A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus. They keep everyone's secrets until there's a murder... Sydney 1965: After a chance encounter with a stranger tea ladies Hazel Betty and Irene become accidental sleuths stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman believed to be in danger. In the meantime Hazels job at Empire Fashionwear is in jeopardy. The firm has turned out the same frocks and blouses for the past twenty years and when the mini-skirt bursts onto the scene it rocks the rag trade to its foundations. War breaks out between departments and it falls to Hazel the quiet diplomat to broker peace and save the firm. When there is a murder in the building the tea ladies draw on their wider network and put themselves in danger as they piece together clues that connect the murder to a nearby arson and a kidnapping. But if theres one thing tea ladies can handle its hot water.
