Title: The Marble Hall Murders
Genre: Crime
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
Susan Ryeland has had enough of murder.

She’s edited two novels about the famous detective, Atticus Pünd, and both times she’s come close to being killed. Now she’s back in England and she’s been persuaded to work on a third.

The new ‘continuation’ novel is by Eliot Crace, grandson of Miriam Crace who was the biggest selling children’s author in the world until her death exactly twenty years ago.

Eliot believes that Miriam was deliberately poisoned. And when he tells Susan that he has hidden the identity of Miriam’s killer inside his book, Susan knows she’s in trouble once again.

As Susan works on Pünd’s Last Case, a story set in an exotic villa in the South of France, she uncovers more and more parallels between the past and the present, the fictional and the real world – until suddenly she finds that she has become a target herself.

It seems that someone in Eliot’s family doesn’t want the book to be written. And they will do anything to prevent it.

The Author:
Anthony John Horowitz is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense. His works for children and young adult readers include the Alex Rider series featuring a 14-year-old British boy who spies for MI6, The Power of Five series (known as The Gatekeepers in the US), and The Diamond Brothers series.

Horowitz's works for adults include: the play Mindgame (2001); two Sherlock Holmes novels, The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014); three novels featuring his own detectives Atticus Pünd and Susan Ryeland, Magpie Murders (2016), Moonflower Murders (2020), and Marble Hall Murders (2025); five novels featuring a fictionalised version of himself as a companion and chronicler to private investigator Daniel Hawthorne: The Word Is Murder (2017), The Sentence Is Death (2018), A Line to Kill (2021), The Twist of a Knife (2022), and Close to Death (2024).

The estate of James Bond creator Ian Fleming chose Horowitz to write Bond novels utilising unpublished material by Fleming, starting with Trigger Mortis in 2015, followed by Forever and a Day in 2018, and a third and final novel With a Mind to Kill in May 2022.

Horowitz has also written for television, contributing scripts to ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot and adapting six early episodes of Midsomer Murders from the novels of Caroline Graham, including the first three episodes. He was the creator and writer of the ITV series Foyle's War, Collision and Injustice, and the BBC series Crime Traveller and New Blood.

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* Anne is offering a named character in the final Hannah Weybridge story for her successful bidder*

Title: Murder in the Lady Chapel
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
“All that is now hidden will some day come to light. If you have ears, listen! And be sure to put into practice what you hear.” Mark 4, verse 22


A chorister is found dying in the Lady Chapel when the Reverend Peter Savage is about to begin morning prayers. It’s a suspicious death and no one seems to know much about the victim. The vicar implores Hannah Weybridge to find out what she can.

Little did the journalist know that this investigation would have her joining the choir in preparation for the Christmas services or that her daughter, Elizabeth, would be so enchanted by the church.

Hannah soon discovers that the deceased, Daniel Lyons, seems to be a man without a history and that’s suspicious in itself. Apparently, an insurance fraud investigator, he leaves no records: even his landlady knows little about him.

But, as Hannah discovers, someone does know him – and he was definitely not who he seemed to be…

And while she investigates, someone is trying to intimidate Hannah in a series of seemingly unconnected ways. The past as well as the present haunts her. Will she be able to solve the mystery before Christmas is ruined?

The Author:
As I am writing the seventh and final book I realise how fortunate I am to be doing something I love. Authors often go through periods when they feel like giving up but the thought of not writing spurs them on. Writing and creating Hannah Weybridge's world in 1990s London has been a fabulous experience for me especially when characters, who have become my imaginary friends, take me on so many unexpected journeys. And then there are those precious moments when a reader tells you how much they enjoyed your last book or a friend says how much they are looking forward to your next book and any doubts evaporate – for the time being!

Writing short stories was my way into fiction and I had those published in major women's magazines as I continued as a freelance journalist, working on national newspapers, magazines and in-house publications, as as an editor for Reader's Digest abridging fiction and narrative non-fiction. My journalism and editing have both inspired ideas for for my crime thrillers as well as my seven non-fiction books with various publishers.

I live in SE London where I sing in a church choir and am a trustee for the Dulwich Festival. I enjoy theatre and cinema and socialising with family and friends

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Title 1: Perfect Lie
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
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The Book
What is ‘perfect’ trying to hide?
Jen Garner tries her best to be ‘wife and mother of the year’. She helps organise school plays and accompanies her husband to company dinners, all with a big smile on her face.

But Jen has started to receive strange gifts in the post ... first flowers, then a sympathy card. It could just be a joke; that’s what she tells herself. But then the final ‘gift’ arrives, and Jen has to question why somebody is so intent on shattering her life into pieces ...

The Author:
Claire lives in Nottingham with her family, and a dog called Podrick.

Claire suffers from Multiple Sclerosis but that doesn’t stop her writing, releasing her Perfect Lie in 2020 with A Silent Child and A Burning Lie later following.

When Claire isn't working, she enjoys reading crime novels and listening to music - the band Jimmy Eat World is her biggest muse! But she’s really Swiftie at heart.

The inspiration for her novels comes from the hours spent watching The Bill with her grandparents and auntie; then later, Spooks and other detective programmes like Morse, A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders.

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Book Title: She Wants You Gone
Book Genre: Psychological Thriller/Crime
Format: Paperback
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Postage: UK only.
The Book :
Beth is excited to move to a remote hamlet in Suffolk with her new husband and stepdaughter, Dolly – but she quickly finds that all is not what it seems. The hamlet has a dark history and there is something odd about its tiny population.

Beth tries hard to build a bond with her new stepdaughter but although Dolly is lovely to everyone else, when the two of them are alone, she is a very different child. Beth soon realises that Dolly wants her gone. For good. How far will she go to get what she wants?

'A rollicking rollercoaster of a plot, replete with twists and turns, thrills and spills. Her plotting is immaculate and her prose deft and engaging...Highly recommended.' Mystery People

The Author:
Joanna is fascinated by toxic friendship and family groups, and the long shadows cast by old secrets. She lives in London, where she enjoys acting in plays, running very slowly, and spending time with her (lovely and not at all toxic) family and friends.
She’s wanted to be a crime writer since she became addicted to Murder She Wrote as a teenager (although her real-life sleuthing skills are probably not quite as honed as Jessica Fletcher’s).
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*Two Book Bonanza*

Title 1: The Silent Killer
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Format: Hardback

Title 2: The Inside Man
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Format: Hardback

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Title 1: The Silent Killer
The first in a Newcastle-set police procedural series with a twist. DCI Jack Parker has a secret. He has Early Onset Dementia and he will do anything and everything to keep it hidden from his peers and the criminals he's investigating.

THE CLOCK IS TICKING. THERE'S NO ESCAPE.

DCI Jack Parker has faced down hardened villains and raving, drug-addled lunatics. He's disarmed a machete-wielding psychopath and broken devastating news of a loved one's death more times than he can remember.

With a serial killer stalking the Newcastle streets and one of his closest colleagues lying in the mortuary following a hit and run he thinks things are about as tough as they've ever been. But he should know that trouble always comes in threes.

Jack is about to face the biggest challenge of his life, one that will end his career and destroy his family: Early Onset Dementia.

As he does everything he can to hide his deteriorating condition from his family and colleagues, Jack believes that the serial killer is haunted by his childhood while his own memories are built on increasingly shifting sands.

The race against time to save lives, including his own, has begun.

Whilst staying within the realms of the police procedural genre, this cracking thriller will explore character in depth and with sensitivity, as well as with the author's trademark dark humour.

Title 2: The Inside Man
The second Newcastle-set police thriller with a twist. DCI Jack Parker fights to hide his Early Onset Dementia while he continues to do the job he loves - investigating crimes and bringing villains to justice. Still haunted by the death of a colleague in a hit and run for which he blames himself, he pursues the case with a determination bordering on recklessness when he encourages her replacement, DS Emma Steel, to get close to a local gangster who knows more than he's letting on, thereby endangering Emma and causing dissent among his team. Jack is called in to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, Maria, and her son who appear to have vanished off the face of the earth. His boss tells him to focus on her ex-husband, but though the evidence points in his direction, Jack has his doubts. The woman has form with toxic men and the husband is just the latest in a long line. As Jack's plans to hide his condition become more challenging, he begins to wonder if Maria is really the innocent victim she's been portrayed as - until a body turns up. As he starts to discover the truth in both these investigations, Jack comes to understand that nothing in this world is as black and white as it seems.

The Author:
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 30 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and was shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. He is represented by Oli Munson at AM Heath. Trevor is a founder member of the Northern Crime Syndicate and a volunteer cook at the People's Kitchen in Newcastle, which feeds more than 200 members of the homeless community every day.

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Title: Midnight And Blue
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
JOHN REBUS SPENT HIS LIFE AS A DETECTIVE PUTTING EDINBURGH'S MOST DEADLY CRIMINALS BEHIND BARS.

NOW, HE'S JOINED THEM.

As new allies and old enemies circle, and the days and nights bleed into each other, even the legendary detective struggles to keep his head.

That is, until a murder at midnight in a locked cell presents a new mystery. They say old habits die hard...

However, this is a case where the prisoners and the guards are all suspects, and everyone has something to hide.

With no badge, no authority and no safety net, Rebus walks a tightrope - with his life on the line.

But how do you find a killer in a place full of them?

The Author:
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature.

After university and before his success with his Rebus novels, Ian had a number of jobs including working as a grape-picker, a swineherd, a journalist for a hi-fi magazine, and a taxman. Following his marriage in 1986, he lived briefly in London where he worked at the National Folktale Centre, followed by a short time living in France, before returning to Edinburgh.

Ian’s first novel Summer Rites remains in his bottom drawer, but his second novel, The Flood, was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. In addition to his Rebus and Malcolm Fox novels, he has also written standalone novels including Doors Open, which was televised in 2012, short stories, a graphic novel – Dark Entries – and a play (with Mark Thomson, the Royal Lyceum Theatre’s Artistic Director) Dark Road, which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, in September 2013. A second play, Long Shadows, starring John Rebus, was co-written with Rona Munro and staged in 2018. There are also a number of novels under the pseudonym ‘Jack Harvey’ and in 2005 he collaborated with singer Jackie Leven on a CD. His non-fiction book Rebus’s Scotland was published in 2005.

Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow, and is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award. He is the recipient of four Crime Writers’ Association Dagger Awards including the prestigious Diamond Dagger in 2005. In 2004, Ian won America’s celebrated Edgar Award for Resurrection Men. He has also been shortlisted for the Edgar and Anthony Awards in the USA, and won Denmark’s Palle Rosenkrantz prize, the French Grand Prix du Roman Noir and Germany’s Deutscher Krimipreis.

Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Hull, Abertay, St Andrews and Edinburgh as well as The Open University. In 2019, he donated his archive of over 50 boxes of manuscripts, letters and paperwork to the National Library of Scotland.

