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The Model Murder

Name: The Model Murder
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9781761350344
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By Amanda Hampson

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The highly anticipated new book in the bestselling, award-winning Australian cosy crime series The Tea Ladies. Never underestimate a tea lady. Sydney, 1968. When a popular local man is murdered, police are quick to pin the blame on his glamorous model fiancée—who has since disappeared. But... Read More

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Description

The highly anticipated new book in the bestselling, award-winning Australian cosy crime series The Tea Ladies.

Never underestimate a tea lady.

Sydney, 1968. When a popular local man is murdered, police are quick to pin the blame on his glamorous model fiancée—who has since disappeared. But Hazel suspects a criminal cover-up and rallies the tea ladies to investigate; a quest that brings danger right to her door.

Meanwhile, Merl's long-buried family secret threatens to unravel her carefully constructed life. When she stumbles on evidence that her detective son-in-law is corrupt, she's forced to swallow her pride and reunite with the other tea ladies, enlisting their help to expose him.

Betty becomes immersed in a local theatre group where there is more drama offstage than on it, further complicated by her infatuation with the enigmatic leading man.

Irene aspires to a new career as a debt collector, but her first case has more frustrations and obstacles than she bargained for, even with the help of a new weapon.

The highly anticipated new novel in the beloved The Tea Ladies series is available for pre-order now.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781761350344

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 April 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 1.0mm

Height: 1.0mm

Weight: 1g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Melbourne-based author Amanda Hampson has been writing professionally for more than thirty years and is the bestselling author of novels The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer, The Yellow Villa, Sixty Summers, Lovebirds, The Tea Ladies, The Cryptic Clue and The Deadly Dispute. The Model Murder, coming April 2026, will be her tenth novel. A runaway bestseller, The Tea Ladies won the 2024 Danger Awards for Best Crime Fiction and was Shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards - Best Adult Crime and the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards - Best Fiction.

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