J.M Hall 3 Books Set (A Spoonful of Murder, A Pen Dipped in Poison & A Clock Stopped Dead)

J. M. Hall 3 Books Set brings together three mysteries featuring retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma. Regularly meeting for coffee and cake at the Thirsk Garden Centre café, the trio find their familiar routine repeatedly interrupted by unsettling incidents and growing suspicion.

Across the collection, anonymous letters begin to expose secrets, an unexpected death draws the friends into a murder investigation, and a charity shop with a sinister atmosphere appears to disappear without trace. As questions multiply and the consequences ripple through careers and marriages, Liz, Pat and Thelma decide to investigate for themselves and uncover the truth before further harm is done.

Included titles

• A Spoonful of Murder
• A Pen Dipped in Poison
• A Clock Stopped Dead

Key details

• Three-book set by J. M. Hall
• Centres on Liz, Pat and Thelma, retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths
• Stories linked to the Thirsk Garden Centre café and the trio’s coffee-and-cake meet-ups

Synopses

A Pen Dipped in Poison

White envelopes arrive for friends and neighbours, each containing a letter that reveals secrets intended to stay hidden. As suspicion spreads and lives are affected, three friends decide they must act, questioning how far someone will go to silence the poison pen.

A Spoonful of Murder

At ‘coffee o’clock’ in the Thirsk Garden Centre café, Liz, Thelma and Pat meet every Thursday. After they run into an ex-colleague, Topsy, she is dead by the following week, and the trio are drawn into the case, convinced there is more to her death than first appears.

A Clock Stopped Dead

A friend’s unsettling experience in a sinister-feeling charity shop leads Liz, Pat and Thelma into a new mystery. When the entire shop seems to have vanished into thin air, they begin investigating, racing against the clock to discover what happened.