A regular contributor to BBC2’s Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin’s Evil Thoughts on Channel 4 in 2002 and Rankin on the Staircase for BBC Four in 2005. In 2007, Rankin appeared in Ian Rankin’s Hidden Edinburgh and Ian Rankin Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde also for BBC Four. Ian has been the subject of ITV’s South Bank Show and BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs where his choice of music included Joy Division, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.

Ian has received an OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

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*Ann is offering a named character in her next book to her successful bidder*

Title: Goodnight, God Bless
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
DI Alex Peachey is drawn into a bizarre case. The mutilated body of a man is found in a disused aircraft hangar, and the killer has left a calling card. At the same time, abuse survivor Jean Harrison receives a card through the post, bearing the words ‘Goodnight, God Bless’.

Alison Munroe runs a therapy group helping women who were abused as children to work through their experiences and fears. When former member Jean comes to her for support, Alison finds herself caught up in the middle of a murder inquiry when she realises that the killer is targeting the former abusers of her group members, murdering them in ways that are specific to each of the women’s experiences - experiences that have only ever been disclosed in the group’s sessions.

Alex and his team have to tread carefully to find out not only who is torturing and killing the paedophiles, but also to protect the anonymity of the group. How is the killer getting their information? When one of Alex’s colleagues is implicated, Alex questions whether or not he knows his team as well as he should. Is the killer someone from the group’s past or does the answer lie closer to home?

The Author:
I'm a short, tattooed author, who loves cats, rock music, tea and cardigans. I live in the South West of Scotland with my family, having moved up from the Midlands a few years ago so I could pursue my dreams of becoming a best-selling crime writer (still working on that!). I'm the creator of the D.I. Alex Peachey series, which are contemporary, character-led police procedurals set in and around Wolverhampton. I'm currently working on the third in the series, and am also tinkering with a couple of standalones, one set in Scotland and the other in various places around the UK (and possibly abroad).

When I'm not writing I can usually be found at crime writing festivals, buying yet more books. Former jobs have included working with male strippers and drag artistes, and as an Oompa Loompa in a chocolate factory.

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*Two Book Special

Title 1: Paperboy
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback

Title 2: Squeaky Clean
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback

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Title 1: Paperboy
The dark, rawly comic sequel to the winner of the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime book of the year.

‘A serious talent’ Kevin Bridges

‘Inventive and witty, with a nerve-shredding finale’ Chris Brookmyre

‘An outstanding new writer who is destined to become a very big name’ Peter James

DCI Alison McCoist is back: newly promoted and even less popular.

Chuck Gardner is the proud owner of both a confidential paper-shredding business and a serious betting habit.

When Chuck finds some scandalous paperwork and McCoist investigates a rat-nibbled corpse under a flyover, they are both sucked into a deadly stramash of gangland wars and police corruption.

Can Chuck solve his gambling and gangster problems before some head-banger feeds him into his own shredder? And can McCoist claw herself out of this latest shitemire without her own shady dealings coming to light? It might depend on how far she’s prepared to go…

Title 2: Squeaky Clean
Half the Glasgow copshop think DI Alison McCoist is bent. The other half just think she's a fuck-up.

No one thinks very much at all about carwash employee Davey Burnet, until one day he takes the wrong customer's motor for a ride.

One kidnapping later, he and the carwash are officially part of Glasgow's criminal underworld, working for a psychopath who enjoys playing games like 'Keep Yer Kneecaps' with any poor bastard who crosses him.

Can Davey escape from the gang's clutches with his kneecaps and life intact? Perhaps this polis Ally McCoist who keeps nosing around the carwash could help. If she doesn't get herself killed first.


The Author:
Callum McSorley is an author based in Glasgow. His short stories have appeared in Gutter, Shoreline of Infinity, and New Writing Scotland. His debut novel SQUEAKY CLEAN was published in March 2023 by Pushkin Vertigo and won The McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2023.

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Title: Ship of Thieves.
Genre: Historical Fiction/Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
Jonas Flynt’s stepmother, Mercy, has been abducted from Edinburgh and carried back to the West Indies by her former owner.

Gideon Flynt his father, has followed in hot pursuit, but Cassie, Jonas's first love, knows he is not the man he once was and appeals to Flynt for help. Naturally, he agrees.

Against Colonel Nathaniel Charters’ wishes, he sails for the Caribbean, where he will unwittingly join forces with the most notorious pirate of all time, Blackbeard.

But this time he may be out of his depth.

An utterly gripping historical crime thriller set on the high seas from the McIlvanney Prize longlisted author of An Honourable Thief.

The Author:
Douglas Skelton has published 12 non fiction books, 12 contemporary crime thrillers and 2 historical thrillers. He has been a bank clerk, tax officer, shelf stacker, meat porter, taxi driver (for two days), wine waiter (for two hours), reporter, investigator and editor.

His first thriller BLOOD CITY was published in 2013.

The gritty thriller was the first in a quartet set on the tough streets of Glasgow from 1980 onwards. It was followed by CROW BAIT, DEVIL'S KNOCK and finally OPEN WOUNDS, which was longlisted for the first McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year in 2016.

His two Dominic Queste thrillers, THE DEAD DON'T BOOGIE and TAG - YOU'RE DEAD lightened the tone but didn't skimp on thrills.

He followed this with his New York-set chase thriller THE JANUS RUN in 2018.

THUNDER BAY, a dark and atmospheric tale of secrets, lies and murder, was published to great acclaim by Polygon in 2019. It was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for 2019. The series continued with THE BLOOD IS STILL, A RATTLE OF BONES ( longlisted for the McIlvanney in 2022) and WHERE DEMONS HIDE. All four titles have been released on audio by Isis Publishing. Entries in the series are available in the US in print and audio through Arcade CrimeWise, while translation rights have been sold to as Germany, Denmark, Greece and Sweden.

The 5th in the series, CHILDREN OF THE MIST, has now been published.

He also has a new series of historical adventure thrillers featuring gambler, thief and secret agent Jonas Flynt, beginning with AN HONOURABLE THIEF (2022, CANELO, longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2023) and A THIEF'S JUSTICE (Canelo 2023).

Douglas is often recruited by documentary makers to contribute to true crime shows on TV and radio and is a regular on the crime writing festival circuit.

He takes part in comedy shows with other crime writers. To date he has written three Carry on Sleuthing plays in which he also appears along with Caro Ramsay, Michael J. Malone, Theresa Talbot, Pat Young and Lucy Cameron, with occasional guests Alex Gray, Lin Anderson and Neil Broadfoot.

He is also one quarter of Four Blokes in search of a Plot, along with Gordon Brown, Mark Leggatt and Neil Broadfoot. This is a fun show in which they invited the audience to give them a murder weapon and a protagonist. They then take it in turns to create a crime story (usually developing into something wild and wacky) while also answering audience queries about the craft.

His one man event, You the Jury, invites audiences to deliver verdicts on real life but heavily disguised cases from around the world. In 2019 the format was extended into a court drama, thanks to the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, within Stirling Sheriff Court played to three sell-out houses during the Bloody Scotland festival.

He was, with bestselling author Denzil Meyrick, a regular on the SBOOKS podcast.

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Title: The Black Loch
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Hardback - First Edition
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Postage & Packaging; FREE
Bids Accepted: Worldwide

The Book:
A MURDER

The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality Caitlin is found abandoned on a remote beach at the head of An Loch Dubh - the Black Loch - on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. A swimmer and canoeist, it is inconceivable that she could have drowned.

A SECRET

Fin Macleod left the island ten years earlier to escape its memories. When he learns that his married son Fionnlagh had been having a clandestine affair with the dead girl and is suspected of her murder, he and Marsaili return to try and clear his name.

A RECKONING

But nothing is as it seems, and the truth of the murder lies in a past that Fin would rather forget, and a tragedy at the cages of a salmon farm on East Loch Roag, where the tense climax of the story finds its resolution.

The Black Loch takes us on a journey through family ties, hidden relationships and unforgiving landscapes, where suspense, violent revenge and revelation converge in the shadow of the Black Loch.

The Author:
PETER MAY was born and raised in Scotland. He was an award-winning journalist at the age of twenty-one and a published novelist at twenty-six. When his first book was adapted as a major drama series for the BBC, he
quit journalism and, during the high-octane fifteen years that followed, became one of Scotland’s most successful television dramatists. He has won several literary awards in France, received the USA’s Barry Award for The Blackhouse – the first in his internationally bestselling Lewis Trilogy; and in 2014 Entry Island was awarded the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club Best Read of the Year, as well as the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year. May now lives in South-West France with his wife, writer Janice Hally.

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Title: A MIRROR MURDER - first in the Jan Christopher Mystery Series
Genre: Cozy Crime
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
The first in a series of quick-read, cosy mysteries set in the 1970s

Eighteen-year-old library assistant Jan Christopher’s life is to change on a rainy Friday evening in July 1971, when her legal guardian and uncle, DCI Toby Christopher, gives her a lift home after work. Driving the car, is her uncle’s new Detective Constable, Laurie Walker – and it is love at first sight for the young couple. But romance is soon to take a back seat when a baby boy is taken from his pram, a naked man is scaring young ladies in nearby Epping Forest, and an elderly lady is found, brutally murdered... Are the events related? How will they affect the staff and public of the local library where Jan works – and will romance survive and blossom between library assistant Jan Christopher and DC Laurie Walker – or will the brutal murder intervene?

The Author:
Helen started writing as a teenager, but after discovering a passion for history, was published in 1993 in the UK with her Arthurian Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy and two Anglo-Saxon novels about the events that led to the 1066 Battle of Hastings, one of which, The Forever Queen (USA title – A Hollow Crown in the UK) became a USA Today best-seller. Her Sea Witch Voyages are nautical-based adventures inspired by the Golden Age of Piracy. She also writes the Jan Christopher cosy mystery series set during the 1970s, and based around her, sometimes hilarious, years of working as a North London library assistant. Her 2025 release is Ghost Encounters, a book about the ghosts of North Devon.

Helen, husband Ron and daughter Kathy moved from London to Devon in January 2013 after a Lottery win on the opening night of the London Olympics, 2012. She spends her time glowering at the overgrown garden and orchard, fending off the geese, helping with the horses and wishing the friendly, resident ghosts would occasionally help with the housework...

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Title: Dust
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback (Signed and personalised copy)
Dedication available: Yes
Postage: Global

Book - Dust
"Early in life, my grandfather told me that only three things were certain: birth, death and time. And time only ticked one way; it went forward and never back. It came to be a recurring wish with me, the desire to turn back the clock, to undo what I had done. Always wishing for the impossible, my feet stuck firm in the molasses of the present, unable to shrug off decisions I had made and their unforeseen or disregarded consequences."

J.J Walsh and Tony 'El Greco' Papadakis are inseparable. Smoking Kents out on an abandoned cannery dock, and watching gulls sway on rusting buoys in the sea, they dream of adventure...a time when they can act as adults. The day they'll see the mighty Pacific Ocean.

