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The Deadly Dispute
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  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761358227
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Deadly Dispute

A Tea Ladies Mystery

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24 Mar 2026
Tr. Paperback
1 Apr 2025
EBook
1 Apr 2025
Audiobook
1 Apr 2025
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  • Published: 24 March 2026
  • ISBN: 9781761358227
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $24.99
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About the author

Amanda Hampson

Melbourne-based author Amanda Hampson has been writing professionally for more than thirty years and is the bestselling author of novels The Olive Sisters, Two for the Road, The French Perfumer, The Yellow Villa, Sixty Summers, Lovebirds, The Tea Ladies, The Cryptic Clue and The Deadly Dispute. The Model Murder, coming April 2026, will be her tenth novel.

A runaway bestseller, The Tea Ladies won the 2024 Danger Awards for Best Crime Fiction and was Shortlisted for the 2024 Davitt Awards - Best Adult Crime and the 2024 Ned Kelly Awards – Best Fiction.

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