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Dying to Speak
Paperback
Publisher Price: $17.99
ISBN13: 9781068479144
Publisher: Mary Franklin
Published: Mar 23 2026
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Dying to Speak is the third book in the popular Sam Holliday series. You'll find favourite characters from the previous books: Sam, Aidan, Jen, Nate, and of course Gustav the dog (with his nose for sniffing out the villains). Dying to Speak is a story that blends intrigue, suspense, and gentle humour to create a truly cosy crime.
It's the last day of the Oxford Children's Book Festival. Best-selling author, Belinda Rossi, takes the stage. She smiles at the audience that is dying to hear about her new book. But this is a talk that delivers more than anyone expects. Belinda is dying to speak, but she collapses and dies before she can do so. Is it murder?
Sam Holliday, part-time sleuth and full-time children's book publisher, can't afford to make any mistakes as she prepares her company to take part in the Festival for the first time. All eyes are on Sam who recently took over as Managing Director. Does she have what it takes? As rumours start to spread about Belinda's past life, and as one thing after the other goes wrong at the Festival, Sam realises that not everyone wants her to succeed It's time to talk about revenge. Long-held grudges bubble up. Losses must be settled.Who can Sam trust? And of the people she trusts, who will fail her?
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