A Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery Binding:Hardcover and always a clarion call

and always a clarion call to radically reimagine how we think about our culture

no matter the consequences

Mystal brings his trademark humor

author of Room

It's time to dive back into a job that could springboard her career--and maybe offer much-needed closure

A Murder for Miss Hortense: A Mystery Binding:Hardcover and always a clarion callA beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph! Alexander McCall Smith Retired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if shes being shortchanged on turmeric before shes taken her first bite of a beef patty.