The Whitstable Pearl Mystery: Now a major TV series, Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman (Whitstable Pearl Mysteries)

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2015
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'What Colin Dexter did for Oxford, Julie Wassmer is intent on doing for Whitstable' Daily Mail
Pearl Nolan always wanted to be a detective but life, and a teenage pregnancy, got in the way of a police career and instead she built up a successful seafood restaurant in her coastal home town of Whitstable - famous for its native oysters.
Now, at 39, and with son Charlie away at university, Pearl finds herself suffering from empty nest syndrome . . . until she discovers the drowned body of local oyster fisherman Vinnie Rowe, weighted down with an anchor chain, on the eve of Whitstable's annual oyster festival.
Is it a tragic accident, suicide - or murder?
Pearl seizes the opportunity to prove her detection skills and discover the truth but she soon finds herself in conflict with Canterbury city police detective, Chief Inspector Mike McGuire. Then another body is discovered - and Pearl finds herself trawling the past for clues, triggering memories of another emotional summer more than twenty years ago . . .

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'What Colin Dexter did for Oxford, Julie Wassmer is intent on doing for Whitstable' Daily Mail

Pearl Nolan always wanted to be a detective but life, and a teenage pregnancy, got in the way of a police career and instead she built up a successful seafood restaurant in her coastal home town of Whitstable - famous for its native oysters.

Now, at 39, and with son Charlie away at university, Pearl finds herself suffering from empty nest syndrome . . . until she discovers the drowned body of local oyster fisherman Vinnie Rowe, weighted down with an anchor chain, on the eve of Whitstable's annual oyster festival.

Is it a tragic accident, suicide - or murder?

Pearl seizes the opportunity to prove her detection skills and discover the truth but she soon finds herself in conflict with Canterbury city police detective, Chief Inspector Mike McGuire. Then another body is discovered - and Pearl finds herself trawling the past for clues, triggering memories of another emotional summer more than twenty years ago . . .

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Constable
Published: 01 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 1472118995
ISBN 13: 9781472118998

Media Reviews

While Oxford had Morse, Whitstable, famous for its oysters, has Pearl . . . True to the tradition of classic crime, [Julie Wassmer] weaves a strong story into a setting that has more to offer than murder and mayhem * Daily Mail *
If you enjoy cosy crime fiction and you still haven't picked this series, then you are missing out * Alba in Bookland *
This is just straightforwardly excellent cosy crime ... Julie Wassmer really knows how to tell a story -- Victoria Best * Shiny New Books on Murder-On-Sea *
If you enjoy cosy mystery stories and good, solid whodunits, without gruesome details or gratuitous violence, Murder on Sea may be just your cup of tea -- Bec Stafford
If you like the TV series 'Midsomer Murders', then May Day Murder should be right up your alley * The Crime Warp on May Day Murder *

Author Bio

Julie Wassmer is a a professional televison drama writer, working on various series including ITV's London's Burning, C5's Family Affairs and BBC's Eastenders - which she worked on for 20 years. In 2010, her autobiography More Than Just Coincidence was published by Harper Collins/True.