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The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

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24 August, 2026

If you spend any time in the online book community, then you may have noticed the rise of Summerween – a cultural (and retail) phenomenon where people extend the spooky season forwards into the summer. Jonathan Sims’s third novel is perfectly placed to ride that…

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Surviving the Lie by James Queally

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19 August, 2026

For the final book in his Russell Avery trilogy, Los Angeles Times investigative journalist James Queally returns to New Jersey – the Garden State – with a story which couldn’t be more topical or timely. The series has been dubbed ‘turnpike noir’ after the famous…

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Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

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23 July, 2026

A gritty, enthralling depiction of life on an Indian reservation, Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden was an excellent book by any measure. Published in 2020, it won an Anthony, a Thriller, a Barry and a Macavity Award. It also won Editor’s Choice For…

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From the Shadows by GR Halliday

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6 July, 2026

From the Shadows is the first in a series of procedurals set in the west of the Scottish Highlands and centred around DI Monica Kennedy. Originally published in 2019, the novel forms the basis of the ITV adaptation, The Dark, which begins airing on 12…

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Blood River Witch by TJ Martinson

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24 June, 2026

Alicia Moore is a deputy sheriff in a small, socially conservative, deeply religious town in rural Kentucky. She’s married to Bill and has a son, Bart, in the seventh grade. She’s also the daughter of a well-respected former sheriff of the town. In short, she’s…

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The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen

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22 June, 2026

A humorous slang term for an LGTBQ+ person who is openly queer but chronically messy, chaotic, socially awkward or disastrously unlucky in life or love. That’s the definition I found online for ‘disaster gay’, and it’s certainly true of the four main protagonists in Rosen’s…

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A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper

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10 June, 2026

In 2023, Everybody Knows plunged us head first in to Jordan Harper’s Los Angeles – a neon nightmare of fame, scandal, drugs and depravity, where the rich do as they please and its left for the little people to clean up their mess. It’s a…

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The Wrong Man by Chris McDonald

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19 May, 2026

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Ian Dury’s debut single with The Blockheads quickly became an anthem after its release in 1977, and was taken up as a rallying cry by up and coming musicians the world over, eager to experience said lifestyle. It’s…

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The Burn Line by Jonathan Sims

Surviving the Lie by James Queally

Wisdom Corner by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

From the Shadows by GR Halliday

Blood River Witch by TJ Martinson

The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen

A Violent Masterpiece by Jordan Harper

The Wrong Man by Chris McDonald

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