The Sam Jones Mysteries: Volumes 1-4

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"Zips along...bursting with rare energy and fire...Henderson writes with utter conviction, exposing what it's like to be young, wild and hard-hearted in London. Bitchy, bouncy and ba-ad." - Val McDermid

For the 1st time ever Volumes 1-4 of Lauren Henderson’s awesome Sam Jones Mysteries brought together in one volume.

Dead White Female: Introducing Sam Jones: Relentlessly cool, witheringly funny and definitely someone you want on your side when the shit hits the fan. Camden based sculptor Sam Jones has a nose for trouble and an instinct for investigation. She lives hard, plays harder and knows London like the back of her hand. When Lee Jackson is found dead after a party, the police believe it was an accident, but Sam Jones is convinced it’s murder. Frustrated by the see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil attitude of friends, she abandons the sculpture she is working on, to investigate her art tutor's death.

Too Many Blondes: Sharp edged Camden sculptor Sam Jones was not happy with the atmosphere at her local gym. As far as she was concerned there were altogether too many blondes and the tension was so thick you could cut it with a rusty chainsaw. But no one was expecting murder. Even for the more hardened souls amongst them it came as something of a shock when one of Sam's colleagues gets turned into a corpse. Sam is asked to investigate and with her extremely unorthodox methods she discovers that more than one of the staff has an unpleasant secret to hide. Not to mention her own scandalous entanglement with a very unlikely source indeed.

The Black Rubber Dress: Sam Jones is the woman everyone warned you about. Relentlessly cool, witheringly funny and definitely someone you want on your side when the shit hits the fan. Camden based sculptor Sam Jones has a nose for trouble and an instinct for investigation. In this episode of Lauren Henderson's much loved book series we find Sam caught up in a web of blackmail, drugs and murder as she swaps the mean streets of her beloved North London for the seedy shenanigans of the over-privileged 'Made In Chelsea' set. Faced with her customary tenacity and ruthless wise-cracking, the boys and girls of London's poshest borough don't take long to figure out that when Sam Jones starts kicking ass, it stays kicked.

Freeze My Margarita: In her latest adventure Sam Jones finds herself up close and personal with the London theatre crowd as they attempt to mount a production of Midsummer Night’s Dream. Of course things never seem to run smoothly when Sam’s around and pretty soon she’s drawn into a web of sexual intrigue, petty jealousy and cold blooded murder. Luckily Sam Jones is exactly the person you want around when the body count starts to rise and in no time she’s got the thesbians whipped into shape and the killer in her sights.

"Positively effervescent whodunit featuring streetwise sculptor Sam Jones . . . Henderson storms through her novel with wit and assurance. British crime writing has a new star." - Literary Review

"Not read Lauren Henderson yet? High time you started! There is a real freshness, verve and astringency about her." - Colin Dexter, author of "The Remorseful Day and "Death Is Not My Neighbour