The reason ears were invented

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There's a brutal murder in the small Welsh village of Gilfach. The police are clueless. With no motive and no real suspect, the investigation soon grinds to a halt. Enter Mary Anne Smith, otherwise known as Granny Smith, the 71-years-young, pipe-smoking, heavy metal-loving, chaos-causing amateur sleuth with a difference.

Granny has a talent for mayhem, and soon those talents are put to good use as our intrepid pensioner starts the unravel the case, which finds her provoking Chief Inspector Miskin as she comes up against a full scale police investigation, proving that you're never too old to make a nuisance of yourself and that 71 is actually the new 21.
Murder's never been so much fun.

©2012 Gary Martin Dobbs (P)2016 Gary Martin Dobbs

Granny Smith Investigates

The Little Old Lady Who Solves Crime

By: G. M. Dobbs

Narrated by: Fiona Thraille

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 01-04-16

Language: English 

A Welsh woman won't be stopped!

I knew from the first few minutes that I was going to enjoy this audiobook and I was right. The dry (yet sassy) humour was spot on and the narration was perfectly matched to the tone of the story. Highly recommended!

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Fantastic voice acting from Fiona Thraille

The narrator really brought the characters to life. Great performance, fun and engaging murder mystery.

Hilarious

Where does Granny Smith Investigates rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

at the top of the list..often laugh out loud funny. Brilliantly written and performed.

What other book might you compare Granny Smith Investigates to, and why?

Agatha Raisin series but edgier

Have you listened to any of Fiona Thraille’s other performances? How does this one compare?

very good.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Miss Marple on steroids

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The Great Detectives

A silhouette is all you need - the first image is of course Sherlock Holmes - that intellectual champion of justice.


The second image is Granny Smith - that pipe smoking, rock music loving, amateur sleuth with a difference.



It's Miss Marple on steroids!


A brutal murder in a small Welsh village and the police are stuck without a clue. With no motive and no real suspect the investigation soon grinds to a halt. Enter Mary Alice Smith, otherwise known as Granny Smith, the rock music loving, pipe smoking, chaos causing amateur sleuth with a difference.

Granny has a talent for mayhem and soon those talents are put to good use as our intrepid pensioner starts the unravel the case, which finds her provoking Chief Inspector Miskin as she comes up against a full scale police investigation, proving that you’re never too old to make a nuisance of yourself and that sixty three is actually the new twenty three.

Murder's never been so much fun.




There are three Granny Smith eBooks currently available and in September 2014 print versions will be made available by a new independent publisher.

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Biography

Gary Dobbs is a writer and actor who has appeared in such iconic British shows as Doctor Who and Torchwood. Gary can currently be seen getting his balls hacked off in The Reverend from Burn Hand Films. Using the pen name Jack Martin he is responsible for a string of bestselling westerns published by Robert Hale LTD and using his given name, Gary Dobbs he writes crime and thriller fiction.

Gary is also the author of the popular Granny Smith Mystery series - Granny Smith Investigates and a second adventure, Granny Smith and the Deadly Frogs are both available now. Granny Smith third adventure, The Welsh Connection was published in 2013.

Gary lives,dreams and smokes his pipe in South Wales.

THE GERIATRIC CRIMEFIGHTER

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“It’s Miss Marple on steroids.”

A brutal murder in a small Welsh village and the police are stuck without a clue. With no motive and no real suspect the investigation soon grinds to a halt. Enter Mary Alice Smith, otherwise known as Granny Smith, the rock music loving, pipe smoking, chaos causing amateur sleuth with a difference.

Granny has a talent for mayhem and soon those talents are put to good use as our intrepid pensioner starts the unravel the case, which finds her provoking Chief Inspector Miskin as she comes up against a full scale police investigation, proving that you’re never too old to make a nuisance of yourself and that sixty three is actually the new twenty three.

Murder's never been so much fun.

On the origins of the Granny Smith

 Extract from Granny Smith Investigates

• Publisher: Red Valley Books; 1st Kindle edition edition (24 Jun 2012)
• CERTIFIED DRM FREE
• Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B008EKH9QG
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Of course Granny Smith’s real name wasn’t Granny but everyone called her Granny. It wasn’t because she was a grandmother, though she was three times over, but rather because as a child she had loved apples, would take one to school for her lunch each and every day. It seemed that wherever she went an apple went with her and so associated with the fruit had she become that eventually some bright spark had nicknamed her Granny Smith after that popular Australian variety of apple. 

 

Granny may have reached the age where her Wild Oats have turned into All-Bran, but there are plenty of tunes that can be played on an old fiddle.

Get the eBook now- Granny Smith Investigates and read the first book in this all new series, but don't forget to take a little nap before Granny returns later this year in Granny Smith and the Deadly Frogs. 

 

 

Coming Nov 2012

 

Granny Smith and the Deadly Frogs

 

 

Extract - Granny Smith and the Deadly Frogs (C) G. M. Dobbs and Red Valley Books 2012

Granny sighed.

This wasn’t getting them anywhere and they had skirted so far away from the central issue that they were in danger of losing sight of it all together.

‘Capitalism by its very nature exploits the working man,’ Mark brought a fist down on the table to illustrate his point.

‘And the working woman,’ Sue chimed in. ‘It’s not all about men you know.’

‘Right on, sister,’ Mansall punched the air and had to adjust his headband which fell forward over his eyes.

‘I think we should get back to the frogs,’ Granny said and then used the pun she had been itching to use for the last ten minutes: ‘We seem to have hopped away from the point of this meeting.’

Maud liked that and nudged Granny gently in the side as a token of her appreciation.

‘Yes,’ Mark stood and leaned forward, his knuckles on the edge of the table. ‘I used the word man as in mankind. And that includes women too.’