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'Nora Breen will become a favourite character' Ian Moore
'A glorious read' Amanda Mason
'Nora Breen is Maria Von Trapp on steroids' Richard Armitage

Sharp-eyed former nun Nora Breen is back, as the latest attraction in Gore-on-Sea turns deadly . . .

On a brilliant December morning, Nora finds her…

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1 author picked Murder at the Spirit Lounge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I think this is an excellent second book in the Nora Breen series that began with Murder at Gulls Nest, when Nora Breen, an ex nun and nurse in her fifties arrives at a seaside town called, wonderfully, Gore-on-Sea, ( a place fairly crying out for murders!) to consider her options in life. It's 1954, Nora is smart and creates agency in her own life by choosing to leave the nunnery and look for life on her own terms, which includes, for example, to dress in men's clothing because they are comfortable and she looks sharp, and to clearly be…

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