The Moquette Mystery 9781068516245 Paperback

A young Northern woman called May is working inthe fabrics department of a grand London department store when a detectivecomes in, clutching a scrap of fabric. Any idea what this is . . ? Mayssuperiors arent interested, so she takes the piece of oddly carpet-like cloth patterned in pretty yellows, purples and blues and gets rid of the officerby offering to find out.It turns out to be a piece of railway moquette but from which line, since no-one appears to have seen this striking pattern before – and how does it solve a murder? Mays investigations takeher out into Metroland, up to the textile mills of Halifax, and finally to the Isleof Wight. Can this plucky young woman solve the Moquette Mystery?Seats of London a left-field guide to the colourful array of patterns adorningLondons Tube train, bus and train seats since the Thirties has become an unlikely bestseller, and is already in its sixth printing. The Moquette Mystery is a kind of sequel , as well as a quirky and unique crime novel in its own right.