A Notable Omission
A 1970s
debate on equality is overshadowed by a deadly secret...
Spring 1970. Sussex University is hosting a debate about equality for women.
But when one of the debating group goes missing, attention turns away from
social injustice to something more sinister.
It seems every one of the group has something to hide, and when a second
tragedy occurs, two of the delegates – amateur sleuth Janie Juke, and reporter
Libby Frobisher - are prepared to make themselves unpopular to flush out the
truth. Who is lying and why?
Alongside the police investigation, Janie and Libby are determined to prise
answers from the tight-lipped group, as they find themselves in a race against
time to stop another victim being targeted.
In A Notable Omission we meet Janie at the start
of a new decade. When we left Janie at the end of The Invisible Case she was
enjoying her new found skills and success as an amateur sleuth. Here we meet
her a few months later, stealing a few days away from being a wife and mother,
attending a local conference on women's liberation to do some soul-searching...
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Author Bio
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Isabella is never happier than when she is immersing herself in
the sights, sounds and experiences of family life in southern England in past
decades – specifically those years from the Second World War through to the
early 1970s. Researching all aspects of life back then has formed the perfect
launch pad for her works of fiction. It was during two happy years working on
and completing her MA in Professional Writing when Isabella rekindled her love
of writing fiction and since then she has gone on to publish seven novels, six
novellas and two short story collections.
This latest novel, A Notable Omission, is the fourth book in her successful
Sussex Crime Mystery series, featuring young librarian and amateur sleuth,
Janie Juke. The early books in the series are set in the late 1960s in the
fictional seaside town of Tamarisk Bay, where we meet Janie, who looks after
the mobile library. She is an avid lover of Agatha Christie stories – in
particular Hercule Poirot. Janie uses all she has learned from the Queen of
Crime to help solve crimes and mysteries. This latest novel in the series is
set along the south coast in Brighton in early 1970, a time when young people
were finding their voice and using it to rail against social injustice.
As well as four novels, there are six novellas in the series, set
during the Second World War, exploring some of the back story to the Tamarisk
Bay characters.
Isabella’s love of Italy shines through all her work and, as she
is half-Italian, she has enjoyed bringing all her crime novels to an Italian
audience with Italian translations, which are very well received.
Isabella has also written a second series of Sussex Crimes, set in
the sixties, featuring retired Italian detective, Giuseppe Bianchi, who is
escaping from tragedy in Rome, only to arrive in the quiet seaside town of
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, to come face-to-face with it once more.
Isabella’s standalone novel, The Forgotten Children, deals with
the emotive subject of the child migrants who were sent to Australia – again
focusing on family life in the 1960s, when the child migrant policy was still
in force.
Find out more about Isabella and her books by visiting her website
at: www.isabellamuir.com
Social Media Links –
https://www.facebook.com/IsabellaMuirAuthor
https://twitter.com/SussexMysteries
A Notable Omission is the fourth novel in the Janie Juke series and
here Isabella Muir provides some insight into the novel’s lead character and
what has led her to this point in her journey…
Who is
Janie Juke?
Janie Juke is a young librarian, living in the fictional Sussex
seaside town of Tamarisk Bay in the late 1960s.
The great thing about being a librarian is not just that you
get to read all the books you could ever want, but also that you are at the
heart of the community. With people
forever popping in and out of the library van, Janie is in the very best place
to excel at her other little sideline, as an amateur sleuth.
Throughout her life Janie’s father, Philip Chandler, has been
her sounding board. When Janie was just five years old Philip took her to the
park one snowy day. He crossed the road
to buy her a doughnut and got knocked over by a bus. Sadly, as a result, Philip is now blind. But he hasn’t let that stop him from leading
a full and busy life. He has trained as
a physiotherapist and has a long list of clients keen to visit him, grateful
for his gentle nature and wise words.
As well as benefitting from her father’s wise words, Janie
has a passion for Agatha Christie novels.
As a result, she is a devoted fan of Hercule Poirot and for the last
year or two she has had a chance to put all she has learned from him to the
test.
In the first book in the Sussex Crime mystery series, The
Tapestry Bag,
Janie’s
good friend Zara goes missing. When the
police appear to be doing little to find Zara, Janie makes it her mission to track
her down. Zara’s boyfriend, Joel, has
been killed in a hit and run accident and Zara goes missing on the one-year
anniversary of his death. As Janie
explores the strange circumstances of Zara’s disappearance, she starts to
question the truth about Joel’s death. She turns to Agatha Christie’s crime
novel, The
Mysterious Affair at Styles, to help her untangle the web of lies and deceit.
Having shown her skills at investigating, Janie takes on her
first paid case for a client in the second book in the series, Lost
Property. This time Janie enlists the help
of her friend and local journalist, Libby Frobisher and between them they track
down clues and piece together the facts.
By the time Janie embarks on her third investigation – The Invisible Case - Janie
is getting used to being a mum, with baby daughter, Michelle, just two months
old.
In this latest novel in the series - A Notable Omission – Janie has the chance to leave behind her responsibilities as a wife and mother to attend a three-day conference at Sussex University on the topic of equal rights for women. At this point in her life she feels conflicted. She loves her husband, she loves being a mother to Michelle, but it’s as if there are different parts of herself that need feeding in different ways. She’s hoping these few days away from home will give her the chance to do some soul-searching. But when one of the conference delegates goes missing, once again Janie teams up with Libby and they both become embroiled in yet another mystery…
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