Bloody Hot Summer : Black Rose Writing : 9781684333714 : 1684333717 : 14 Nov 2019 : #1 Amazon Bestseller - Contemporary British Fiction #1 Amazon Bestseller - International Mystery & Crime "A modern interpretation of a golden age detective novel, in the spirit of Agatha Christie and other writers of crime of the interwar period. A very satisfying homage." -Paul C.W. Beatty, award-winning author of Children of Fire and member of the Crime Writers' Association It's 1927 and Great Britain is sweltering in an unprecedented heatwave. On the morning after her eightieth birthday party, Lady Fitzhugh is discovered bound and butchered in her bed, with her family and staff the prime suspects... Whilst holidaying at nearby Meadowford Village, Detective Dermot Carlyle is asked to help investigate the brutal murder. The clues all point to a robbery gone wrong, but Dermot suspects that there is more to the horrific crime. The Fitzhughs' secrets take Dermot along a path linking some of the bigge