Stella Ryman and the Search for Thelma Hu (digital)

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Stella Ryman and the Search for Thelma Hu

A Fairmount Manor Mystery by Mel Anastasiou

Stella remembered Mad Cassandra Browning’s words: “There is danger, Stella Ryman.” She shoved a hand deep into her pocket and wrapped her fingers around the keys to every door in Fairmount Manor Care Home. 

What had Thelma asked for?

A real crime. This morning, Stella could smell crime, as clearly as the aromas of breakfast that wafted along the twisting Fairmount Manor corridors.

Octogenarian sleuth Stella Ryman returns to investigate a perplexing care home mystery that precipitates the disappearance of her closest friend, the fragile and fierce Thelma Hu.

The Greek Chorus spell out Thelma’s doom: “Those who leave Fairmount seldom return.”

Stella’s only hope to find Thelma and bring her home, is to escape Fairmount Manor and head out alone, armed with her wiles and the resilience born of long experience  —  through the big city that she never thought she’d see again.

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Recognition and Reader reviews for Stella Ryman

Longlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour in Literature, and winner of a Literary Titan Gold Medal, Mel Anastasiou’s Stella Ryman and the Fairmount Manor Mysteries continues to be a reader favourite.  As one fan wrote, “You know a story’s good when you keep finding yourself laughing out loud.”  Others wrote,

“witty and endearing”

“beautifully written with humour, grace, and suspense.”

“Stella Ryman is my new hero!”