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When the Daily Post, the top-selling newspaper of 1924, receives a notice announcing the death of Lord Ravensbourne, something is clearly up. Not only is his lordship the owner of the Post, but he’s still very much alive. Lady detectives Marjorie Swallow and Mrs Jameson must find out who sent the death notice, before the threat becomes reality. But Marjorie quickly discovers that Lord Ravensbourne, a belligerent bully, collects enemies like other men collect stamps. Everyone seems to have good reason to wish him dead.

Who can you trust in a "sunny place for shady people"? A trip to the French Riviera sounds like just the ticket for Marjorie and Mrs Jameson. But from the moment they step aboard the famous Blue Train to the Mediterranean coast, it becomes clear that this won't be an ordinary vacation. They've been invited to stay at the palatial Villa Beau Rivage for a month in the sun, after a dismal summer in London.

Flappers meet gangsters in the hottest jazz club in Soho. Step back into the roaring twenties with a captivating mystery set in 1920s London. When a night of jazz and dancing with the American ambassador’s niece ends in tragedy, apprentice detective Marjorie Swallow is thrust into a world of shady cocaine deals and opium dens. To discover the truth, she goes undercover as a dance hostess at the notorious Harlequin club and confronts the menacing Armstrong brothers. The quest for answers takes unexpected turns, with secrets lurking in the shadows of Soho and closer to home.

Detective duo Mrs Jameson and Marjorie Swallow are called to investigate when a renowned garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her priceless Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show. But soon it’s not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and even King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet. The third in the Marjorie Swallow 1920s murder mystery series requires all her wit, charm and pluck to solve.

Everyone at the party had a secret. Someone killed to keep theirs. London, 1922. Draper’s daughter Marjorie Swallow is 24, independent, and determined to live life to the full. A secretarial post with enigmatic American detective Mrs Jameson looks just the ticket. And soon she’s in the thick of it. When the bohemian party they attend ends in murder, there is no shortage of suspects. Half of Bloomsbury wanted Mrs Norris dead – but who wielded the knife? Was it the handsome but troubled artist? The vivacious young actress? Or even the aristocratic lady novelist?

Welcome to ‘no one is listening anyway’. The podcast where we celebrate the humour of the unheard! Join Anna and Liane for BANTS, rants and candid conversation- we are sure no one is listening anyway - but we would love it if you were!! Rage corner, shit fact of the week and listener confessions are all things you can look forward to every week! Join our girl gang (guys welcome too!)

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Die ehrgeizige Journalistin Penelope Sanderson hat den Karrieresprung in eine quotenstarke Sendung endlich geschafft. Bei MORNINGS IN BOSTON moderiert sie an der Seite von Connor Kingsley zwischen sieben und neun Uhr und bringt die Menschen gut in den Tag. Alles könnte perfekt sein, würde ihr viel zu attraktiver Co-Moderator - und Playboy der Nation - ihr nicht von der ersten Sendung an Steine in den Weg legen, um seinen eigenen Erfolg zu sichern.

Dein neuer Kollege? Unromantisch, kühl und gar nicht so leicht zu entschlüsseln ... Software-Entwicklerin Emmy hat es satt, nie wieder etwas von ihren Dates zu hören - und das ganz ohne Erklärung. Mit ihrem geheimen "Broken Hearts Ghosting Service" liefert sie Leidensgenossinnen das Warum und zeigt den Männern, dass ihr Verhalten Konsequenzen hat. Allerdings kommt dabei ihr eigenes Liebesleben zu kurz - bis Emmy sich mit Leon trifft, der ihre beste Freundin geghostet hat.

Manchmal ist die Liebe nur einen Deal entfernt. Ein PR-Eklat kostet Kim nicht nur ihren guten Ruf als Grafikdesignerin, sondern auch eine Reihe an Klienten. Als sie in einer Bar den attraktiven Junginvestor Conrad de Wit trifft, kann sie sein unverhofftes Job-Angebot daher nicht ablehnen: Weil er aufgrund seines vollen Terminkalenders keine Zeit für Dates hat, soll Kim ihm helfen, die große Liebe zu finden. Es gibt nur zwei Probleme: Erstens muss Kim mit einer Dating-App konkurrieren, die verspricht, für jede Person die passende Seelenverwandtschaft aufzuspüren.