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Ruth is not thrilled to be spending the weekend at the family farm visiting the ancient GG, her coolly distant step-grandmother. With no internet or phone coverage, Ruth occupies herself by re-reading old Agatha Christie novels, eavesdropping on the adults, and definitely not daydreaming about her sort-of-cousin Dylan.
But when GG dies under suspicious circumstances, Ruth's dull weekend turns into an enforced-family-holiday-slash-possible-murder-investigation—and she's not about to let the police get in the way of her chance to solve a real-life murder mystery. With Dylan as the Watson to her Holmes, Ruth soon discovers that plenty of people had reasons to be rid of GG, and her list of suspects grows to comprise everyone in the house. Including, in the interests of fairness, herself.
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murder, mystery, detective, mental health, family, secrets, morality, loyalty, inheritance, betrayal, farm
14-year-old Ruth arrives from Perth at her step-grandmother Gertrude's (GG) farm. She is travelling with her father, Andy, Aunty Vinka and her boyfriend Nick, half-cousin Dylan, Aunty Bec, who was given up for adoption after her grandfather had an affair, and Bec's partner Shippy (Matthew). The following morning, Aunty Vinka finds GG dead in her bed from being hit on the head by her typewriter. The police arrive to investigate but Ruth decides to do her own sleuthing with the help of Dylan. A suspenseful mystery about a complex family filled with complications and tension.
