{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-the-buried-suitcase","title":"The mystery of the buried suitcase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTea. A cat. A very nosy neighbour.\u003cbr\u003eAnd a suitcase that should never have existed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn the day the Queen dies, Penelope Pudding decides that the world has finally gone too far.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA retired private detective with a sharp eye, a sharper tongue and very little patience for humanity, Penelope abandons England and buys a dilapidated cottage on the island of Jersey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe expects silence, order and uninterrupted cups of tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, her cheerful new neighbour arrives with a dog called Fire — a name that causes considerable public alarm whenever it is shouted across the village.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen Fire begins digging in Penelope’s garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat he unearths is not an old bone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a buried suitcase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside lies £398,500 in cash, carefully preserved evidence and the beginning of a mystery someone has spent years trying to keep hidden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen an anonymous message is pushed beneath Penelope’s door warning her to stop digging, she realises that the secret buried beneath her cottage is neither forgotten nor harmless.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomeone is watching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSomeone knows what is hidden in the garden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd someone is prepared to do whatever it takes to prevent the truth from being uncovered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReluctantly assisted by Ginette, a neighbour far too enthusiastic for her own good, Fire, the dog with an alarming talent for discovering trouble, and Lord Snuggles, Penelope’s vegetarian and deeply judgemental cat, Penelope must return to the profession she swore she had left behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs old lies unravel and carefully buried grudges return to the surface, Penelope discovers that the quietest communities often conceal the loudest secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne suitcase.\u003cbr\u003eSix suspicious holes.\u003cbr\u003ePlenty of lies.\u003cbr\u003eAnd absolutely no patience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Mystery of the Buried Suitcase is the first instalment in The Penelope Pudding Mysteries, a warm, witty British cosy mystery series filled with eccentric neighbours, 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