‘Pulsing with wit, bonhomie and boundless energy… A seamlessly plotted mystery in the tradition of Dorothy L Sayers and the golden age of detective fiction.’ Anna Legat

Autumn Term 1934

Manchester, England

Dorothea Roberts, a farmer’s daughter, leaves Derbyshire for the Victoria University of Manchester. Her academic career starts with a bang when she and her friends are drawn into investigating a spy-ring, after a chance encounter with a stranger on a train.

Members of the Women’s Student Union Committee are dying unexpectedly and everything points towards there being a killer on campus.

Dorothea must infiltrate the committee, whilst dealing with essay deadlines and her increasing feelings for the enigmatic Dr Geraint Hadley-Brown, before the killer strikes again at the Christmas fancy dress ball.

Worse still, Dorothea receives news that her friend’s daughter has been kidnapped, as a ploy to entrap her.

Can Dorothea unmask a murderer and prevent a spy-ring compromising national security?

Some lessons may be too dangerous to learn.

Lizzie Bentham lives in the West Midlands with her surgeon husband and two small children. Murder In Her First Degree is the first book in the Red Brick Mystery series.

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