by Ilsa Evans
Nefarious Doings is the first book in Ilsa Evans’ Nell Forrest Mystery series. The second is Ill-Gotten Gains.
“Funny and heartwarming, Nefarious Doings kept me turning the pages until its surprising but entirely satisfying conclusion, when I found myself sad to leave Nell and the town. I’m eagerly looking forward to the next instalment.”—Di Blacklock
Nominated for the Best Adult Novel in the 14th Davitt Awards for the best crime books!
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Ill-Gotten Gains by Ilsa Evans
There are secrets in the sleepy town of Majic, where the past trips over the present ... and then looks the other way.
The country town of Majic is about to celebrate a milestone. It’s been 150 years since the founding father, Petar Majic, rode into the bush after a liquid lunch, vowing to build a house at whatever spot he reached by sunset. However, what happened next isn’t quite what town legend would have you believe.
A minor act of cemetery vandalism lands local columnist and amateur detective Nell Forrest right in the path of historical inevitability. An apparent murder-suicide leads to the unveiling of a century-old scandal and a trail left by a trio of long-dead women.
Nell’s investigations are hampered both by the arrival of the handsome district detective and by her family – whose dramas almost eclipse that of the town itself. With directionless daughters, unplanned pregnancies, a spot or two of adultery and an ex-husband who wants her house, Nell barely has time for the case, let alone the energy to keep her wits about her at the same time.
And Nell will need her wits about her as the mystery of Majic begins casting its shadow into the present day, putting Nell and her family in grave danger. In the end, Nell must decide whether it is a tale of epic fortitude, or treachery and ill-gotten gains, before the past catches up with her.
Ill-Gotten Gains is the second book in Ilsa Evans’ Nell Forrest Mystery series. Nefarious Doings is the first.
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First published by Momentum in 2014
This edition published in 2014 by Momentum
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