Writers in the Library - Amanda Hampson

About the Event

The Tea Ladies are back, with another puzzling case.

Join us at Mandurah Library to hear Amanda Hampson talk about the latest book in her Tea Ladies series, The Model Murder.

What to Expect
12.30pm: Light Lunch Served
1.00pm – 2.00pm: In Conversation
2.00pm: Book signing

About the Book – The Model Murder
Sydney, 1968. In a shadowy city lane, a young man is shot dead. His glamorous fiancée, a rising fashion model, disappears without a trace. The police think they’ve found their culprit. 

But Hazel, Betty, Irene and Merl know better. 

The Model Murder is the fourth irresistible instalment in bestselling author Amanda Hampson’s much-loved Tea Ladies cosy crime series. A smart, warm-hearted and sharply observed crime novel that proves sleuthing isn’t just for hard-boiled detectives. Set against the fizz and tension of late-1960s Sydney, The Model Murder plunges into a world of fashion houses, theatre groups, back-street bookmakers and dangerous secrets. When the Tea Ladies begin quietly asking questions about the laneway murder, they uncover a tangled web of lies involving missing money, organised crime — and a truth someone is willing to kill to keep buried.

As always, Hampson’s great strength lies in her characters: four working women whose friendship, courage and stubborn sense of justice carry them far beyond their day jobs. Witty, suspenseful and deeply humane, The Model Murder blends classic whodunnit pleasures with rich social detail and a keen eye for the hidden lives of older women.

About the Author
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 is 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.

Bookings are essential as spaces are limited.