Death in Fine Condition: The first Paperback Sleuth Mystery

The first novel in a new series from the author of the Vinyl Detective mysteries, this cosy-crime caper features a cast of lovable rogues who face fiendish puzzles and murderous villains in this love letter to Agatha Christie murder mysteries and classic whodunnits.Introducing a new series from the creator of the beloved, bestselling Vinyl Detective novels.Cordelia knows books. An addict-turned-dealer of classic paperbacks, when shes not spending her days combing the charity shops and jumble sales of suburban London for valuable collectors items, shes pining for the woman of her dreams and nimbly avoiding her landlords demands for rent.The most elusive prize of all, her white whale, has surfaced - a set of magnificent, vintage Sleuth Hound crime novels. Gorgeous, and as rare as they come. Just one problem. Theyre not for sale. Still, that wont stop a resourceful woman like Cordelia One burglary later, the books are hers. Unfortunately, the man shes just robbed turns out be one of Londons most dangerous gangsters, and now hes on her trail and out for blood.Cordelias best laid plans to pay the rent and woo the object of her affections start to fall apart, and she realises she may have placed herself in the crosshairs of a villain torn straight from the pages of her treasured novels.