{"title":"Hannah Hendy","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"a-terrible-village-poisoning-hannah-hendy-dinner-lady-detectives-paperback","title":"A Terrible Village Poisoning by Hannah Hendy - Dinner Lady Detectives - Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781800326538\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Canelo\u003cbr\u003eAge Range: Adult (16+)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Terrible Village Poisoning is the third instalment in Hannah Hendy's bestselling Dinner Lady Detectives series, a warm, witty and thoroughly British cosy mystery. Margery and Clementine Butcher-Baker swap the school canteen for a seaside village getaway, only to stumble into a fresh murder investigation. 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Everyone seems certain that the pair — and Clementine in particular — spell trouble, but nobody will say why. As more villagers fall mysteriously ill, the amateur detectives must work out whether the original Poisoner has returned for a second act of terror, or whether a copycat killer is stirring up chaos of their own. Told with Hannah Hendy's trademark warmth and comic timing, this is a mystery that balances genuine tension with laugh-out-loud dialogue, a colourful cast of suspects, and the kind of cosy village setting that readers of the genre adore. Fans of the series will relish watching Margery and Clementine's unlikely partnership deepen as they navigate small-town secrets, old grudges and a killer who is always one step ahead — until, of course, they aren't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird instalment in the bestselling Dinner Lady Detectives cosy mystery series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines laugh-out-loud British humour with a genuine, twisty whodunnit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrand new paperback, perfect for gifting or your own bookshelf\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreat follow-on read for fans of Richard Osman and M.C. 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Following school dinner ladies Margery and Clementine as they stumble from one baffling mystery to the next, this paperback set delivers warm humour, sharp plotting, and a hugely likeable pair of amateur sleuths. Perfect for fans of gentle, character-led whodunnits, it's an ideal treat for cosy crime lovers, book clubs, and anyone hunting their next comforting series to binge from start to finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis complete six-book set follows Margery and Clementine, two unassuming school dinner ladies whose quiet lives at Summerview Secondary School keep getting interrupted by murder. 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