Set in small-town New Jersey in the 1960s, against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Dust follows the boys through the dry heat of a formative summer. They face religious piety and its murderous consequences, alcohol, girls, sex, loss, tragedy and ultimately the tiny things that combine to make life what it is for the two friends - a great adventure.

But it's a road trip through the heart of southern America with J.J.'s father that truly reveals a darker side to life - the two halves of a divided nation, where wealth, poverty and racial bigotry collide. This beautifully written debut novel would not be out of place alongside the work of Steinbeck and Philipp Meyer's American Rust.

At turns funny, and at others heart-achingly sad, their story unfolds around the honest and frequently irreverent observations of two young people trying to grow up fast in a world that is at times confusing, and at others seen with a clarity only the young may possess.


The Author:
Raised in Stockton-on-Tees, England, Mark Thompson is the internationally published author of Dust, published by RedDoor in the United Kingdom, translated into German and published in German as El Greco Und Ich by Mare Verlag, as El Greco Und Ich German audiobook by Parlando Verlag, and in Chinese as Dust by Donmei Publishing, Taiwan. The author spent many years living in London before moving to Andalucia in southern Spain. He has travelled extensively throughout the United States and several other countries over many years, harvesting material for writing both literature and songs. He plays guitar in a rock band, and now lives happily in York, England, with his partner Liz, two rabbits and a tortoise.

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Title: Memorial Park
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Signed: Yes, dedication available
Bids Accepted: UK Only

The Book;
Three-year-old Rosie Logan is missing. Her mother, Maria, turned away for just one moment and now her life is changed forever. It falls to PC Lucy Halliday and her police dogs, Moss and Iggy, to find the girl, under the direction of Lucy's boss and friend, DCI Jack Ellis.

The case brings up old trauma for Jack. His childhood best friend, Theo, went missing when he was eleven and was never found. This is Jack’s chance to make things right. He won’t fail Rosie like he failed Theo.

But the investigation doesn’t go smoothly. The Logan family have been keeping secrets. And every time Lucy and Jack think they’re making progress, they’re hampered by yet another one. Can they find the truth, and Rosie, before it’s too late?

The Author:
Louisa Scarr studied psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She is a full time writer, and when she's not at her desk, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.

She is the author of the Butler and West crime series, published by Canelo Crime, beginning with Last Place You Look and ending with Out of the Ashes. A new series, about a police dog handler, launched in July 2024 with Gallows Wood. The second, Memorial Park, is out now and will be followed by Broken House in October.

She also writes as Sam Holland and is the author of the award-winning Major Crimes series, following detectives as they investigate murders committed by brutal serial killers in the south of England. The latest, The Countdown Killer, is out now.

Her DS Kate Munro series, Ask Me No Questions and Nowhere to be Found, have been republished by Canelo Crime and are out now. (They were originally published with the same title, as Louisa de Lange.)

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Title: Her Sister's Killer
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
Newly promoted Inspector Frankie Oliver has always been consumed by the idea of finding her sister's killer and bringing them to justice.

But when new evidence about the tragic unsolved murder comes to light, and her former boss DCI David Stone embarks on an investigation without her, everything starts to unravel.

After decades without answers, who knows where the trail might lead? And will knowing the answers be the very thing that breaks Frankie irreparably?

The past and present collide with devastating consequences in this taut, breathless new thriller from award-winning crime writer Mari Hannah.

The Author:
When an injury on duty ended my career as Probation Officer, I began writing. I am the author of the Kate Daniels and Ryan & O’Neil series published by Pan Macmillan and the Stone & Oliver series published by Orion. My debut, The Murder Wall, was written as a TV pilot for a BBC Drama Development Scheme - before the adaption. The novel won the Polari First Book Prize. Before becoming an author, I fell in love with scriptwriting and submitted speculative original dramas to the BBC Writersroom. I've also written a romantic comedy feature film that I hope will find a producer one day. In 2010, I won the Northern Writers' Award for my second novel, Settled Blood. And in 2017, I won the Dagger in the Library for my body of work. I'm represented by AM Heath literary agent, Oli Munson, and live in Northumberland with my partner, a former murder detective.

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Book 1 Title: The Fells
Book 2 Title: Fire on the Fells
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only

Book 1, The Fells:
Yorkshire Dales, Summer 1997. Vicky Mott slips out the door of her remote cottage, and into the pale dawn light. She scrawls a note for her friends.
Gone to see the sunrise. V xxx
That’s the last anyone ever hears from twenty-year-old music lover Vicky.
Another victim of the Fellside Strangler?
That would make Vicky the fourth young woman to lose her life this summer. Snatched by a mysterious killer who stalks the fells . . .
But Vicky’s body is never found.
2019. A skeleton is discovered in a twisty network of caves beneath the fells. Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young think they can finally give Vicky’s mother the closure she so desperately wants. After twenty long years of questions and anguish.
But the deeper they dig into the past, the less certain they become.
And nothing can prepare them for the shocking truth . . .

Book 2, Fire on the Fells:
Summer can be murder out on the sun-scorched Yorkshire Fells.
When the body of eighteen-year-old Tyler Prasad is found up on lonely Skye Moss, Detectives Leo Donovan and Shan Young are called in to investigate.
Tyler lies dead in a bone-dry ditch. His handsome face shattered in a brutal attack that leaves Donovan and Young baffled.
They dig into Tyler’s deepest secrets, following a twisty trail that leads straight to Patefield Grange, a luxury country-house retreat across the moors.
The well-heeled guests — gathered for a controversial grouse hunt in the sweltering summer heat — seem respectable on the surface.
But, beneath the façade, dark secrets smoulder. It’s only a question of which was worth killing for.
As temperatures soar, so does the pressure for Donovan and Shan to crack this impossible case.
Before tensions at the Grange ignite, and the body count rises again . . .

The Author:
Cath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and creator of ITV’s hit series Blue Murder. Cath has been shortlisted six times for the prestigious CWA Daggers. Running out of Road was short-listed for the CrimeFest eDunnit Award best novel 2022. Cath’s debut series, the Sal Kilkenny mysteries, launched single-parent PI Sal onto Manchester’s mean streets. Cath’s standalone titles examine the human impact of crime on ordinary families, giving a voice to victims, the bereaved, survivors and witnesses. Her new series The Fells (Detectives Donovan and Young) uncovers a dark secret, buried deep beneath the Yorkshire Dales.

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Title: The Examiner (US editi
Genre: Crime
Format: First Edition US Hardback
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The Book;

'The queen of cosy crime' - DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A joy to read' - SUNDAY TIMES

Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now...

The mature students of Royal Hastings University's new art course have been nothing but trouble. From accusations of theft and setting fire to one another's artwork, to a rumoured extramarital affair and a disastrous road trip, course leader Gela Nathaniel is at her wits' end. But finally they are given their last assignment: to build an art installation for a local manufacturer. With six students who have nothing in common except their clashing personal agendas, what could possibly go wrong?

The answer is: murder. When the external examiner arrives to assess the students' coursework, he becomes convinced that a student was killed on the course and that the others covered it up. But is he right? Only a close examination of the evidence will reveal the truth. Your time starts now...

The Author:
Janice Hallett is the author of five best-selling novels. Her debut, The Appeal, was awarded the CWA Debut Dagger of 2021 and was a Sunday Times’ Bestseller, Waterstones’ Thriller of the Month and Sunday Times’ Crime Book of the Month. Her second novel The Twyford Code was named Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2023. It was also a Sunday Times’ Bestseller and a Financial Times book of the year. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels was an instant Times and Sunday Times bestseller on its launch in January 2023 and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.

The Christmas Appeal, a fast, fun and festive novella, was launched in October 2023. It was a Times and Sunday Times bestseller.

Her 2024 novel The Examiner, was an instant Times and Sunday Times bestseller.

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Title: The Short, The Long and The Tall
Genre: Short Stories - Crime Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback : A limited edition beautifully illustrated by the artist, Paul Cox.
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Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
International number one best-selling author Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans and hitting the top of the best seller lists with his previous collections. The Short, the Long and the Tall collects together 20 of Archer's most treasured previously published short stories.

Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders’ ambitions.

The Author:
Jeffrey has been married for 53 years to Dame Mary Archer DBE, who was until October 2012 chairman of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (incorporating Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie Hospitals).

In January 2015 Mary was appointed by the Prime Minister as Chairman of the Science Museum Group. They have two sons, William and James, three grandsons and two granddaughters, and divide their time between homes in London, Cambridge and Mallorca.
Now published in 100 countries and more than 51 languages, with more than 500,000 5* reviews, Jeffrey Archer is firmly established as one of the world’s bestselling authors, with international sales passing 275 million copies.

He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (nineteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).
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*Three Book Special*
Title 1: The Unwanted Dead
Title 2: Paris Requiem
Title 3: Banquet of Beggars

Genre: Historical Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
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Title 1: The Unwanted Dead
'Terrific' SUNDAY TIMES, Best Books of the Month
'A thoughtful, haunting thriller' MICK HERRON
'Sharp and compelling' THE SUN

Paris, Friday 14th June 1940.
The day the Nazis march into Paris, making headlines around the globe.
Paris police detective Eddie Giral - a survivor of the last World War - watches helplessly on as his world changes forever.

But there is something he still has control over. Finding whoever is responsible for the murder of four refugees. The unwanted dead, who no one wants to claim.
To do so, he must tread carefully between the Occupation and the Resistance, between truth and lies, between the man he is and the man he was.

All the while becoming whoever he must be to survive in this new and terrible order descending on his home...

Title 2: Paris Requiem
Paris, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under.

He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves.
He can remain a good man and do nothing, or risk it all in a desperate act of resistance...

'Terrific' SUNDAY TIMES
'Sharp and compelling' THE SUN

Title 3: Banquet of Beggars
In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in.

And his latest investigation into the murder of a black-marketeer has made it clearer than ever: Eddie is no longer just catching criminals. He's working for them. Because when a German trader is the next to die, the authorities decide it's innocent civilians who will pay the price - unless Eddie can find the killer in time.

As hunger grows, tensions rise and a fierce rebellion brews, Eddie will tread a dark path between doing whatever it takes to live with the enemy... and also with himself.

'Ranks alongside Alan Furst and Philip Kerr ... Powerful stuff' SUNDAY TIMES

The Author:
Chris Lloyd writes the Occupation series, featuring Eddie Giral, a French police detective in Paris under Nazi rule. The first book in the series, The Unwanted Dead, won the HWA Gold Crown Award for best historical novel of the year, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award and was Waterstone’s Welsh Book of the Month. The second, Paris Requiem, was a Sunday Times Best Historical Fiction Book of 2023. Published in August 2024, the third in the series, Banquet of Beggars, was shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger Award.
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Title: The Scars Beneath the Soul (book 1) and Price to Pay (book 7)
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Book 1
The Scars Beneath the Soul
A VIOLENT DEATH... In a quiet market town in Buckinghamshire, a brutal killer strikes, shattering any illusions Detective Inspector Lizzie Archer might have had about her new patch in Aylesbury Vale being a sleepy hollow. NEW SCARS... Disfigured in the line of duty, Archer has transferred in from the Met, hoping to make a fresh start in her life and her career. The last thing she needs is an awkward colleague, but that is what she seems to find in Detective Sergeant Dan Baines. OLD SCARS... Baines bears scars of his own, the kind that cannot be seen. Eleven years ago, his family fell victim to a serial killer, and recently his life has fallen into fresh turmoil. Haunted by dreams and visions of his still-missing son, and confused by feelings for his murdered wife’s identical twin sister, he finds himself resenting a new boss who knows nothing about the area. HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS? But the killer shows no sign of stopping and with no obvious connection between the victims and the body count rising daily, Archer and Baines must put aside their differences and work together if they are to stop a maniac whose appetite for slaughter seemingly knows no bounds.

