The Secrets of Montgomery Manor: A Petticoat Police Mystery
Book 3
$29.94
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2027
Summary
The unflappable women police of Adelaide are back on the case for the next installment in the bestselling Petticoat Police Mystery Series.
Adelaide, November 1917. Australia is at war, and a nasty conscription campaign is dividing the nation. With Miss Cocks away on a remote assignment, Junior Constable Ethel Bromley is called to investigate the death of young Aboriginal maid Tuppence Kareem at the opulent Montgomery Manor.
There’s backslapping galore when a quick arrest is ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733654350 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0733654355 |
| Author: | Lainie Anderson |
| Publisher: | Hachette Australia |
| Imprint: | Hachette Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Lainie Anderson
Lainie Anderson OAM has worked with Adelaide’s Sunday Mail, Melbourne’s Herald Sun and London’s The Times. After being awarded a Churchill Fellowship, Lainie published her debut novel Long Flight Home in 2019. In 2024, Lainie completed a PhD on Kate Cocks, the inspiration behind the Petticoat Police Mysteries.
Lainie is a board member of the History Trust of South Australia, the vice-president of the History Council of South Australia and sits on the SA selection committee for the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. She was SA’s 2023 Emerging Historian of the Year and in 2026 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for her service to community history.
The Secrets of Montgomery Manor is the third novel in the Petticoat Police Mystery series, following bestsellers Murder on North Terrace and The Death of Dora Black. The Death of Dora Black was longlisted for the 2025 Indie Book Awards for Debut Fiction and the 2025 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award.
Lainie lives in Adelaide with her husband Max.
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