Overview

As war rages in London, Inspector Betty Church finds herself on the trail of a cold-blooded killer in the sleepy Suffolk town of Sackwater. A cold-blooded killer stalks a sleepy Suffolk town in this pitch-perfect WWII crime mystery. December 1939. Sackwater Police Station feels a million miles from the war effort. Elderly Mr Orchard keeps wandering off in his pyjamas, little Sylvia Satin is having a birthday party, and a bookmark has been reported stolen. Inspector Betty Church – one of the few female officers on the force – is longing for something to get her teeth into... When a bomb is dropped on Sackwater, it seems the war has finally reached them. But Betty can't stop Adolf, however hard she tries. So when a dead man is found on the beach, she concentrates on hunting an enemy much closer to home. 'Eccentric and entertaining with a nicely complex plot'Crime Review. 'A wonderfully gripping old-fashioned murder mystery' The Lady.

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'A clever and beautifully written tale of small-town wartime life with a good mystery - and a most unusual solution ... The Room of the Dead is funny, amusing and surprising, and it will keep you guessing at a darker and more unnerving story' * Crime Review * 'I love this sort of book ... A rival for M.C. Beaton, my favourite of all time' * Frost Magazine *

'A clever and beautifully written tale of small-town wartime life with a good mystery - and a most unusual solution ... The Room of the Dead is funny, amusing and surprising, and it will keep you guessing at a darker and more unnerving story' Crime Review. 'I love this sort of book ... A rival for M.C. Beaton, my favourite of all time' Frost Magazine.

PRAISE FOR M.R.C. KASASIAN: 'I love this sort of book ... Betty has no truck with nonsense. Yay Betty ... Is this a rival for M.C. Beaton, my favourite of all time? We shall see' Frost Magazine, on Betty Church and the Suffolk Vampire. 'Delightful and original' Daily Mail, on The Mangle Street Murders. 'Clever and beautifully written, with mesmerising characters, humour and pathos' Crime Review, on The Secrets of Gaslight Lane.

'A clever and beautifully written tale of small-town wartime life with a good mystery - and a most unusual solution ... The Room of the Dead is funny, amusing and surprising, and it will keep you guessing at a darker and more unnerving story' Crime Review.

I love this sort of book... A rival for M.C. Beaton, my favourite of all time' * Frost Magazine * A clever and beautifully written tale of small-town wartime life with a good mystery – and a most unusual solution... The Room of the Dead is funny, amusing and surprising, and it will keep you guessing at a darker and more unnerving story' * Crime Review *

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Martin Kasasian was raised in Lancashire. He has had careers as varied as a factory hand, wine waiter, veterinary assistant, fairground worker and dentist. He lives with his wife, in Suffolk in the summer and in a village in Malta in the winter.

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