Book 2
Price to Pay
Too many enemies. Too much to lose.

Following an arrest that went wrong, leaving her disfigured and her life in ruins, DCI Lizzie Archer transferred to Buckinghamshire’s Aylesbury Vale, hoping to rebuild her confidence, her career and her life. Eleven years later, she’s happily married, her career is back on track, and she has friends she would trust with her life.

But things can change in a heartbeat.

Meanwhile, her friend and colleague, DI Dan Baines, has worries of his own as the long shadow of the serial killer known as the Invisible Man continues to hang over him. When the chance comes to finally get answers to some troubling questions, he is almost afraid to learn the truth. Because sometimes the reality can be worse than your imagination.

Soon after receiving unsettling threats from local criminals, an old flame makes an unwelcome return to Lizzie’s life. Days later, a grisly murder too close to home plunges her into a nightmare that could cost her everything as suspicion falls on her and her husband, Dominic.

Dan and his team are sidelined from the murder investigation, but they’re not going to let that stop them when a friend is in trouble. And the clock is ticking. Because, if they can’t uncover the truth soon, things will get even worse for Lizzie and Dominic.


The Author:
Dave Sivers grew up in West London and has been writing all his life, including columns and articles in The Bucks Herald, The Leighton Buzzard Observer, and regional magazines, as well as short stories in Take a Break magazine and other publications. His books include the popular crime fiction series featuring the Aylesbury Vale detectives, DI Lizzie Archer and DS Dan Baines. The Scars Beneath the Soul and Dead in Deep Water were both top three bestsellers in the Amazon Kindle Serial Killers chart, and Price to Pay is the seventh in the series and his twelfth published title. His DI Nathan Quarrel books are set in Hertfordshire. Dave lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife, Chris, and is a founder of the annual BeaconLit festival of books and writing.'

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Title: Death Upon A Star
Genre: Historical Mystery
Format: Hardback
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Postage: US only

The Book:
Be careful what you wish for . . . Introducing Hollywood script supervisor Evelyn Galloway, who's drawn into a murder investigation after landing her dream job on the set of Hitchcock's Rebecca.

1939, Los Angeles. Evelyn Galloway can't believe her luck! On her first day in LA, she lands her dream job of script supervisor, and on the hottest film in town - Hitchcock's adaptation of Rebecca. But her good fortune quickly changes when a legendary actor cancels their lunch the following day and is found murdered at home.

Evelyn realizes she could be a witness to the crime, having passed the bungalow's grounds on her way home the night before. Who was the man looking upset in a gazebo? And why was movie starlet Madeleine Nabors running wildly away from the scene?

When the tabloid reports contradict what Evelyn saw with her own eyes, she soon finds herself pitted against powerful studio bosses and unscrupulous journalists as she races to uncover the truth.

The Author:
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland and Tish Tarragon Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, New York, where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After stints as an Operations Manager and a freelance technical writer, Amy relocated to southwest England, where she was a featured author at Agatha Christie’s Annual Greenway Literary Festival. Now residing in Upstate New York, Amy spends her time writing mysteries with a humorous or historical bent. When not writing—which is rare these days—Amy enjoys traveling, testing out new recipes, and classic films

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Title: Murder Among the Roses
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global

The Book;
‘Although there’s a distinctly dark edge to the story at times, there’s a really lovely lightness to the writing — with plenty of warmth, and the most perfectly judged touches of humour. This is the kind of crime writing I enjoy.’ Annie Williams, RNA Media Star of the Year

MEET ABBY FINCH. SHE’S THE BUSY MUM OF THREE, AN EXPERT GARDENER AND THE STAR OF YOUR NEW FAVOURITE COZY MURDER MYSTERY.

In the peaceful Cotswolds village of Maybridge, you wouldn’t expect to find a dead body in the rose garden. And certainly not two.

Abby is horrified to discover the bones of a baby buried under a rose bush. It’s in the garden of her soon-to-be ex-husband Howard’s family home.

She immediately calls the police. But she can’t get hold of Howard. He’s off on a jolly with the woman he’s got pregnant.

And then, just two days later, Abby finds Howard himself.
Lying dead in the very same rose garden.
Throat slashed with her own garden spade.

Now Abby is the prime suspect . . .

The Author:
Liz Fielding worked as a secretary in Africa and the Middle East and was co-ordinator of the Brecon Jazz Festival before writing full time. Her books are published worldwide in multiple languages, she has won the Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award for both The Best Man & the Bridesmaid and The Marriage Miracle and in 2019 was honoured with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association in the UK.

She is now writing cozy crime for Joffe Books and her first Maybridge Mystery, Murder Among the Roses is available now.

Liz lives in West Sussex,

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Title: The Daughter
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Postage: Global

The Book;
You'll do anything to get your daughter back . . .

Lauren can't wait to see her daughter again, to pick her up from university at the end of her first term. But when she arrives at her hall and knocks on the door to her room, a stranger opens it.

At first, Lauren thinks she must have the wrong room, or the wrong floor. Maybe even the wrong building.

But she soon realises the truth: Evie's not there. She hasn't been there for weeks. So where is she?

Following one family's desperate race against time as one terrifying moment unravels into a living nightmare, The Daughter is the unmissable new heart-in-mouth thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Holiday, The Mother and The Dream Home.

The Author:
T. M. Logan, the bestselling author of LIES, was born in Berkshire to an English father and a German mother. He studied at Queen Mary and Cardiff universities before becoming a national newspaper journalist. He currently works in communications and lives in Nottinghamshire with his wife and two children.

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Title: The Twelfth Floor
Genre: Crime Fiction
Format: paperback
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Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
A punch to the face. A painful visit to the dentist. A summons to see the boss. DI Jack MacIntosh’s day hasn’t got off to a great start. And it only gets worse. A call takes him to the twelfth floor of a block of flats where a truly shocking sight awaits. Severed legs and arms, belonging to more than one victim. As the days pass, more horrifying discoveries litter London. Can Jack work out why? And, more importantly, who is behind it?

The Author:
Michelle Kidd is a crime fiction author from Suffolk. She writes the DI Jack MacIntosh and DI Nicki Hardcastle crime series. She has a background in criminal law and works for the NHS.

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Book Title: Death in the Arctic
Genre: Crime / Murder Mystery
Format: Hardback
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The Book:
A frozen wilderness.
A killer in the skies.

When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she’s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime.

But she hasn’t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin.

Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt.

It seems everyone’s a suspect.

And it isn’t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other . . .

The Author:
Originally hailing from Leeds, Tom Hindle lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, a cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises. He is the author of A Fatal Crossing, The Murder Game and Murder on Lake Garda

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*Set of four Cal Lovett books

Title 1: Unsolved
Title 2: Unburied
Title 3: Unsound
Title 4: Unknown
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperbacks
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Title 1: Unsolved
He won’t rest until he finds out the truth…
Cal Lovett is obsessed with finding justice for the families of missing people. His true crime podcast is his way of helping others, even if he can’t help himself.

His sister, Margot, disappeared when he was a child. Only one man seems to know something. But he’s behind bars and can’t be trusted.

So when the family of a missing Scottish woman begs for his help, he heads to Aberdeenshire in search of the truth.

Does Cal have what it takes to unearth the secrets hiding in the hills? And what if he finds something that leads him back to the heart of his own family’s past?

A gripping crime thriller by a brilliant debut novelist, perfect for fans of Jane Casey, Fiona Barton and Loreth Anne White.

Title 2: Unburied
‘The police. They’re digging in the scrapyard.’
Cal Lovett has spent half his life telling other people’s stories on his true crime podcast. But the police are close to solving the mystery of his sister’s disappearance – now he might finally get to tell Margot’s story.

A desperate relative begs for his help.

Cal seeks respite on a holiday in the Scottish Highlands, but is dragged into a new cold case: an unsolved murder that shattered a family fourteen years ago.

An isolated community wary of outsiders.

Eyes follow Cal everywhere. And someone makes it very clear that they don’t want him snooping around…

How far will he go to find justice? And how far is far enough?

The second thrilling instalment in the Cal Lovett Files

Title 3: Unsound
He left for university… and never came back
Arran went missing in Edinburgh fourteen years ago. The last time his parents saw him he was withdrawn and on edge where he’d once been happy and carefree. Still searching for their son, they turn to their last hope, true crime podcaster Cal Lovett.

Cal begins looking for answers, but is distracted by his sister’s murder trial. He’s so close to getting the justice Margot deserves. Can he finally leave the past – and Margot – behind?

As Cal unearths disturbing evidence about Arran’s fate, he suspects the young man’s close-knit group of university friends are keeping secrets to protect each other. It seems old loyalties don’t die easily. But they can’t all stay silent forever…

Title 4: Unknown
A woman with no name, a reckoning with the past, a present fraught with danger.
In the most remote spot of the hills surrounding Loch Tay, a woman’s remains were found. She had lay there a while, but any evidence of who she was had long gone – or never existed. Crime podcaster Cal Lovett seeks to put ‘Hillside Jane’ to rest, but is he merely running from his own troubles?

With the wife of his sister’s alleged killer missing and a sense that any chance he had of getting justice for Margot is slipping from his grasp, Cal is at a crossroads. Perhaps peace for Hillside Jane will soothe his own fears. But events in the village don’t bring the results anyone expected. Is Cal so stuck in the past that he won’t spot the risk he faces in the here and now?

A gripping instalment of the bestselling Scottish crime series from Bloody Scotland Debut Prize for Scottish Crime-shortlisted author Heather Critchlow.

The Author:
Heather Critchlow grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at university. Published by Canelo in May 2023, her debut novel Unsolved is the first in a series about true crime podcaster Cal Lovett, and was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize.

Unburied was published in January 2024. It will be followed by Unsound in September and a further two in the Cal Lovett series. Heather’s first speculative crime thriller The Tomorrow Project will be out in hardback in Spring 2025. She now lives in Hertfordshire.

