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The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace by RWR McDonald

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26 November, 2025

If your love for crime fiction began at an early age, it’s a fair bet that it started with the likes of The Famous Five, The Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew. The same applies to Tippy Chan, the 11-year-old heroine of RWR McDonald’s award winning…

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The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

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13 November, 2025

Two decades have passed since Armand Gamache joined the crime fiction legions. As the first novel, Still Life, celebrates its 20th anniversary he’s back in The Black Wolf. This is a book that shows author Louise Penny still has her finger firmly on the pulse…

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We Create Monsters by Martin Sterling

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27 October, 2025

In the rain-streaked streets of northern England, something’s afoot. We’re talking soap opera land here, a fictional place where gritty drama with a social conscience rubs shoulders with the impossible and the improbable. The latest suspension of belief is about to fall on Salford Quays…

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The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

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21 October, 2025

Mickey Haller has really been put through the wringer over the years, even going to prison at one point. But as The Proving Ground opens it’s a more contemplative Mickey who is in the spotlight. He’s stepped away from the cut and thrust of criminal…

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The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

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17 October, 2025

Crime fiction lovers were bereft when Jimmy Perez left the Shetland stage in Wild Fire in 2018. But we’re a patient lot, and seven years later our dour detective is back, but on a different Scottish archipelago – Orkney! These days, Jimmy is happily settled…

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Clown Town by Mick Herron

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1 October, 2025

Fans of Mick Herron, and Slow Horses in particular, have been mightily spoiled these past few weeks. First came the arrival of Clown Town, book nine in the Slough House series, closely followed by the arrival on Apple TV+ of series five of the series…

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Legacy by Chris Hammer

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28 September, 2025

Six years after we first encountered Aussie investigative journalist Martin Scarsden in Scrublands, he’s back in Legacy, the fourth book in the series – and what a book it is! As it opens, Martin is at home in Port Silver and about to launch his…

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The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

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9 September, 2025

1980 was a mere 45 years ago but my, how things have changed! It was a time without tech – no mobile phones or internet. And over in Ireland, women were still expected to give up their jobs once they got married, while unmarried mothers…

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The Nancys and the Case of the Missing Necklace by RWR McDonald

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

We Create Monsters by Martin Sterling

The Proving Ground by Michael Connelly

The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves

Clown Town by Mick Herron

Legacy by Chris Hammer

The Silent Ones by Anna McPartlin

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