The Cost of Living (The Ant and Bea Mysteries) - Softcover

Ward, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 191098583X ISBN 13: 9781910985830

Publisher: Sandstone Press, 2017

Synopsis

When a young woman is attacked walking home from her local supermarket, Bea Jordan, a smart but unfulfilled checkout girl, is determined to investigate. Colleagues and customers become suspects, secrets are uncovered. While fear stalks the town, Bea finds an unlikely ally in Ant, the seemingly airheaded new trainee, but risks losing the people she loves most as death comes close to home. This is a warm, contemporary story with likeable leads, an engaging cast of supporting characters and a dark thread running throughout. ""British YA author Ward (Numbers) tries her hand at an adult mystery, a series debut, with promising results....Readers will look forward to their [Ant & Bea] next outing.""--Publishers Weekly. ""A warm, contemporary, and deftly scripted story with likeable leads, an engaging cast of supporting characters and a dark thread running throughout, The Cost of Living is an extraordinarily entertaining mystery by novelist Rachel Ward and very highly recommended, especially for community library Mystery/Suspense collections and the personal reading lists of dedicated mystery buffs.""--MWBR

About this title

About the Author:

Rachel Ward is a best-selling writer for young adults. Her first book, Numbers, was published in 2009 and shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. An avid reader of detective fiction, The Cost of Living is her first book for adults. Rachel lives in Bath with her husband and daughter.

Review:

British YA author Ward (Numbers) tries her hand at an adult mystery, a series debut, with promising results....Readers will look forward to their [Ant & Bea] next outing. -- Publishers Weekly "Publishers Weekly"

A warm, contemporary, and deftly scripted story with likeable leads, an engaging cast of supporting characters and a dark thread running throughout, The Cost of Living is an extraordinarily entertaining mystery by novelist Rachel Ward and very highly recommended. -- Wisconsin Bookwatch "Wisconsin Bookwatch"

About this edition

• Publisher: Sandstone Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 191098583X
• ISBN 13: 9781910985830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336