How to Cheat Your Own Death

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How to Cheat Your Own Death
A fabulous crime read!
I absolutely loved the first two books in the Castle Knoll files so I knew I would love How to Cheat Your Own Death and I was correct. This book can be rea... READ MORE
Emma at Waterstones Blackburn

Synopsis

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'Captivating' R. L. Killmore, author of A Cinnamon Falls Mystery

'Smart, original and lively . . . I loved it' Gilly MacMillan, author of The Nanny

'A slice of pure murder mystery joy' Kelly Mullen, author of This Is Not A Game

'A mystery with razor-sharp stakes. I was enthralled . . . A total pageturner!' Emily Freud, author of The Cliffhanger

The latest instalment in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Castle Knoll Murder Mystery series, in which Annie Adams and her Great Aunt Frances team up across decades to solve two interlocking murders

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LAURA NEVER MEANT TO LIE. BUT OLD HABITS DIE HARD.

When Annie Adams heads to London to visit her mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. Least of all for it to be Fliss, the budding artist Laura had just taken under her wing.

Annie is no stranger to murder - after all, she's solved a few cases already. And something about the way Fliss died feels familiar. She's seen a case like this before. Or read about it, rather, in the journals of her dead Great Aunt Frances, whose close friend was killed in the 1960s in the exact same way: with her heart surgically removed from her chest.

As threats pile up on Laura's doorstep, it soon becomes clear that she's next, and that she's hiding something . . . With her mother's life on the line, can Annie find the killer before it's too late?

From the gritty streets of 1960s Soho to the lofty galleries of present-day West London, follow Annie and Frances as they race to bring a killer to justice.

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Praise for the Castle Knoll Files

'VERY funny' Jennie Godfrey

'Plenty of twists and red herrings' Guardian

'Smart, twisty, and original' Heat

'Thrilling' G. T. Karber

'Superb'Glamour

'Wildly original' Elly Griffiths

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Quercus Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781529445695
  • Number of pages: 336
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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How to Cheat Your Own Death
A Great Read
This is the third book in the series and I have read the previous two so I was delighted to be given the opportunity to read the new story and I wasn't dis... READ MORE
Chrissie Mortimer
How to Cheat Your Own Death
A great series
The third in the Castle Knoll series and an enjoyable mystery whodunnit following on from the previous novels. Amateur sleuth and newly wealthy Annie Adams... READ MORE
T Edwards
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
How to Cheat your Own Death
This is book three in the Castle Knoll Files series and it is all a wee bit convoluted and interconnected so I would really recommend you start from the be... READ MORE
Ashrae
How to Cheat Your Own Death
Gripping
This third book in the Castle Knoll Files series is my favourite so far and I read it in one sitting, late into the night, unable to go to sleep until I re... READ MORE
Noemi Proietti
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
Book 3 in Series
How to Ch... Your Own D.... by Kristen Perrin, published by Dutton is book 3 in the Castle Knoll Files. The books are interconnected and best read in ord... READ MORE
KDRBCK
How to Cheat Your Own Death
Really great read
Having read all 3 of the books in this series, I think this was definitely my favourite. It could be read as a standalone but part of the attraction for m... READ MORE
Jill Rogers
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
Stellar Plots, Characters and Writing
4.25/5 stars This is such a fun series and just keeps getting better and better with each new adventure. I won't go into it bit by bit, but this one ... READ MORE
Robin
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
Incredible!!!
When Annie heads back to London to visit her mother, Laura, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body in the alley. Especially not that of Laura's ... READ MORE
eve
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
Full of twists
I have not read the first two books in this series, so didn’t realise that Annie already has a track record in investigating murders, that apart I enjoyed ... READ MORE
K MacLean
How to Cheat Your Own Death
Another smash hit in the series
At this point, Kristen Perrin could write out a tax return and I'd read it cover to cover.How to Cheat Your Own Death is yet another absolutely incredible ... READ MORE
Jack Robinson
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How to Cheat Your Own Death
Nice dual timeline mystery
Visiting her mother, Annie is shocked to discover a dead body with its heart cut out. Her mother has been receiving threats and now her long lost father i... READ MORE
Jo-anne Atkinson