The Jazz Files: Poppy Denby Investigates, Book 1

Written by Fiona Veitch Smith

Narrated by Helen Keeley

1920. Poppy Denby, an aspiring journalist, arrives in London to look after her ailing Aunt. She encourages Poppy to apply for a job at The Daily Globe, but on her first day, a senior reporter is killed and Poppy is tasked with finishing his story. It involves the mysterious death of a suffragette seven years earlier - an event some powerful people would prefer forgotten... Through her friend Delilah, Poppy is introduced to the giddy world of London in the Roaring Twenties. Will she make it as a journalist in this fast-paced new city? And will she be able to unearth the truth before more people die?

• Language: English
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Ltd
• Release date: Jul 25, 2019
• ISBN: 9781528873826

Fiona Veitch Smith

Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Poppy Denby Investigates novels, Golden Age-style murder mysteries set in the 1920s, about a reporter sleuth who works for a London tabloid. The first book in the series, The Jazz Files, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger, while subsequent books have been shortlisted for the Foreword Review Mystery Novel of the Year and the People’s Book Prize. She is formerly a journalist, having worked on the arts and crime beats of a Cape Town newspaper, and lectured in journalism in the UK for over a decade. She is currently the Deputy Editor of the CWA’s Red Herrings Magazine.

Reviews for The Jazz Files

[mama rebelle · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyed the story, and characters but I found historical background gets explained too much. As a keen reader of historical mystery repeating my hearing commonly known historical facts became irritating

[Mari Melting · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Totally unbelievable but a lot of fun. An enjoyable start to a new cozy mystery series.