{"product_id":"the-tea-ladies","title":"The Tea Ladies","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e**The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson** is a wickedly witty cosy crime novel steeped in 1960s Sydney sparkle, where friendship, workplace politics and a sharp eye for detail make sleuths of three women who usually fade into the background.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eIn 1965, Hazel, Betty and Irene are tea ladies at Empire Fashionwear, a city rag-trade business thrown into chaos as the mini-skirt arrives and long-simmering rivalries boil over. After a chance run-in with a stranger, the trio are pulled into a troubling search for a missing young woman—then a murder in the building turns their curiosity into something far riskier. As whispers spread through offices and back rooms, they follow clues linking the death to arson and a kidnapping, leaning on the kind of information network only tea ladies can build.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy Australian fiction, vintage settings, and character-driven mysteries with plenty of humour.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAdd it to your basket and settle in for a very Sydney kind of trouble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52221597778196,"sku":"9781761344626","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781761344626_1.jpg?v=1773278933","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/the-tea-ladies","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}