Death Hits the Heart

Alexander Thorpe is back with another hilarious Australian cosy mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Kerry Greenwood. Disgraced journalist Elsie Ashworth is starting 1929 on a low note. She’s lost her job, her home and her reputation, and the one friend in her corner is an irritatingly erudite wandering monk. So, when a young man washes ashore with a harpoon in his chest, Elsie sees opportunity in tragedy. If she can solve the murder ahead of the police and her watchful ex-colleagues, the tide might still turn in her favour, giving her one last shot at redemption. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘Death Hits the Heart is as charming, tightly plotted and funny as I’ve come to expect from Alexander Thorpe’s delightful mendicant monk series. Come for a first-rate crime story, stay for a glimpse into a long-gone version of Western Australia. Nobody is writing cosier historical crime fiction than Alexander Thorpe right now.’ Kate Emery, ABIA-winning author of My Family and Other Suspects Alexander Thorpe Alexander Thorpe is from Fremantle, Western Australia. He has written advertising copy for pool cleaners and concrete supply companies, taught English in Joseph Stalin’s hometown and almost managed to read half of James Joyce’s Ulysses twice (which is more or less the same as having almost managed to read the whole book). Alex has written for news outlets, travel journals, marketing companies and educational providers. Death Leaves the Station is his first novel. Alexander Thorpe is from Fremantle, Western Australia. He has written advertising copy for pool cleaners and concrete supply companies, taught English in Joseph Stalin’s hometown and almost managed to read half of James Joyce’s Ulysses twice (which is more or less the same as having almost managed to read the whole book). Alex has written for news outlets, travel journals, marketing companies and educational providers. Death Leaves the Station is his first novel.