TY - BOOK AU - Hall, J. M, TI - Clock stopped dead, T2 - Liz, Pat and Thelma SN - 9780008606930 (pbk) U1 - 823.92 23/eng/20240510 PY - 2024///. CY - London : PB - Avon, KW - Retired teachers KW - Fiction KW - Murder KW - Investigation KW - Coffee shops KW - Female friendship KW - Thrift shops KW - Secrecy KW - Cozy mysteries KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction N2 - Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma are giving up their coffee morning for a brand-new mystery. The perfect cosy crime story for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, by Richard Osman Retired teachers Pat, Liz and Thelma are happiest whiling away their hours over coffee, cake and chat at the Thirsk Garden Centre café. But when their good friend tells them about an unsettling experience she had in a sinister-feeling charity shop, they simply can't resist investigating... Because the entire shop has vanished into thin air. Before long, our trio of unlikely sleuths find themselves embroiled in a race against the clock to get to the bottom of this mystery - but who has a secret to hide and how far will they go to keep it concealed? Only time will tell ER -