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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...
2) Dead beat
Author
Series
Kate O'Donnell volume 1
Publisher
Severn House Digital
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A tense and gripping mystery set in 1960s London and Liverpool - When photographer Kate O'Donnell takes off for London from swinging Liverpool she has two things in mind: to make a career and to track down her missing older brother. But when she does find a trace of Tom, he's still missing - leaving behind a dead flatmate and some very suspicious cops, including Harry Barnard of the vice squad. Kate determines to clear her brother's name, but her...
Author
Series
Breakfast Club Adventures volume 4
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marcus and the Breakfast Club Investigators are back and better than ever, just in time for a brand new adventure! When a treasure hunt is announced at Rutherford School, Marcus teams up with his friends to win. But an otherwordly monster is set on spoiling their fun. . . Using clues from a comic book, can the Breakfast Club uncover the mystery behind the monster and find the prize? The Breakfast Club Adventures: The Treasure Hunt Monster is the fourth...
Author
Series
Dr Jo McCready Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
COULD YOU COMMIT A CRIME WITHOUT REALISING? On a busy train station platform, a man pulls a knife and viciously attacks another passenger before fleeing - apparently unaware of what he has just done. To the police, it looks like a terrorist attack. But Forensic Psychologist Dr Jo McCready has seen this bizarre behaviour before, in controversial psychological experiments. She knows this is no random killing spree. When a botched cold case resurfaces,...
Author
Series
School of Alyxa volume 1
Publisher
Willow Tree Books
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Superhuman kids, a missing girl and a thousand-year-old mystery. The gripping adventure begins ... Finn's world is turned upside down when he and his older brother, John, are ripped from their normal lives and sent to Alyxa, an island school that doesn't appear on any map. As the unusual lessons at Alyxa begin, the brothers learn about their super-senses, but nothing can prepare them for the perils to come. To conquer their fears, they must master...
Author
Series
Baker Street Mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The BRAND NEW instalment in Holly Hepburn's page-turning Baker Street Mystery series. 'When did you become aware something was wrong?? ?When the screaming began?? Harriet White is no stranger to odd correspondence. Ensconced in the basement of the Baker Street building society, her job is to reply to the mail they receive on behalf of Sherlock Holmes. But while letters to the fictional sleuth may be plentiful, telegrams are rare, and so when she receives...
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
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Richard Throstle and his wife Georgina are in town with their ghoulish magic lantern show, Phantasmagoria. When Richard is found murdered in his hotel room, police sergeant Slevin takes charge of the investigation. Meanwhile, at the Royal Court Theatre, the Morgan-Drew Players theatre troupe harbour many dark secrets. An ambitious, rambunctious murder mystery, Act of Murder is a tale of magic, pornography and poisonings - with some gruesome murders...
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...
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Series
Armstrong and Oscar Cozy Mystery volume 1
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A brand new cozy crime series set in gorgeous Tuscany...It's murder in paradise! A remote retreat? Nestled high in the Tuscan hills lies Villa Volpone, home to renowned crime writer Jonah Moore and his creative writing course. It?s also the last place retired DCI Dan Armstrong expected to spend his retirement! Dan?s no writer, but maybe this break will help him to think about the next chapter in his own life story? A gruesome murder? But only days...
12) The missing maid
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...
13) Rain dogs
Author
Series
Detective Sean Duffy volume 5
Publisher
Serpent's Tail
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
It's just the same things over and again for Sean Duffy. Riot duty. Heartbreak. Cases he can solve but never get to court. But what detective gets two locked room mysteries in one career? When journalist Lily Bigelow is found dead in the courtyard of Carrickfergus castle, it looks like a suicide. But there are just a few things that bother Duffy enough to keep the case file open. Which is how he finds out that she was working on a devastating investigation...
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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...
Author
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Handsome doctor Matthew Delaney and his wife Nicole have a perfect life. So when Matthew suddenly vanishes, Nicole is in shock. As Nicole searches for answers, she uncovers a trail of deceit leading straight to the mysterious Glasshouse - a staggering palatial home constructed out of cut glass and icy granite, clinging to the hillside in a gravity defying show of power and wealth. But the more Nicole learns about the Glasshouse and all its secrets,...
16) 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...
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Series
Bad Girls Detective Agency volume 2
Publisher
Boldwood Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
They DID promise her a killer hen weekend... Jeanie?s getting married, and - despite her completely impossible four sisters - her best friends Clio and Amber are determined to give her a bachelorette weekend to remember. They?re in matching pink T-shirts and the drinks are flowing... But the night turns out to be unforgettable for all the wrong reasons when a girl turns up dead on the dancefloor. And - even though she?s a stranger - she is wearing...
Author
Series
Miss Clara Vale Mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Murder is no occupation for a lady... or is it? 1929: Miss Clara Vale is a woman ahead of her time. Rather than attending Oxford to bag an eligible Duke (as her mother, Lady Vale, so desperately hoped), she threw herself into a degree in chemistry, with aspirations to become a scientist in her own right. But the world isn't ready for Clara. Unable to land a job in science because she's a woman, she is stuck behind the desk at a dingy London library....
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
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
A gripping mystery with a classic feel: And Then There Were None meets The Silent Companions Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who were lost in the conflict. But as his guests begin to arrive,...
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