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Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
All are linked to the new Dorset Gardens Theatre where feisty young Betsy Brand is playing First Witch in Macbeth. It seems that a shadowy figure call The Salamander, who haunted London during the Fire, has returned to wreak cruel revenge on his enemies. With the authorities utterly baffled, Betsy takes on a new role as an investigator. She reasons that, perhaps, a clever, courageous actres can unravel the deepening mystery. But soon she faces a more...
Author
Series
Josephine Fox volume 1
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
The perfect read for fans of Sunday night drama. Foyle's War meets Jessica Fellowes in this deliciously dark tale of wartime family secrets and lies in small town England. Everyone has secrets, some are just more deadly than others . . . April 1941, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Josy' Fox hasn't set foot in Romsey in over twenty years. As an illegitimate child, her family - headed by her controlling grandfather - found her an embarrassment. Now, she...
Author
Series
A DCI Satterthwaite Mystery volume 2
Publisher
Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
A brand new DCI Jude Satterthwaite crime mystery from the bestselling Jo Allen. When one-hundred-year-old Violet Ross is found dead at Eden's End, a luxury care home hidden in a secluded nook of the Lake District's Eden Valley it's tragic, of course, but not unexpected. Except for the instantly recognisable look in her lifeless eyes... that of pure terror. DCI Jude Satterthwaite heads up the investigation, but as the deaths start to mount up it's...
Author
Series
Dr Jo McCready Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
CAN YOU TRUST A KILLER TO CATCH HIS OWN COPYCAT? The utterly gripping new Murder in Yorkshire crime novel by the brilliant Lesley McEvoy - for fans of Happy Valley. ___________________ Jacob Malecki killed fifteen people over a thirteen-year period. At the height of the murders, Dr. Jo McCready was at university and compiled a profile of Malecki, which broke open the case and helped send him down for life. Twenty-five years later a copycat killer...
Author
Series
Baker Street Mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
PRE-ORDER NOW - A GLORIOUS SHERLOCK HOLMES-INSPIRED MYSTERY FOR FANS OF NITA PROSE AND JANICE HALLETT London, 1932. When Harriet White rebuffs the advances of her boss at the Baker Street building society where she works, she finds herself demoted to a new position? a very unusual position. Deep in the postal department beneath the bank, she is tasked with working her way through a mountain of correspondence addressed to Baker Street?s most famous...
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Series
Miss Clara Vale Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Embla Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Someone is killing fairy godmothers in Cinderella... Can Miss Clara Vale crack the case before the clock strikes twelve? 1929, December: Snow is falling, and Miss Clara Vale is wrapped up against the cold as she braves the icy streets of Newcastle in her latest investigation. When a young actress from the touring pantomime of Cinderella arrives at her door, Clara isn't sure what to make of her request. Sybil Langford, the legendary fairy godmother...
7) Strange ways
Author
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
No magician has ever escaped Coldwater Prison. But that is exactly where Amanda Coleman, heist artist and Abra-killer, must go. Somewhere in London, a mysterious blackmailer has enough evidence to put Amanda?s head in a noose and ensure her only remaining daughter, Michaela, is right alongside her when it happens. To save Michaela, Amanda must assassinate one of Coldwater?s most infamous residents. But the only way in is as an inmate. But a notorious...
Author
Series
The Last Templar Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
No clues, and everyone?s a suspect... Agatha Kyteler, regarded as a witch by her superstitious neighbours, has no shortage of enemies. But when her body is found frozen and mutilated in a hedge one wintry morning, there seem to be no clues as to who could be responsible. Until a local youth runs away and a cry is raised? Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King?s Peace, is not convinced of the youth?s guilt, and he manages to persuade his close friend...
Author
Series
Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery volume 5
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Pre-order the BRAND NEW instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series! A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! An old friend in need? Despite being retired from the police, Dan Armstrong is always on hand to help with solving a crime. So, when he?s contacted by an old colleague in need of help, Dan readily agrees. The only problem Dan can see is the location - an isolated...
