Kate Emery – författare

Ruth and her dad have spent the weekend along with her aunts, their partners and her cousin visiting the ancient GG, Ruth's coolly distant step-grandmother, at the family farm. But their long weekend turns into an enforced family holiday when GG ends up dead under suspicious circumstances. Ruth, an amateur detective (well, she's read a lot of Agatha Christie books) discovers nearly everyone had a reason to be rid of GG and now her list of suspects includes everyone in the house, including (in the interests of fairness) Ruth. She's determined to get to the bottom of the mystery no matter what it takes even if it means suspecting those who are nearest and dearest.As Ruth says, the thing about family holidays is that you've got to be prepared for fights.

This is what happens when you put a pair of unemployed teenagers in charge of a sudden death investigation. What we lack in investigative skills we make up for in free time.Heidi's meant to be having the time of her life on exchange in Switzerland, but instead she's cold, all alone and on an involuntary dairy-free diet. So when she hears the news of her brother Felix's death, she readily jumps on the first plane home to Perth. To be completely honest, Felix wasn't that much of a brother, so Heidi's not crying buckets - but she's not exactly happy either. Thanks to an epic betrayal by her (ex) best friend and (ex) boyfriend, Heidi has absolutely nothing to do and no one to talk to. That's until Patrick, the wisecracking younger brother of Felix's widow, convinces her that they need to investigate her brother's mysterious death. Will Heidi and Patrick get to the bottom of Felix's death - and do they really want to?