The Margaret Code : Meet the detective duo you'll never forget in this compulsive and charming debut crime novel - Richard Hooton Hardback After a lonely childhood

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The Margaret Code : Meet the detective duo you'll never forget in this compulsive and charming debut crime novel - Richard Hooton Hardback After a lonely childhood*** LONGLISTED FOR THE The CWA Whodunnit Dagger 2026***MEET THE DETECTIVE DUO YOU'LL NEVER FORGETFor readers of The Marlow Murder Club, Richard Osman and The List of Suspicious Things 'One of the best books I've read this year' ALEX GRAY'An absorbingly unusual murder mystery' CHRIS BROOKMYRE'Who knew that an 89 year old and a teenager would make the perfect crime fighting duo?!' Reader Review ?????__________89 year old Margaret has lived on Garnon