The Expectant Detectives

Fresh,funny and heartfeltThe Expectant Detectives is a charming debut mystery about a group of soon-to-be moms-turned-detectives. ΓÇ£A darkly witty debut. Archly funny and highly recommended!ΓÇ¥ΓÇöDeanna Raybourn Can she solve the mother of all murders? For Alice and her partner Joemoving to the sleepy village of Penton is a chance to embrace country life and prepare for the birth of their first child. He can take up woodwork; maybe sheΓÇÖll learn to make jam? But the rural idyll theyΓÇÖd hoped for doesnΓÇÖt quite pan out when a dead body is discovered at their local prenatal classand they find themselves suspects in a murder investigation. With a cloud of suspicion hanging over the heads of the whole groupAlice and her new-found pregnant friends set out to solve the mystery and clear their nameswith the help of her troublesome dogHelen. Howeverthere are more secrets and tensions in the heart of Penton than first meet the eye. Between the discovery of a shady commune up in the woodsthe unearthing of a mysterious death years earlierand the near-tragic poisoning of HelenAlice is soon in way over her head.