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Every Time I Go On Vacation Someone Dies – Catherine Mack
Snarky and fun, Janet Evanovich (Stephanie Plum) meets Benjamin Stevenson (Everyone in my family has killed someone). Ten days. Eight suspects. Six cities. Five authors. Three bodies. One trip to die for. Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour along the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when life starts imitating Read more
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The Two Deaths of Ruth Lyle – Nick Louth
One of those books you will slam shut with a satisfying thud. Solid foundation for a new series. Fifty years. Two deaths. One detective to solve an impossible case… DI Jan Talantire is called to a cottage in the quiet Devon town of Ilfracombe. The female occupant has been found dead, her body impaled with Read more
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The Baby – A J McDine
A stark depiction of alcoholism, controlling behaviour, the correlation of such dependencies, and how they manifest in reality. Unsettling but ultimately gripping. The harsh light streams into the living room. On the worn rug sits an out-of-place wooden drawer and swaddled inside, with rosy cheeks and large round eyes, a baby looks up at me. Read more
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Grave Expectations – Alice Bell
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)* for the new generation. Fab Fun. *Non Gen X-ers Google It Claire and Sophie aren’t your typical murder investigators . . . Claire Hendricks is a hapless 30-something true-crime fan working as a freelance medium. When she is Invited to an old university friend’s country pile to provide entertainment for a Read more
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A Lesson In Cruelty – Harriet Tyce
Elaborately woven, intricately detailed, engross yourself in the set up for a brilliant pay off. They say you can’t always get what you want. But you can take it. Anna wants a fresh start. She doesn’t believe she deserves it, but after three years behind bars she has finally paid her dues. Most of them, Read more
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Listen For The Lie – Amy Tintera
She can’t remember, she just wants to know… True Crime Podcast x #1 Suspect Epic One Sitter. Am I a murderer? You tell me . . . You probably already know about me. Lucy Chase, the woman who doesn’t remember murdering her best friend. You all think I did it. That’s OK, I get it. Read more
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The Best Way To Bury Your Husband – Alexia Casale
A darkly comic depiction of women supporting women, these lockdown ladies are “digging deep” to lift each other up. Sometimes a woman has to take matters into her own hands . . . Sally never meant to cave her husband’s head in with a skillet. Or at least she didn’t until suddenly, she did. But Read more
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The Excitements – C J Wray
Nonagenarians with attitude, an agenda and a very specific set of skills. Delightfully entertaining Revenge is a dish best served old… Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain’s most treasured World War II veterans. Now in their nineties, Josephine and Penny are in demand, popping up at commemorative events all over the country. Despite their age, they’re Read more
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