The Tea Ladies

**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.

In 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.

Perfect for readers who enjoy Australian fiction, vintage settings, and character-driven mysteries with plenty of humour.

Add it to your basket and settle in for a very Sydney kind of trouble.