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Hi Paddy, yes very happy to support! I can do a signed spredge edition hardback of The Tomorrow Project and a set of four Cal Lovett books - I’ll get the info over to asap

Title: Tomorrow Project
Genre: Sci-Fi - Dystopian
Format: Spredge Edition Hardback
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The Book;
When the end comes, what will you wish you had done?
In 2050s London, fear grips like a vice as a deadly virus sweeps the globe. The British prime minister tells her people to remain calm. A vaccine will be available soon, and as a precautionary measure children will be whisked away to undisclosed locations, kept safe until the storm passes.

Marianne, Downing Street press secretary, doesn’t realise the futility until it is far, far too late. When the truth hits her, Marianne is forced to choose: stay with her family, or do whatever she can to help the doomed survive.

As London falls, seven-year-old Maia is one of the last to escape the city. In an evacuation camp, she binds herself to Finn: in the absence of everything she knew, he becomes her everything.

Yet as the years roll on and hope fades, Maia sees the bubble of safety is also a prison. She realises there is only one choice: to leave the camp and find what remains on the outside.

An utterly compelling and unforgettable tale of humanity, resilience and the lengths we will go to for love. The Tomorrow Project is the stunning first novel from H Critchlow.

The Author:
Heather Critchlow grew up in rural Aberdeenshire and trained as a business journalist after studying history and social science at university. Published by Canelo in May 2023, her debut novel Unsolved is the first in a series about true crime podcaster Cal Lovett, and was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize.

Unburied was published in January 2024. It will be followed by Unsound in September and a further two in the Cal Lovett series. Heather’s first speculative crime thriller The Tomorrow Project will be out in hardback in Spring 2025. She now lives in Hertfordshire.

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Title: Lights Out
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
When darkness is everywhere, nowhere is safe...

A state of emergency has been declared in the UK. From now on, at 8pm every night, all electricity cuts out.
The Government promises it's a temporary measure. They promise they are always thinking of your safety.

But for Grace, the darkness is anything but safe.

Someone is coming into her house under its cover every night while she lies in bed upstairs, too terrified to sleep. Someone who knows her past, who knows why she has more reason to fear the dark than most...

And every morning she wakes to a new message from the intruder:

I have you in my sights. Love, The Night

But how can Grace escape, when there's nowhere safe left to hide?

The Author:
Louise Swanson's debut, End of Story, was written during the final lockdown of 2020 - also following a family tragedy, it offered refuge in the fiction she created. The themes of the book - grief, isolation, love of the arts, the power of storytelling - came from a very real place.

Swanson, a mother of two who lives in East Yorkshire with her husband, regularly blogs, talks at events, and is a huge advocate of openly discussing mental health and suicide.

She also writes as Louise Beech. Beech's nine books have won the Best magazine Book of the Year 2019, shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year, longlisted for the Polari Prize, and been a Clare Mackintosh Book Club Pick. Her memoir, Daffodils, was released in audiobook in 2022, and the paperback version, Eighteen Seconds, in April 2023..

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Book Title: Seven Days
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
Your father is on death row. You have seven days to save him. But do you want to?
Alice knows her father is guilty of many things.
He's guilty of abandoning her.
He's guilty of being unfaithful to her mother.
But is he guilty of murder?

Now on Death Row, he has seven days to live.
Some people want him released.
Others will kill to keep him just where he is.
Alice has only one chance to save him. But should she?

The Author:
Robert Rutherford is author of Sunday Times bestseller, SEVEN DAYS (2024, Hodder). He had a random mix of jobs before turning to crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, karate instructor, football coach, and HR Manager. He lives on the North East Coast with his wife, children & overly-needy dog, and is a founding member of the Northern Crime Syndicate crime-writers group.

Robert’s work has also seen him win the Lindisfarne Prize for Crime Fiction in 2021, as well as being shortlisted for a CWA Dagger in 2021 and 2022, and long listed in 2024.

He also writes as Robert Scragg, with "What Falls Between The Cracks", the first in his Porter & Styles series, written under Robert Scragg, being chosen as a New Writing North pick as one of the 2019 Read Regional books of the year.

Outside of crime fiction, Robert is also a scriptwriter for a number of popular podcasts such as Deathbed Confessions, Short History Of, and more recently, History Daily - all available wherever you get your podcasts from.

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Title: The French bookshop Murder
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperbacks
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Zoe Pascal has decided to live her dream: leave England and open up a bookshop in a small village in the south of France. She wants to spend her later years in life eating croissants, reading her beloved books, and getting to know her charming new hometown.

When the body of a tourist is found inside the local church, Zoe begins to discover that something is afoot in the village of Sainte-Catherine. And as the last person to have seen the deceased alive, Zoe suddenly becomes a prime suspect in a murder investigation.

Can she prove her innocence and discover who the real murderer is, or will Zoe have to say au revoir to her French countryside dream?

The Author:
Greg Mosse is a 'writer and encourager of writers', husband of international bestselling author, Kate Mosse. He has lived and worked in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and Madrid as an interpreter and translator, but grew up in rural south-west Sussex. In 2014, he founded the Criterion New Writing playwriting programme in the heart of the West End and, since then, has produced more than 25 of his own plays and musicals. His creative writing workshops are highly sought after at festivals at home and abroad. His superbly reviewed novel, The Coming Darkness, was published by Moonflower in 2022. Hodder & Stoughton will release his gripping Maisie Cooper mystery series in July 2023.

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Title: A Lethal Cocktail
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
Three ex-husbands. Two ex-wives. One shocking murder. A wedding that’s the talk of the town…
Tudor Close Hotel, Rottingdean, is the most glamorous venue of the season. And not somewhere Viriginia or her sister Vanessa would usually choose to frequent. They're far happier at home with their writing or painting, than brushing shoulders with debutantes or starlets.

But Lady Ottoline has had a difficult year, so - despite her rather outlandish tastes - they let her choose the meeting spot. And when the group bumps into fashion designer Mimi Mason in the hotel bar, they begrudgingly accept an invite to her wedding breakfast the next morning.

No one imagined that, a few cocktails later, Mimi would be dead.

As the sisters are drawn into a new case, it becomes clear that someone meticulously planned this murder. Beneath the glittering exterior, there was a dark side to this beautiful bride - and every wedding guest had a reason to sabotage this happy union.

But which one of them decided it was time to give Mimi a taste of her own poison?

The Author:
Ciar is an author and journalist living with her husband and three children in the historic country town of Lewes in Sussex, UK, which inspired her debut novel. When she is not dreaming up murderous plots involving members of the Bloomsbury Group, she writes about gardening for national publications. For three years she volunteered in the beautiful walled garden at Charleston farmhouse, the country home of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and spent long hours while weeding imagining what life must have been like when they lived there. As a graduate of English Literature from Edinburgh University, she probably spends more time than is healthy thinking about Virginia Woolf, who lived with her husband Leonard just down the road at Monk's House in the village of Rodmell. When she is not writing she is usually to be found in her garden shed, or up on her allotment overlooking the South Downs.

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Book Title: The Garden Club Murders
Genre: Crime/mystery/cosy crime
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
Penrith, in the heart of the Lake District, is not the kind of place you can easily vanish.

Certainly not when the members of the Penrith Bingo Club are trying to track you down. But even stalwart sleuth, Amita Khatri, and her son in law, Jason, are foxed this time when a local woman tells them her husband, a mild-mannered academic has gone missing.

And he’s not the only person to disappear. Soon Amita, Jason, and irascible retired copper, Frank, are searching for more people – and some missing money to boot.

From the veg patches of Penrith to the shores of Ullswater, as Jason and Amita comb the Cumbrian countryside for clues, they soon realise they’ve stumbled a case where planting the evidence takes on a whole new meaning. And unless they can unearth some answers soon, they might be the next people to disappear…

The Author:
Jonathan Whitelaw is a writer, award-winning journalist and broadcaster.
After working on the frontline of Scottish politics, he moved into journalism, covering everything from sports to music to radioactive waste – and everything in between.
He's also a regular reviewer, podcaster, panellist and commentator.
His latest book - The Village Hall Vendetta - is published from HarperNorth and is the follow-up to 2022's The Bingo Hall Detectives.

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The winner of the lot will also be able to name a character in Claire's next book!!

Book Title: Five by Five
Genre: Crime/thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
Just because the most dangerous criminals in society are caught and locked up, doesn’t mean they stop committing crime.

That’s where Kennedy Allardyce comes in – monitoring not just the prisoners, but also the staff.

And she’s just stumbled across her most dangerous foe yet – rumours of a corrupt guard with lethal influence. And what’s worst, it seems they’ve already realised Kennedy is on their tail.

At least one thing is giving her joy – a blossoming relationship with Molly, a beautiful, enigmatic new guard.
Wouldn’t it be awful if the killer she’s hunting turned out to be the woman she’s falling for?

Described as Line of Duty meets Orange is the New Black;
Five by Five won the inaugural Penguin Michael Joseph Undiscovered Writers Prize and is based on the author’s experience working in a Scottish Prison.

‘Raw, brutal, claustrophobic, fast and impossible to put down. Written by someone who's walked the walk and seen the prison system close up’ Neil Lancaster, bestselling author of Dead Man’s Grave

‘Grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go’ Professor David Wilson, leading criminologist and author of My Life with Murderers

‘Gritty and unflinching, unbearably tense and claustrophobic, it gripped me throughout. Claire’s professional expertise shines through and gives such authenticity to the story’ Natalie Chandler, author of What We Did

The Author:
Claire is from Falkirk, Scotland. Five by Five is based on her day job as an intelligence analyst in a Scottish Prison. She said: “I’ve always been taught to write what you know and I’m using my knowledge of the prison service to bring to life a unique crime setting and a heartbreaking dilemma. I can’t wait to welcome you into the depths of HMP Forth Valley.”

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Title: The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency
Book Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
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Bids Accepted: UK Only

The Book;
They've got a lot of leads...but can they collar a killer?

When Charlie Boardman and his beloved Staffy, Ruby, stumble across a corpse in the woods, the sleepy coastal town of Framstone is rocked by the discovery that the local pub landlord has been murdered.

Charlie and his fellow dogwalkers take it upon themselves to try and sniff out any clues that might help the local police with their investigation.

But what begins as idle speculation and gossip quickly becomes something more sinister, when Charlie starts receiving anonymous threats warning him off the case.

Then, a second body washes up on the beach…

Can Charlie hunt down a killer, before he becomes the next victim?
‘Brilliant – I inhaled it. I love dogs and I love detectives. This is actually my dream book’ Claudia Winkleman

The Author:
Michael Hogan is a writer and editor with a 30-year career in journalism. As a freelance writer for the past 12 years, he’s been TV critic for the Telegraph and written for the Guardian, Observer, Radio Times, Red, Q, Empire, Marie Claire, Grazia, Glamour, InStyle, Esquire, ES and You magazine. Michael now writes mainly about TV and pop culture, but also turns his hand to lifestyle pieces, topical comment, celebrity interviews and humorous articles.

