Brighton 1956 the 6th Mirabelle Bevan Mystery is set against the backdrop of an illegal upmarket gambling operation. When her on-off boyfriend is taken off a gruesome murder case because the key suspect is an old school friend, Mirabelle steps in to unravel the tangle of poisoned gin, call girls and high stakes gambling that surrounds the death.

'This consistently impressive series is a kind of "hard-boiled cosy", combining an emphasis on atmosphere and the lives of the recurring characters with a stern eye for post-war struggles against inequality and deference'
Morning Star

‘I was quickly hooked.’
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