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A Classic Revisited: The Red House Mystery by AA Milne

By Erin Britton

14 October, 2026

As the creator of Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne is associated with honey pots, heffalumps and bouncing tigers, not country house murders. In fact, today – 14 October 2026 – marks the centenary of the beloved bear’s arrival, which is very charming too, although it…

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The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

By Erin Britton

12 March, 2026

A historical locked-room mystery that balances homage with invention, The Murder at World’s End is Ross Montgomery’s debut adult novel. Set in the autumn of 1910 on a windswept island off the Cornish coast, it is both a complex puzzle mystery and a vivid evocation…

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The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

By Paul Burke

28 August, 2025

The influence of Golden Age mysteries on modern crime fiction is huge. Readers simply cannot get enough of the closed-circle murder mystery and the locked-room puzzle – archetypes handed down from Agatha Christie and John Dixon Carr through generations of writers to the new kids…

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Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin

By DeathBecomesHer

24 October, 2024

Crime fiction has been invaded by a veritable army of silver sleuths in recent years, from Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series to books by Elly Griffiths and Steph Broadribb. But leading the charge is Ian Rankin and his creation John Rebus. However, like Michael…

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The Labyrinth House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

By Vicki Weisfeld

17 October, 2024

Translated by Ho-Ling Wong — The winner of three national awards for mystery writing in Japan, Yukito Ayatsuji is one of the country’s most famous authors who favours the traditional Honkaku mystery format. His Bizarre House Mysteries began in 1987 with The Decagon House Murders…

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Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

By crimefictionlover

19 May, 2024

Giles Kenworthy is: A) a hedge fund manager, B) belittling to everyone with whom he speaks, C) a supporter of a far right political party, D) rude and antagonistic to all the neighbours on Riverview Close in Richmond on Thames. Oh, and, E) he’s dead….

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Blood on the Broadcast by SDW Hamilton

By Erin Britton

6 February, 2024

There’s religious strife brewing in Belfast, but it’s not what you might expect. A group known as the Followers of Eden have been operating in and around the city for years, although their power and influence have reached significant heights of late. Led by shadily…

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Helle & Death by Oskar Jensen

By Erin Britton

18 January, 2024

Oskar Jensen’s Helle & Death is an ingenious mystery that embraces several beloved tropes from the Golden Age of Murder – the country house murder, the locked room mystery and the closed circle of suspects – but brings them firmly into the 21st century with…

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A Classic Revisited: The Red House Mystery by AA Milne

The Murder at World’s End by Ross Montgomery

The House at Devil’s Neck by Tom Mead

Midnight and Blue by Ian Rankin

The Labyrinth House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

Blood on the Broadcast by SDW Hamilton

Helle & Death by Oskar Jensen

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