The tea ladies / Amanda Hampson.
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TextPublisher: [Southbank, VIC.] : Penguin/Viking, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 374 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781761043857 (paperback)Subject(s): 1900-1999 | Detective and mystery stories | Clothing trade | Corruption | Factories | Friendship | Murder -- Investigation | Friendship -- Fiction | Friendship - Fiction | Australian fiction | Factories -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Older women -- Fiction | Secrecy -- Fiction | Murder -- Fiction | Kidnapping -- Fiction | Australian fiction | Corruption -- Fiction | Clothing trade -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction | New South Wales -- Sydney | Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Australian fiction | Historical fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction | Historical fiction | Fiction. | History. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction | Historical fiction | Detective and mystery fiction. | Fiction. | History. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Crime-Australia -- Adult fiction -- Print DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR9599 .H358Summary: 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, Hazel's 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 there's one thing tea ladies can handle, it's hot water.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F HAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 02/07/2024 | AL42000249815B |
"They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder..." --Front cover.
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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, Hazel's 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 there's one thing tea ladies can handle, it's hot water.
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