A Prescription for...a gore-and-trauma-free mystery
A niche request but Richard Osman, Susie Dent, Bella Mackie and Janice Hallett ride to the rescue.
“Can you recommend a book?” she asked.
Could you be more specific?
“A mystery. But not a gory mystery. I don’t want blood and brains everywhere. Nothing depressing or misogynistic - why is it that so many writers like to write about young women being raped and murdered and their body parts being scattered around? And nothing too traumatising or terrifying…