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She keeps everyones secrets until theres a murder

Sydney 1965 After a chance encounter with a stranger mildmannered tea lady Hazel Bates becomes an accidental sleuth stumbling into a world of ruthless crooks and racketeers in search of a young woman she believes to be in danger

In the meantime Hazels job at Empire Fashionwear is in jeopardy The firm has turned out the same frocks and blouses for the past twenty years and when the miniskirt bursts onto the scene it rocks the rag trade to its foundations War breaks out between departments and it falls to Hazel the quiet diplomat to broker peace and save the firm

When there is a murder in the building Hazel and her network of tea ladies put themselves in danger as they piece together clues that connect the murder to a nearby arson and a kidnapping But if theres one thing tea ladies can handle its hot water