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Melbourne-based author, Amanda Hampson has been writing professionally for more than 30 years and is the award-winning author of nine novels: The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer, The Yellow Villa, Sixty Summers, Lovebirds, The Tea Ladies, The Cryptic Clue and The Deadly Dispute.

A runaway bestseller, The Tea Ladies won the 2024 Danger Awards for Best Crime Fiction and was Shortlisted for 2024 Davitt Awards Best Adult Crime & 2024 Ned Kelly Awards Best Fiction.

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	The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 4,297 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cryptic Clue (The Tea Ladies, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 1,611 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Deadly Dispute (The Tea Ladies, #3) 4.07 avg rating — 737 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The French Perfumer 3.66 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 2017 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Olive Sisters 3.87 avg rating — 619 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Yellow Villa 3.55 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2018 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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It’s been a busy few months getting out with ‘Sixty Summers’ and talking to lots of readers. As well as a number of venues around Sydney, I did a tour to the Central West – Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Parkes, Mudgee and Grenfell – where it was mostly freezing cold. Now I’m headed up the East Coast from Forster to Port Macquarie, Grafton, Lismore, Ballina, Helensvale, Southport, Highfields, Carindale,

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Kerryn Mayne is utterly original, as are her characters. This is another great mystery from the author of 'Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder'. Both books kept me guessing and completely engrossed to the very last page. ...more
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A compelling read with characters that leap off the page. The dry wit and larger than life characters reminded me a little of The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt which is one of my all time favourites. Good as Gold is a very Australian story, it's ...more
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