{"title":"Josie Lloyd","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"miss-beetons-murder-agency","title":"Miss Beeton's Murder Agency","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIt takes an organised mind to solve a well-planned crime …\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Mrs Beeton herself would be proud. A perfect recipe and devoured in one sitting between elevenses and afternoon tea.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIan Moore\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A glorious new addition to the cosy crime genre with recipes which will leave you wanting more.' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMelanie Cantor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlice Beeton never meant to wind up single and childless on the wrong side of fifty. Like her distant relative Mrs Beeton – yes, that Mrs Beeton – she had hoped to have her own spic-and-span household by now. In reality, she lives in an immaculate but dingy basement flat in a rather shabby block in Kensington with Agatha, her fiercely intelligent, if rather over-territorial, corgi-Jack Russell cross.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow Alice runs the Good Household Management Agency, providing discreet domestic staff to extravagant townhouses and sprawling country piles. So when Camille Messant calls in urgent need of a new housekeeper, Miss Beeton sends out new hire Enya. She’s rather forward but she does come with impeccable references and is fluent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003een français\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut in the early hours of New Year’s Day, Alice is rudely awakened with the news that Enya has been found dead. 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Like her distant relative – the somewhat more famous Mrs Beeton – she believes there should be a place for everything, but she’s not so sure she’s in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eher \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince a whirlwind romance with a billionaire swept her best friend, Jinx, off her feet and out of the city, Alice has been running the Good Household Management Agency by herself, supplying discreet domestic staff to the hyper-wealthy. Business has been booming lately, but more work brings even more problems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when Jinx invites her to her new beau’s country house, Alice jumps at the chance. 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