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Title: A Murder of Crows
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
Bids Accepted: UK Only

The Book:
Jade Crow works as a carer and shares her home with a twisted and abusive boyfriend. With no family support and Felice, her one elderly friend, she feels vulnerable and alone.Nothing about Felice Wolfe is as it seems… except for the mild incontinence and mobility issues. She and Jade get along famously. Their client/carer relationship quickly flourished into friendship and even a little obstacle like death won’t stop Felice helping Jade get rid of her pesky pig AKA the boyfriend.Having murdered her pig with Felice’s help, Jade soon switches career from carer to contract killer. Pay and opportunities for travel are so much better. She does really well for herself; the much in demand remover of many a pesky obstacle.Then she kills the wrong man, and then Jade is the one fighting for her life.As dark as it is funny, this thriller is not for the faint hearted.Bev Harris books… because actual murder is illegal

The Author:
Bev Harris lives on the west coast of Scotland with her husband and their two dogs. Surrounded by hills, forests and beautiful beaches, she has plenty of space for walking and thinking about characters. Her first book, Conspiracy of Cats, was published in 2021 and received wonderful reader reviews.

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Title: Making Sacrifices
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available: YES
Postage & Packaging: FREE
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The Book:
Isaac Saddler - a graphic novelist whose nightmares collide with reality when his fictional character, Vida, mirrors a real-life murder victim. Forced to return to his childhood home, he begins to unravel long kept secrets in his search for the dark and chilling truth.Vida - conjured from trauma, just a fictional character, until a body pulled from a bog pool shares her face. In an eerie overlap between art and truth, her haunting presence and the correlation between fact and fiction, tell a reality-bending mystery of a queen who refuses to remain bound by her story. Making Sacrifices is a richly imagined, and brilliantly layered story. Vida’s transformation from fictional character into a chilling, real-world mystery is a powerful concept that speaks to the isolation so many of us feel, and the strange magic that sometimes emerges from it, in a psychological thriller like no other.How far would you go to keep your family’s darkest secrets

The Author:
Bev Harris lives on the west coast of Scotland with her husband and their two dogs. Surrounded by hills, forests and beautiful beaches, she has plenty of space for walking and thinking about characters. Her first book, Conspiracy of Cats, was published in 2021 and received wonderful reader reviews.

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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


Follow:
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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


Follow:
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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


Follow:
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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: - Hardback (special signed and quote edition from Lynda)
Signed: Dedication is Available
Bids Accepted: Global

The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
Literature, Drama and Charity.


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Title: The Scene of the Crime
Genre: Crime/Thriller
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The Book:
Introducing CSI Jessica Russell in the first of a breathtakingly tense new forensic thriller series

The husband of a prominent and infamously ruthless barrister is found in horrific condition after a robbery and brutal assault. Now in a coma, a major investigation is launched using the newly formed, experimental Metropolitan Police Serious Crime Analysis Unit.

Jessica Russell is an experienced CSI with degrees in psychology and criminology with an exceptional Masters in Investigative psychology and behaviour analysis. But Jessica’s first job as team leader of MSCAN is entirely new to her: to bring together a team of three trusted officers.

Between them, the team has dealt with every kind of murder and major crime scene – their expertise ranges from forensic DNA to blood splatter analysis, digital forensics and beyond.

Now they must piece together the complex puzzle at the heart of this brutal crime. If it was a robbery gone horrifically wrong, what was so important to have been stolen?

But with a new police department there is immense pressure for instant results. One careless decision, one wrong accusation from Jessica or her team, and their superiors would be all too happy to close down MSCAN for good.

The Author:
Lynda La Plante was born in Liverpool. She is the author of over forty novels, all of
which have been bestsellers. She trained for the stage at RADA and worked with
the National theatre and RSC before becoming a television actress. She then turned
to writing - and made her breakthrough with the phenomenally successful TV series
Widows. Lynda's original script for the much-acclaimed Prime Suspect won awards
from BAFTA, Emmys, British Broadcasting and Royal Television Society as well as the
1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award. Lynda is an honorary fellow of the British Film Institute
and was awarded the BAFTA Dennis Potter Best Writer's Award in 2000. In 2008,
she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to
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Book Title : Masquerade of Murder
Genre : Crime
Format : Paperback
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The Book;
DI Cora Snitton is barely catching her breath after the last case when another body turns up - this time, a suspected junkie dumped in an abandoned quarry.
Her team is pulled into the chaos of the Luton Carnival, a vibrant event with a dark reputation for gang violence and drug deals.
Amid the crowds, noise, and flashing lights, a ruthless gangster sees his chance to make a name for himself in a new town.
As the music blares and the party rages on, something sinister rages behind the scenes.

The Author:
Born and raised in a small Town in Bedfordshire.

Donna has loved reading as long as she was able to understand the words written on the page, and the love has remained. Now a way to help cope with mental health.

As with many people across the world, the pandemic left us with lots of time, and twiddling thumbs. As well as trying to complete a degree in Forensic Science at the time, Donna thought she'd try and write a book.

Donna took part in NaNoWriMo, in November 2021, and wrote her first full length novel. Then there is Cassie, which came joint second in a recent short story competition. When entered, they were given covers and proper editing, so Donna thought, why not release it, and raise some money for charity. So thats how Cassie came to be.

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Book Title: How to Make a Killing
Book Genre: Comedy Thriller - Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage: UK only.

The Book;
Meet the women of Harrington Estates. They're one big happy family. At least, that's what they all say...

New arrival Bella is determined to get to the top, and she doesn't mind stepping on some Louboutin-clad toes to get there.

No-nonsense Hannah was the rising star, but now Bella's stealing her thunder - and her agent of the year award.

Olivia wants it all - the glittering career, the picture-perfect family. But lately it feels like something - or someone - is trying to snatch it away.

Then there's poor Claire, who has lost more keys than sold properties - and Bella makes sure the whole office knows it.

When Bella is found dead at the open house for a £10-million mansion, everyone's a suspect. They'd all die for that listing, after all.

But did one of them kill for it?

Fans of How to Kill Your Family and Selling Sunset will love this hilariously dark thriller from Kate Weston, with characters you'll love to hate, vicious office politics, and a twist you'll NEVER see coming.

The Author:
Kate Weston is an ex-stand up comedian and the author of You May Now Kill the Bride, the YA Comedy Murder Mysteries: Murder On A School Night, and Murder On a Summer Break, and Diary of a Confused Feminist and Must Do Better.

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Title 1: The Evening's Amethyst
Title 2: Death at the Dakota
Genre: Crime Mystery
Format: Paperbacks
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Title 1: The Evening's Amethyst
The Evening's Amethyst is a Nora Tierney Mystery set in Oxford with scenes in Windermere, Cambridge, and Woodstock. It won First Prize in the Mystery and Mayhem Award from Chanticleer Media, and was also a Finalist for a Silver Falchion Award from Killer Nashville. Amethyst is my personal favorite of the eight mysteries I have in print, and features a cover tag line from novelist Nicola Upson: "A fine addition to a wonderful series."

Who is Verity? That becomes a central question for American Nora Tierney, who has moved to her new Oxford home with her fiance', DI Declan Barnes, and her young son. Declan's new case at Exeter College coincides with a frantic call from Nora's stepsister, Claire Scott: a fellow graduate student has died n a fall, and Claire begs Nora to help her prove her friend didn't commit suicide. The sisters conduct their own snooping, while Declan and his team juggle this death with a cold case kidnapping that proves to be more surprising than he could ever imagine,

Title 2: Death at the Dakota
Medical consultant Trudy Genova is making plans to take her relationship with NYPD detective Ned O'Malley to the next level when she lands a gig on a film shoot at the famed Dakota apartment building, which John Lennon once called home. Then star Monica Kiley goes missing, a cast member turns up dead, and soon it appears Trudy might be next. Meanwhile, Ned tackles a mysterious murder case in which the victim is burned beyond recognition. When his investigation leads him back to the Dakota, Trudy finds herself mixed up in both investigations.

The Author:
Marni Graff is the author of The Nora Tierney English Mysteries, and The Trudy Genova Manhattan Mysteries, both published by Bridle Path Press (http://www.bridlepathpress.com). She writes the weekly crime review blog Auntie M Writes Crime Review (http://auntiemwrites.com) and is a member of Sisters in Crime, the International Association of Crime Writers, and the NC Writers Network.

A former registered nurse who wrote "on the side," Graff has published articles, interviews, poetry and creative nonfiction. She wrote for seven years for "Mystery Review" magazine and is also the Managing Editor of Bridle Path Press.

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Title: Player Elimination
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
She loves to play games, but not when it comes to murder.

Wren Winters is a businesswoman on a mission, juggling an alumni event for a rising game designer while keeping her late husband’s retail store alive. With RSVPs pouring in and her cranky landlord threatening to bulldoze her shop for high-rise apartments, Wren’s plate is full—but she’s no stranger to overcoming challenges. From economic slumps to vandalism and vicious online rumors, Wren has always found a way to persevere.

But nothing could prepare her for what she finds one fateful morning: her landlord murdered, her store turned into a crime scene, her only employee under suspicion (and hiding something), and a missing piece from an unreleased game.

Now, with her store’s future hanging by a thread and the stakes higher than ever, Wren must channel her puzzle-solving skills like never before. Can she and her friends follow the clues, clear her employee’s name, and crack the case before it’s game over?

The Author:
Shelly Jones is a professor by trade and a nerd by design. Woefully introverted, their pockets are full of post-it notes and their head is full of (unsaid) witty come-backs and un-won arguments from years past. When they aren’t grading papers or writing new cozy mysteries, Shelly can often be found hiking in the woods or playing a board game while their cats look on.

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Title: The School Gates
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
First comes gossip … then comes revenge

When single mum Lola Martinez’s son, Luca, starts school, she feels that she’ll never fit in with the yummy mummies in the playground. Confident, married to wealthy men, with ample free time, they are everything she isn’t.

However, Lola is invited into the inner circle, surrounded by seemingly friendly people, even if Lola’s silence about her child’s father puzzles them. Despite herself, Lola quickly becomes involved in playground politics, making as many enemies as friends.

But then Lola is brutally murdered, her death rocking the close-knit community. As the police investigate the case, they discover that Lola was hiding many secrets – as are the mums in her new social circle. But who had the most reason to kill her? And who else might unwittingly hold the answers to what happened that night?

The Author:
A. A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. After gaining a degree in History at University College London, she later trained as a solicitor and worked for several major London law firms before leaving law to pursue her passion for writing. She is the author of legal thrillers, The Scribe and The Abduction, and three standalone psychological thrillers published by Hera Books: She’s Mine, The Loyal Friend, The Final Party and Under Her Roof.

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Two Great Legal Thrillers

Title 1: The Lawyer
Title 2: The Partner
Book Genre: Legal Thrillers
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Title: The Lawyer
A murdered lawyer. A message carved into her chest. A ruthless killer who must be stopped.

The body of an ambitious trainee lawyer is found sprawled on the boardroom floor, blood pooling around her on the pristine cream carpet.

Etched across her chest is one word — CONTRACT.

