Book Launch: The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up by Kate Solly, in conversation with Jack Heath

Join us for an evening at The Book Cow when we welcome Kate Solly in store for the launch of her third book, The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up. Kate will be joined in conversation for this event by fellow author Jack Heath.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Paradise Heights Miniature Railway Bust-Up is a cosy crime/mystery novel from the beloved author of Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance and The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up.

Something is amiss at the Paradise Heights Miniature Railway. And this suits Fleck Parker just fine – she’s on the hunt for a new puzzle to solve. Expensive equipment and supplies have disappeared and nobody knows why. Who could possibly wish harm on a community group delivering Sunday afternoon fun on a fleet of jolly little engines?

Fleck is frenetic as ever as she feeds a hungry baby, placates a cranky toddler, executes an (almost) on-time school run and investigates crime – all without losing her Wordle streak. Meanwhile, her best friend, Trixie, is scrambling to manage the Many Hands Society Craft Shop, where volatile volunteers are becoming a real problem.

Fleck has never met a puzzle she didn’t want to solve, and this one is just the ticket. Nobody suspects the cheerful mum asking questions at the railway as she tries to untangle the conundrum. But idyllic bushland and miniature villages hide a sinister mystery, darker and more complex than anyone imagined. Will Fleck’s attempts to derail the thief land her on the wrong side of the tracks?

PRAISE FOR THE PARADISE HEIGHTS MINIATURE RAILWAY BUST-UP

‘Clever, witty - charm for days! Reading a new Kate Solly is the literary equivalent of coming home.’

– Emma Grey

‘Kate Solly’s latest Fleck Parker mystery is as clever as it is charming - a winning, witty mix of kids, crafts, crime and quirky community antics. This series just keeps getting stronger.’

– Jane Tara

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kate Solly is a writer, mother of six and really quite good at getting the bubbles out of plastic book wrap. While most of her time is spent finding lost shoes and investigating what's making the car smell bad, Kate frequently escapes to write entertaining things. She has penned many articles, columns and reviews for various publications and is the author of Tuesday Evenings With the Copeton Craft Resistance and The Paradise Heights Craft Store Stitch-Up. When she is not writing, she enjoys starting crochet projects and never finishing them.