Philippa Perry for Shrink Solves Murder

★★★THE _SUNDAY TIMES_ BESTSELLING AUTHOR★★★'Fantastic book: wickedly witty, with delightful, quirky characters and a cracking plot' JACQUELINE WILSON'An assured and hugely enjoyable murder mystery debut.

It's brilliant!' RICHARD COLES'A joy.

Cosy crime with a side order of psychological insight' JENNIE GODFREYWe are thrilled to be joined by Philippa Perry this May to celebrate her newest crime novel _Shrink Solves Murder._ A warm, witty, and perceptive crime caper from the nation's favourite therapist._HER 3 O'CLOCK JUST BECAME A MURDER CASE...__When a body is found near Beachy Head, the police chalk it up to suicide - a tragic but not uncommon end in these parts.__But local psychotherapist Patricia Phillips isn't convinced.__The victim? Her three o'clock patient, Henry Clayton.__The cause of death is supposedly self-inflicted.

Yet Pat can't shake the belief that someone wanted Henry Clayton dead.

She spends her working life listening to histories and secrets, and she has a nose for when a story doesn't quite ring true.__Drawn from the therapy room to the crime scene, Pat begins to notice what others appear to overlook.__At her side is her best friend Prichard - a home-brewer of fearsome, stomach-turning concoctions, an excellent cook, and a man who seems to get along with everyone.

Which makes him useful for infiltrating village life.__As Pat and Prichard look beneath the village's thin veneer of normality - one that barely conceals its appetites - they discover a killer hiding in plain sight._PHILIPPA PERRY is an artist and psychotherapist as well as a TV and radio presenter.

She is the number one _Sunday Times_ bestselling author of _The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read_ and _The Book You Want Everyone You Love To Read? (And Maybe a Few You Don't)_, published by Cornerstone Press.

Her books have been translated in over 40 languages.