perfect spring break. Five girlfriends. A remote winery on the Oregon coast. An infinite supply of delicious wine at their manicured fingertips. But then their centre-beautiful, magnetic Vanessa Morales-vanished without a trace.

Emily Fischer was perhaps the last person to see her alive. But now, years later, Emily spots Vanessa's doppelganger at a local cafe. At the end of her rope working a lucrative yet mind-numbing gig on a network sitcom, Emily is inspired to finally tell the story that's been percolating inside her for so long: Vanessa's story. But first, she needs to know what really happened on that fateful night. So she puts a brilliant scheme into motion.

She gets the girls together for a reunion weekend at the scene of the crime under the guise of reconnecting. There's Brittany, Vanessa's cousin and the inheritor of the winery; Paige, a former athlete, bullish yet easily manipulated; and Lydia, the wallflower of the group.

One of them knows the truth. But what have they each been hiding? And how much can Emily trust anything she learns from them... or even her own memories of Vanessa's last days?

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Readers loved Jilly Gagnon's The Murder Weekend, a twisty and fiendishly clever novel, perfect for fans of The Guest List and Knives Out!

'This was a really good read with a fantastically creepy atmosphere . . . I really enjoyed it and now I want to take part in a murder mystery at a country hotel'

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'This was a brilliantly fun book to read . . . With such an addictive plot you will enjoy this if you're a fan of locked room mysteries!'

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'Wow, what a book . . . I could not put it down. Would definitely recommend'

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'Really great murder mystery . . . With complicated relationships and no-one knowing what is going on, this is an addictive read. A murder mystery weekend like no other!'

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'I enjoyed this well plotted and entertaining mystery. There's echo of golden age, Cluedo, and there's a

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