Up-and-coming lawyer Maddy Kramer is determined to find out who killed her colleague, even though they weren’t exactly best friends. Maddy’s not your typical legal suit — she’s not ruthless like her teammates who will do anything to get to the top.

But then there’s a second corpse — another female lawyer. And this time inscribed on the body, the word CRIME.

Maddy must team up with Detective Jake Carver to get into the mind of the brutal murderer. The killer has their eye on another victim . . . and Maddy could be next.


Title 2: The Partner
A VIOLENT ABDUCTION. FOUR HOSTAGES. NO LEADS.

Two gunmen burst into the packed boardroom at an exclusive city law firm. Lawyer Maddy Kramer watches in horror as they snatch a popular partner and his young trainee.

Hours later, a tape is couriered to the offices. It shows the trainee, Charlotte Dempsey. She’s been brutally beaten. Her face is badly swollen and there’s a cigarette burn on her chest.

Tied up next to her are two more trainees from the same firm.

Detective Jake Carver leads the investigation. When he finds out Maddy is involved, he’s keen to get her sharp insights.

Then the ransom demand arrives. Time is running out.

But this isn’t just about money. The kidnappers know a shocking secret that could destroy the firm — and everyone who works there. And they’ll stop at nothing to get what they want . . .

The Author:
A. A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. After gaining a degree in History at University College London, she later trained as a solicitor and worked for several major London law firms before leaving law to pursue her passion for writing. She is the author of legal thrillers, The Scribe and The Abduction, and three standalone psychological thrillers published by Hera Books: She’s Mine, The Loyal Friend, The Final Party and Under Her Roof.

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Title 1: The Final Party
Title 2: Under Her Roof
Genre: Psychological thrillers
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Title 1: The Final Party
SIX FRIENDS.

In a luxury villa set high in the hills above the glamorous town of Sorrento, southern Italy, three couples gather for the perfect 40th birthday celebration.

ONE BODY.

Before the week is out, one of them is dead.

COUNTLESS LIES.

Their perfect reunion quickly becomes the holiday from hell when one of the group starts receiving anonymous messages, threatening to expose a dark secret from their university days.

As old friendships are tested to the limit, it’s clear that what happens in the dark past won’t stay buried…

Title 2: Under Her Roof
It seems too good to be true…

When struggling writer Sebastian finds a room to let in a palatial Hampstead residence he cannot believe his luck. The rent is ridiculously cheap and he immediately feels a connection with his beautiful widowed landlady, Adriana.

It is.

Things take a dark turn when he finds out what happened to the last lodger. Could this be why the house is a fortress of security, and why Adriana seems so fragile? Adriana doesn’t want to talk about the death and sadness that seem to follow her wherever she goes and Sebastian has secrets of his own.

Now someone is watching their every move and there is nowhere to hide.

This house of light becomes a dark nightmare as the threat ramps up - what does the watcher want? And how far will they go to get it?

The Author:
A. A. Chaudhuri is a former City lawyer. After gaining a degree in History at University College London, she later trained as a solicitor and worked for several major London law firms before leaving law to pursue her passion for writing. She is the author of legal thrillers, The Scribe and The Abduction, and three standalone psychological thrillers published by Hera Books: She’s Mine, The Loyal Friend, The Final Party and Under Her Roof.

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Title: The Bookseller.
Genre: Crime
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
Beware a well-read murderer...

A bookseller is found dead in his shop on a quiet square in Bristol, surrounded by rare books, first editions and a shocking amount of blood.

DS George Cross, usually the first to spot holes in a suspect's story, is distracted. His father's recent diagnosis has left him unsettled, relying on others in a way he is not comfortable with. It's impacting the case – and himself – more than he'd like to admit.

The truth only gets murkier as George uncovers tales of lost manuscripts and rival dealers, revealing how dangerous the rarefied world of bookselling can be – especially when the suspects are so familiar with crime novels.

They know exactly how to get away with murder.

The Author:
Tim Sullivan is an acclaimed screenwriter. He originally read English and Law at university - the latter forced on him by his Dad - but instead he wriggled free of those parental ambitions and pursued his own, to make films. His writing credits include A HANDFUL OF DUST, starring Kristen Scott Thomas, WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD, starring Helen Mirren and Helena Bonham Carter, JACK AND SARAH (which he also directed) starring Richard E Grant, Judi Dench and Ian McKellen and LETTERS TO JULIET, with Amanda Seyfried. He is also a Television director whose credits include SHERLOCK HOLMES and COLD FEET and CORONATIONSSTREET. He has written extensively in Hollywood in both live action and animation, working with Ron Howard, Scott Rudin and with Jeffrey Katzenberg on the fourth SHREK movie.

He has now embarked on a series of crime novels featuring the autistic, and brilliantly persistent DS George Cross.

He self-published the first two books and once they'd achieved over 200,000 downloads he came to the attention of Head of Zeus publishers. So thanks to all his readers for this success and their shared love of George.

The novels are set in Bristol in the south west of England, Cross’ methods often infuriate his colleagues and superiors “not so much a thorn in my side as a pain in my arse,” according to his boss DCI Carson. But his conviction rate, thanks to his dogged persistence and attention to detail, is the best in the force. Tim has now written the first four in the series with The Patient being published on March 3rd 2022.

Tim feels confident in his claim that he is the only crime writer around who has also co-produced and written a My Little Pony movie for Hasbro. MY LITTLE PONY - A NEW GENERATION is now available on Netflix.

Tim lives in North London with his wife Rachel, the Emmy award-winning producer of THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA and PIONEER WOMAN. Their daughters live near by.

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Title: The Impossible Fortune
Genre: Cosy Crime
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
**The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman**
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Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?

It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favourite criminal.

But when Elizabeth meets a wedding guest who fears for their life, the thrill of the chase is ignited once again. A villain wants access to an uncrackable code and will stop at nothing to get it. Plunged back into their most explosive investigation yet, can the gang solve the puzzle and a murder in time?

The Author:
Richard Osman is an author, producer and television presenter. The Thursday Murder Club is his first novel. He is well known for TV shows including Pointless and Richard Osman’s House of Games. As the creative director of Endemol UK, Richard has worked as an executive producer on numerous shows including Deal Or No Deal and 8 Out of 10 Cats. He is also a regular on panel and game shows such as Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and Taskmaster.

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Donated by Tea Leaves & Reads

Title: Shurdle: Sherlock Holmes Puzzles Vols 1&2 (two books)
Genre: Detective, Puzzles
Format: Paperback
Dedication available: Yes
Postage: Global

Volume 1:
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes

Enter the enigmatic world of Sherlock Holmes with this captivating puzzle book that will challenge even the most able armchair sleuth. Join the legendary detective and his trusted companion, Dr John Watson, as they embark on a series of mind-bending mysteries and adventures. Using the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle detective stories, each puzzle is meticulously crafted to test your deductive reasoning and keen observation skills, utilising the unique 'elimination grid' to help you reduce down the suspects and crack the case yourself. With 15 of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's greatest mysteries to solve, immerse yourself in the intricate world of Victorian and Edwardian London and unravel the secrets hidden within, exploring the world of Sherlock Holmes as Conan Doyle intended it. Whether you're a seasoned detective or a curious beginner new to the Sherlock Holmes canon, "Shurdle" promises an exhilarating journey filled with suspense, intrigue, and the thrill of solving the impossible. Are you ready to step into Sherlock's shoes and crack the case?

Volume 2:
Following hot on the heels of Shurdle Volume 1, this new Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book builds on the sense of mystery and intrigue of the first Shurdle book. Exciting new cases for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are met with more puzzles than before, including intriguing new Dreadnought and Logic Puzzles. Crack the case of the first ever London Underground murder, unravel a mysterious village death, save Christmas festivities on a country estate and solve an array of baffling puzzles to help Sherlock Holmes get to the truth. Shurdle is crammed full of gripping enigmas, even more than the first book. Dust off your detective notebook, deerstalker and magnifying glass, we're back on the case, the game is afoot once again!
Shurdle Volume 2: Further Enigmatic Adventures contains five new Shurdle mysteries, including murderous Logic Puzzles, cunning Shurdoku Number Puzzles and tricky Dreadnought Puzzles. Can you help Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson crack the cases?

The Author:
I do puzzle book writing and publishing mostly associated with the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Author of ‘SHURDLE: Sherlock Holmes Puzzles’ Volumes 1&2, ‘Shurdoku: Sherlock Holmes Number Puzzles’ and the ‘221 Clues’ puzzle ebook. I’m currently working on a new logic puzzle book too, out next year. Link in bio on where to buy my books.

I also write logic puzzles on social media at #SherlockPuzzle to download – link in bio – a murder a week for nought!

In 2023, I also researched and wrote a short publication ‘Collecting Sherlock Holmes: A short guide to collecting the early editions of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books, 1887 – 1930’. Which is now free to download on my links page – geeks love it!

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Title 1: The Man She Married
Title 2: The New Girl
Title 3: The Silent Friend
Title 4: The Cuckoo Sister
Genre: Psychological Thrillers - Crime
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Title 1: The Man She Married
How can you fight for a life you can't remember?

One moment I was just living my life, finding my way in the world. The next I woke up in a hospital bed with years of my life missing.

The man by my side – Rob, my husband – looks familiar, but I can't remember marrying him. I can’t remember our life together. Most haunting of all: I can’t remember anything about the last five years.

The more I try to piece my life back together, the more I question everything – even myself. Who is Rob, really? And can I trust him? More importantly, can I trust myself?

Title 2: The New Girl
The letterbox clatters and sitting on the mat is a piece of paper, in black and white, with everything needed to blow Anna’s perfect life apart.

A baby scan photo.

Anna and Jon have been trying for a baby with no success, so after years of disappointment, this feels like a kick in the teeth.

Who sent it? And why?

Anna’s thoughts fall on Grace – the keen young woman Jon hired at their printing business. Something about Grace isn’t quite right. She asks too many questions and makes Anna nervous but she can’t work out why.

And she can’t deny she sees the way her husband looks at her.

All she knows is this baby scan might tear her marriage apart…

Title 3: The Silent Friend
When it comes to saving yourself, who will you betray?

Louise has a shadowy past that she wants to break free from and when she develops an unlikely friendship with Isabelle, her neighbour, she finally finds the family she’s always yearned for.

But Louise knows more about Isabelle than her new friend realises, more specifically about her imprisoned husband – and the circumstances behind his arrest.

Louise is faced with a choice: to continue lying to her only friend or tell the truth and ruin any chance she has of starting over…

Title 4: The Cuckoo Sister
You want your sister to have all her heart desires.

But - what if she wants your children?

Maggie has everything her sister Rose always wanted. A handsome husband and two adorable children, Emily and Elliot.

But what Rose doesn’t see is that Maggie is struggling. Every day is a fog of sleep loss and mess made by two tiny children. Left alone in her distress by husband Stephen, Maggie drifts ever closer to the edge.

When Maggie finally cracks, walking out one day and not returning, Rose is right there to step into the breach . . .

You trust your sister to look after your children. But should you?

