The Jockey's Silk Topper — A Thornwick Hat Shop Mystery, Book 12 (Ebook)

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When the whole county is watching the horses, no one is watching the man.

Agnes Ambrose keeps a quiet millinery shop in the village of Thornwick, where she has learned over thirty years that a hat never lies. It remembers the head it was made for, long after everyone else has forgotten to look.

So when a beloved horse trainer is the toast of the Coldharrow Gold Cup and a sharp-tongued racing journalist turns up dead behind the marquees, a gentleman's silk topper set neatly beside the body, the whole county sees an open-and-shut case. Everyone but Agnes.

For that planted topper is bespoke, blocked to one head alone, and Agnes has measured every head at Wrenmere with her own hands. What she reads in a single hat will unravel a twenty-year scheme of doped horses, ruined families, and murders dressed up as accidents, and set right a good man's name, buried these twenty years.

But the killer is the most trusted man in three counties, with a smile everyone believes and a young stable boy already condemned in his place. To prove what she knows, Agnes will have to look closely, in a good light, and say the true thing out loud, before a patient, charming murderer decides the grey little milliner has seen far too much.

A mend unseen. A truth buried. A killer in plain sight.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Horse racing, grand stands, and race-day glamour
• A killer hiding behind a charming smile
• An innocent stable boy who needs a champion
• Clean mysteries with no graphic violence or bad language

Book 12 of A Thornwick Hat Shop Mystery. Read the series in order, or jump in here.

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