Cosy Chats with The Bookshop Detectives

--- Cosy Chats with The Bookshop Detectives ---

Authors and talented booksellers Louise and Gareth Ward - hailing from Wardini's in Havelock North & Napier - are on a whirlwind tour of the motu to tell us more about everything: writing a cosy murder mystery in your spare time, how to tell the good ideas from the bad ones and what's it like to work on a book together as a couple. Oh, and how to live your dog's best life!

Join us for a glass of wine, some delicious nibbles, and some great chats.

RSVP to events@unibooks.co.nz. Arrive from 5:30pm for a 6pm start.

--- About the book ---
Two small-town booksellers (and their cowardly dog) solve a decades-old murder-mystery in this witty debut novel, full of literary clues, sparkling dialogue, and comedic insights into the world of bookshops.

“When we opened Sherlock Tomes people warned us that we’d made a terrible mistake. People warned us that e-readers were taking over. People warned us that we’d never compete with the evil Amazon. The one thing they didn’t warn us about was the murders…”

Introducing...the Bookshop Detectives! Out 23 July. Pre-order here: https://www.unibooks.co.nz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=176934

--- About the authors ---
Gareth and Louise Ward are the real-life owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books, with stores in Havelock North and Napier.

Louise is known among the staff as Fearless Leader and Gareth as a bit of a dick; he is, however, the author of the Tarquin the Honest and The Rise of the Remarkables book series, as well as being the bestselling and award-winning author of The Traitor and the Thief and The Clockill and the Thief.

Gareth and Louise met at police training college in the UK and are both ex-coppers. Louise has one murder arrest to her name, is an English Literature Graduate and as an ex-teacher inflicted Shakespeare on inner-city twelve-year-olds. She regularly reviews books on RNZ. Both are obsessed with their rescue dog Stevie, avoid housework and gardening, and live in the cultural centre of the universe that is Hawke’s Bay, Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Bookshop Detectives is Gareth and Louise’s first book together.