The Author:
Alison Stockham is a Cambridge based writer of psychological thrillers and domestic suspense novels exploring why people make the choices that they do. From a background in film and television production, working in film dramas and TV documentary production for the BBC and Channel 4, she then worked as the events coordinator for Cambridge Literary Festival.

Her debut novel The Cuckoo Sister, was a top 10 bestseller and was also longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. The Silent Friend, The New Girl & The Man She Married followed. Her latest thriller, Let Her Go publishes in November 2025.

Now writing full time, she lives with her husband, their children and their cat, who keeps her company while she writes her next novel.

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Title: All of Us are Broken
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
An unbearable decision

Held up at gunpoint by two vicious killers, Christina Hardwicke is ordered to make an unthinkable choice – between the life of her daughter or her son.

An unsuspecting family

When the Hardwicke family set off on a holiday to the Scottish Highlands, the last thing they expected was to be confronted by a deadly couple on a killing spree.

A nightmare come to life

Tailed closely by Detective Saul Anguish, the damaged pair have committed a string of ruthless killings across the country, all leading to this moment.

Will the detective be able to reach the Hardwicke family before catastrophe strikes?

Everyone is talking about All Of Us Are Broken:

‘Breathtakingly good' – Daily Mail

‘Beautifully written’ – Sunday Express

The Author:
Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy, where she now teaches her own Writing Crime course. She is the bestselling author of five crime thriller novels, all of which have received widespread critical acclaim from household names including Val McDermid, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Martina Cole and Ian Rankin. Three of her novels have been optioned for television.

When Fiona is not writing, she can be found on Twitter, eating biscuits or walking her dogs. She lives in Essex with her family.

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Title: The Mistake
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
In this family, everyone is telling lies.

Pete never wanted another child. Before baby Erin was born, they were happy. If Natalie hadn't got pregnant, he would never have done what he did.

Natalie knows things have been difficult since the surprise arrival of Erin. Life with Pete and their two other children - Emily and Zadie - has been balancing on a knife-edge.

Now their home is full of guests at a party Natalie didn't want to throw - and she's about to reach breaking point.

But so is her family.

Because everyone has a secret that they've been hiding and when Erin suddenly disappears everyone becomes a suspect.

Surely no one here would want to harm their baby? But after the events of the party there are plenty of people who would want to hurt Natalie.

Including her husband...

The Author:
Lisa Hall is the bestselling author of psychological thrillers and the Hotel Hollywood time-slip murder mystery series. Her debut novel Between You and Me was a Kindle UK number one bestseller, sitting in the top spot for over four weeks, and the second novel in her Hotel Hollywood series won the 2025 CWA Whodunit Dagger Award. Lisa has a First Class Honours degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. She lives in Kent with her husband and their three children.

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Title: Eight Years of Lies & The Mistake
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
A BRAND NEW totally addictive psychological thriller full of twists from the #1 bestselling author of The Party.

Was my marriage always built on lies? How could everything unravel so quickly?

My life wasn’t perfect — school runs, late meetings, family dinners — But we were happy.

Then a single Facebook post destroys it all: ‘PLEASE CAN ANYONE HELP ME? HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? I am Lydia French. This is my husband and child — they have been missing for several months and I am desperate to find them.’

I look at the photo of a man and a little girl, smiling in the sun, and freeze. They’re not Lydia French’s husband and child. They’re mine.

I get a call from the school. Tom hasn’t picked up our daughter. He’s not answering his phone. His boss says he didn’t show up for work.

Nothing makes sense. Panic claws my chest as I piece together the fragments of my shattered reality.

The man I’ve lived with for the past eight years, the man I’ve made a home, a family, a life with, isn’t who I thought he was at all. The man I married has been lying to me . . . about everything.

AN EXHILARATING BLEND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE, NAIL-BITING TENSION WITH A SHATTERING FINAL TWIST.

The Author:
Lisa Hall is the bestselling author of psychological thrillers and the Hotel Hollywood time-slip murder mystery series. Her debut novel Between You and Me was a Kindle UK number one bestseller, sitting in the top spot for over four weeks, and the second novel in her Hotel Hollywood series won the 2025 CWA Whodunit Dagger Award. Lisa has a First Class Honours degree in English Literature and Creative Writing. She lives in Kent with her husband and their three children.

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Title: A Scrooge Mystery
Genre: Crime / festive crime
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: yes
Postage: UK only
Signed: Yes, dedication is available
Bids Accepted: UK only

The Book:
When everyone's favourite reformed miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, errs from the path of goodness, he starts seeing spirits again - this time of a girl, whose murder he must solve if he is to avoid the dreaded vision of The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

'A COMPLETELY COMPELLING CHRISTMAS READ' Jonathan Whitelaw

'AN ABSOLUTE CHRISTMAS CRACKER' Fiona Leitch

Last Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by three festive spirits, and the bleak vision of his future has haunted him ever since. He wants to be a good man, and he never wants to see another ghost as long as he lives.

But changing your ways for a day is easy. Changing your ways for ever is a little trickier. Almost a year on, Scrooge is slipping back into bad habits.

When a lucrative business opportunity comes his way, he jumps at the chance to make some quick money . . . to give to the poor, obviously . . .

But then Scrooge sees her. Another ghost, silent and terrifying. Then Bob Cratchit is arrested for the woman's murder, and Scrooge sees only one way to save both his loyal employee and himself: he must solve this crime.

Scrooge's investigation takes him from the heights of business on the Royal Exchange to the depths of London's criminal underworld alongside the formidable Widow Tassell, boot-boy Jem and Tiny Tim. And as Christmas draws closer, Scrooge begins to realise there's more at stake than his own soul.

The Author:
Before writing The Girl Who… I was a freelance writer, book reviewer and journalist. I’ve interviewed some amazing people about their incredible lives. I have written for women’s magazines including Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Good Housekeeping, Prima, that’s life!, Stylist and Real People. I have been Books Editor for Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Reclaim. I live on the South Coast with my lovely family. I spend most of my time avoiding them to try and write.

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Title: Murder At the Christmas Emporium
Genre: Crime / festive crime
Format: Hardback
Dedication available: yes
Signed: Yes, dedication is available
Bids Accepted: UK only

The Book:
Christmas shopping can be murder.

It's Christmas Eve at the Emporium, a bespoke gift shop hidden in the depths of London's winding streets, where a select few shoppers are browsing its handcrafted delights.

But when they go to leave, they find the doors are locked and it isn't long before they realise this is no innocent mix-up. The shoppers have been trapped here by someone who knows their darkest secrets, who will stop at nothing until they have all been unwrapped - and there is a gruesome gift waiting in Santa's grotto . . .

For those that survive the night, it will be a Christmas to remember.

The Author:
Before writing The Girl Who… I was a freelance writer, book reviewer and journalist. I’ve interviewed some amazing people about their incredible lives. I have written for women’s magazines including Cosmopolitan, Grazia, Good Housekeeping, Prima, that’s life!, Stylist and Real People. I have been Books Editor for Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Reclaim. I live on the South Coast with my lovely family. I spend most of my time avoiding them to try and write.

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Title: Three For A Girl
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Signed: Yes, dedication is available
Bids Accepted: UK only

The Book:
ALL GRACE WANTS IS FREEDOM FROM FEAR
After the sudden death of her parents in a tragic car accident, Grace and her siblings are torn apart. A distant uncle begrudgingly takes in Asha and Eva—but there’s no room for Grace. Instead, she’s sent to Billingford House, a shadowy institution where oversight is rare, and where Miss Emery’s ruthless rule is absolute. Girls go missing–whispers of darkness lurk in every hallway, faint screams seep from the cottage adjoining Billingford House, a no-go zone for the girls. But they're just stories, right? No one dares to ask questions.
It's 1978, an era of neglected institutions, where suffering festered behind closed doors. Now sixteen, Grace is trapped in a brutal world where survival isn’t guaranteed. The only person who might have saved her disappears under suspicious circumstances, leaving her utterly alone.
There’s only one way out.
She has to escape.
AND IF SHE FAILS—SHE'LL VANISH LIKE THE OTHERS

The Author:
D.G. Torrens is a celebrated UK & USA bestselling Author/Poet with an impressive literary portfolio. With 25 published books to date, the author continues to captivate readers across genres.

Beyond her novels, D.G Torrens has contributed four short stories to multi-author anthologies, including “Love Letters to Water,” with all proceeds benefiting charity. Her literary journey began with the unexpected success of her first book, “Amelia’s Story”, which has been downloaded over 500k times worldwide. Originally penned for her daughter, this true-life story resonated with readers, propelling her into the spotlight. Securing a literary agent, who landed the author a three-book deal with Audible for the entire Amelia Series & most recently A foreign rights deal.

D.G Torrens has recently co-directed and co-produced her first documentary film titled: Birmingham A City Rooted in Talent, (due for broadcast 2026). The documentary film won Best Documentary 2024 at the Birmingham Film Festival Awards.

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Title: Vengeful Women
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Limited edition hardback with sprayed edges, plus an uncorrected proof copy
A signed photo of the author inside and a dedicated note from the author
Bids Accepted: UK Only

The Book:

From Sunday Times bestselling author Melanie Blake comes a gripping new chapter in the Falcon Bay series - where showbiz glamour collides with dark secrets, and women who've lost everything are ready to fight back.

On a private island off the coast of England, five powerful women sit in jail, awaiting trial for manslaughter: a world-famous soap star, an ambitious talent agent, a ruthless producer, a brilliant screenwriter and a cougar casting director.

The man who put them there, their long-term nemesis Jake Monroe, is cashing in - turning the island they once ruled into a twisted theme park crowned by the world's tallest skyscraper. While the women plot revenge, old secrets that could change everything begin to surface.

The glossy veneer of their showbiz world was shattered when they were incarcerated and the rot beneath the red carpets and studio lights is beginning to show... and meanwhile, a journalist chasing the truth behind an American serial killer is uncovering stories that could destroy everything - and everyone.

As the body count climbs and the women's trial date looms, Jake's empire teeters. Because one thing is certain. Hell has no fury... like vengeful women.

The Author:

Melanie Blake is the internationally bestselling author behind the sensational trilogy that began with Ruthless Women, the Sunday Times #4 bestseller that sold 250,000 copies in its first month, and its bestselling sequel, Guilty Women. She's also a successful playwright, having adapted her first novel The Thunder Girls into a play which broke box-office records for a new work - a credit she still holds to this day. Melanie's books have been translated into nine languages and have captivated more than a million readers worldwide.

Melanie's stories are exhilarating rollercoaster rides packed with all the glitz, glamour, passion, and intrigue of the blockbuster novels of the eighties, yet reflective of the world we live in today. When Melanie was asked to write a foreword to a new Jackie Collins edition, it was a dream come true; Jackie's bold and fierce characters have always inspired her. When the Daily Mirror anointed Melanie 'Jackie Collins for a new generation,' the journey that started with devouring Jackie's steamy novels as a teenager was complete.

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