‘The Birthday Girl’ by Sarah WardWelcome to Eldey, an island with deadly secrets. Guests include – Mona: a carefree artist, staying at the Cloister to work on her illustrations. Beth: the harried mother of a toddler, on the remote We...
‘Four Hidden Treasures’ By H L MarsayWelcome to Hartwell, an English village full of cobbled streets, ancient curses, and buried secrets. Reeling from the last few years of uncertainty, the villagers of Hartwell are adjusting to their ne...
‘Web of Lies’ by Paul GitshamWhen mother-of-two Louisa doesn’t return home from work one night, her husband raises the alarm. Investigating the workshop where she ran her mail-order business reveals signs she was taken by force –...
‘My Sister’s Secret’ by Diane SaxonFour sisters, four secrets. Who has the deadliest of them all? Something happened to me when I was nine. My childhood memories before that fateful day are gone. Extinguished. The aftermath has become...
‘The Accident’ by Julia StoneAn unidentified young woman dies falling from a bridge onto Janice Thomason’s car. The police rule it as misadventure; not an act of suicide or murder, just an accident. But who was this woman? And wh...
A Christmas Murder of Crows by DM AustinDecember 1923. In the picturesque Westmorland village of Crowthwaite, the barmaid at The Black Feather entertains a traveller with a local story of pagan sacrifice – the Murder of Crows. Unbekno...
‘The Patrios Network’ by Antony JohnstonONLINE HATE BECOMES REAL. When a renegade British officer steals plans for a high-tech weapon that could plunge whole cities into darkness, elite MI6 hacker Brigitte Sharp is sent to get them back. Bu...
An Honourable ThiefIntroducing Jonas Flynt. Gambler. Thief. Killer. Man of honour. 1715. Jonas Flynt, ex-soldier and reluctant member of the Company of Rogues, a shady intelligence group run by ruthless spymaster Nathan...
Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda YoungCurtain Call at the Seaview Hotel is the second in the series starring hotel landlady and amateur sleuth Helen Dexter. You can still read it as a stand alone book, however. This cosy crime is set agai...
‘Her Perfect Husband’ by Susan WilkinsShe thinks he’s perfect. But is he playing her for a fool? In a tangle of twisted passions and lies, the path of love leads to obsession and murder. Sophie Latham is a successful businesswoman used to...
‘The Life of Crime’ by Martin EdwardsIn this ground-breaking history of crime fiction, acclaimed expert and CWA Diamond Dagger winner Martin Edwards traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering a...
‘The Thief, the Wife and the Canoe’ by David LeighThe Thief, His Wife and The Canoe is the behind-the-scenes account of a true event of audacious deception and coercion, offering an unprecedented insight into a mind-boggling story that gripped the na...
‘The Dead of Winter’ by David Stuart DaviesThe Dead of Winter A Rupert Wild Mystery by David Stuart Davies Level Best Books A Golden Age mystery with a thread of darkness. Having survived the First World War and been decorated for his bravery...
Music of the Night – CWA short story anthologyMusic of the Night is the anthology of original short stories contributed by Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) members, with music as the connecting theme. Whether it’s the swaying notes of classical o...
The Subsequent Wife by Priscilla MastersJennifer Lomax is just twenty-one but she’s already taken some hard knocks in life. So when older, reserved and enigmatic widower Steven Taverner asks her to marry him, she’s desperate to...
‘The Downstairs Neighbour’ by Helen CooperIn a converted Georgian townhouse in south west London, three families live under one roof. The large flat that takes up the top two floors is home to the Harlow family: happily married Paul and Steph...
KGB Banker by William Burton McCormick & John ChristmasA return trip to the land of his ancestors is about to turn deadly for one whistleblowing Chicago banker. When financial executive Bob Vanags takes a job at ominous Turaida Bank in Latvia, he hopes to...
Many Deadly Returns by the Murder SquadIt’s 21 years since Murder Squad, a group of award-winning crime and mystery writers, was formed and they have written a new anthology of short stories to celebrate the occasion with a bang. Murder Sq...
‘Lying Ways’ by Rachel LynchWhen the danger is already inside, nowhere is safe… Highton Prison sits nestled within the moors of western Cumbria. When two former inmates turn up dead, DI Kelly Porter believes that she is hu...
RUNNING OUT OF ROAD by Cath StaincliffeA missing schoolgirl, a middle-aged recluse, an exploited teenager. Lives thrown into chaos and set on collision course. With the police in hot pursuit. Scarlett is dancing in the school talent show t...
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