Author
Series
Malvern Farm Mystery volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Where there?s a body in Malvern End, there are secrets to be uncovered? Jude Gray has worked hard to bring a steady equilibrium to life on Malvern Farm and things are going well. The only fly in the ointment is the foul addition of a new face in the village: staunch townie and chauvinistic sleaze, Des Smith. Jude has nothing but sympathy for his caring, patient wife, Loretta, who has become a regular visitor to the farm for a cup of tea and a chat....
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Series
The Last Templar Mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Simon and Baldwin must step into action once more. Devon, 1318. Peter Bruther flees his master Sir William Beauseyr, despite knowing it could earn him a brutal punishment. To escape said punishment, cunning Peter sets up as a tin miner on the moors so he is automatically in the protection of the king. When Simon Puttock informs Sir William that he has no legal claim on his wayward servant, the knight is furious, fearing an uprising amongst his other...
12) The last Templar
Author
Series
The Last Templar Mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The first thrilling instalment in a legendary historical adventure series. Paris, 1307. The Knights Templar have been destroyed by Pope Clement, having been persuaded by a jealous king that they are corrupt devil worshippers. There is one survivor - a knight who swears vengeance. Devon, 1316. A charred body is discovered in a burned-out cottage, and newly appointed Bailiff, Simon Puttock, believes it to be accidental. Until the new master of the local...
Author
Series
Inheritance Games volume 2
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons. As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different...
Author
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The start in a BRAND NEW cosy mystery series from Debbie Young A picturesque village. A quaint highstreet... And a murder to solve. Alice's new life is off to a deadly start. When Alice Carroll steps into Curiosity Cottage, a picture-perfect former bric-a-brac shop in the Cotswold Village of Little Pride, she thinks she?s found the perfect place to start the new phase of her life. Freshly separated from her collector long-term boyfriend, she?s excited...
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Series
Village Detectives volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The brand new instalment in the Village Detectives Cozy Mystery Series from Fiona Walker We regret to announce the tragic death of Phoebe Fredericks? When crime novelist Phoebe opens the post and receives an invitation to her own funeral, she?s horrified. Not least because the date of her death is marked as tomorrow. Deciding it?s nothing more than a prank from an enemy from her past, she determines to put it to the back of her mind. But the next...
Author
Series
The Last Templar Mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The first death was horrifying, the second was awful? the third was inevitable. Peter Clifford, priest of the bustling town of Crediton, is an anxious man. Already nervous about the impending visit of the Bishop of Exeter, he is disturbed to learn that a company of violent mercenaries has taken up residence at the inn. Simon Puttock and Baldwin Furnshill are in attendance to help welcome the bishop. They are initially relieved when a diversion comes...
17) Murder in Siena
Author
Series
Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery volume 4
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Pre-order the BRAND NEW instalment in bestselling author T. A. Williams' Armstrong and Oscar cozy mystery series! A brand-new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! A lazy weekend in the country? Dan Armstrong and the new love of his life, Anna, are heading to a hotel deep in the gorgeous Tuscan countryside for a long weekend, looking forward to some time away from the stresses of their day jobs. With the beautiful and...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Drawing on historical and contemporary sources and containing many tales which have never before been published, it unearths a chilling range of supernatural phenomena, including the vampire rabbit of Collingwood House, the Pink Lady of Jesmond and the tale of the mysterious witches' bones. Illustrated with over 60 photographs, this book will delight anyone with an interest in the supernatural history of the area.
Author
Series
Publisher
RHCP Digital
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
A thrilling new case for London?s most talented psychic detection agency - from the global bestselling author of the Bartimaeus Sequence. In London, a mysterious and potentially deadly ghost is stalking the halls of St Simeon?s Academy for Talented Youngsters. It lurks in the shadows, spreading fear and icy cold - and it carries a sharp and very solid dagger . . . The headmaster wastes no time in enlisting the help of ghost-hunters Anthony Lockwood,...
Author
Publisher
Profile Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Murder most festive... A locked room mystery solved with a flourish on Boxing Day. Blackmail on Christmas Eve. A missing jewel discovered in a very festive hiding place. A body slumped in a chair on Christmas morning, still listening to carols. The midnight theft of a gift intended for a saint. Crime doesn't take a holiday, so these - and many more - are the puzzles that make up Murder under the Christmas Tree, a collection of festive mysteries featuring...
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