British Crime Book of the month

Mystery Book of the Month – October 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-10-07 12:49
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How to put a positive spin on a murder mystery... What happens when a ghostwriter for the rich and famous lands the ultimate gig: writing the memoir of a disgraced presidential candidate? Our witty, nosy narrator arrives at a secluded estate to meet Dorothy Gibson, the fallen political star everyone’s talking about. But when a neighbor turns up dead, the ghostwriter finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery she never saw coming. Add in a secret investigation, a suspiciously handsome man, and a plot twist no one expected – and suddenly, the story she’s writing becomes her own.

Mystery Book of the Month – September 2024

Published on Fri, 2024-09-06 12:03
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Would you kill for a good story? Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic – is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. With her cute literary tote bags and sunny smile, she’s everyone’s favourite bookseller.

Mystery Book of the Month – August 2024

Published on Wed, 2024-08-07 17:39
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Six celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. Welcome to the world’s most exclusive rehab clinic – a refuge for the rich and beautiful – and perhaps the perfect place for murder? Meg’s sister Haley was a troubled country singer, hiding away from fans and paparazzi, until she was found dead. Now Meg checks in – to find out why her sister never checked out. You can check in, but you might never check out… //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – July 2024

Published on Tue, 2024-07-02 13:31
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Meet Dr. Miriam Price. The most fun you’ll have with a murder mystery all year. She’ll solve this murder if it kills her. Except it already has… ”Hello? Can you hear me? Probably not. I’m Dr Miriam Price . . . and I'm dead. The local police, who couldn't investigate their own nostrils, think I drank myself into an early grave. The nerve! I was murdered. I was just too plastered to know whodunnit, that’s all.”  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – June 2024

Published on Wed, 2024-06-05 12:17
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Oxford is a wonderful place to be in the summer, except for perhaps when a suspicious death has occurred… Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings.…  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – May 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-05-13 12:34
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"The game is afoot!" Set in early 20th century London, this action-packed novel tells the tale of a daring opium-addicted Chinese Judge and his academic sidekick solving crimes in the Chinese community in London’s Limehouse District. Taking inspiration from the Sherlock Holmes canon, this brand new novel is going to satisfy Holmes fans while bringing something completely new to the table!   //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – April 2024

Published on Tue, 2024-04-09 09:09
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It’s a classic setting: big city detective moves to a small country village for some peace and quiet, not getting much of either as he has barely unpacked when the bones of a young woman are discovered. The quiet country life that Jake Jackson envisioned is no more. Sometimes the quietest villages hide the darkest secrets… //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – March 2024

Published on Wed, 2024-03-06 15:37
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What if the murder you had to solve was your own? A tautly paced novel in which a young mother who was cloned and brought back to life following her own murder comes to suspect that there is more to the story of her life and death than anyone is telling her. Recommended by Malin! // Discuss in the Crime reading group. //  

Mystery Book of the Month – February 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-02-19 08:50
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She said yes to a dinner invitation at her old university. Now she’s a murder suspect… A perfect ”locked-room-whodunnit” murder mystery that will keep you guessing.  // Discuss in the Crime reading group. //  

Mystery Book of the Month – January 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-01-08 14:45
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DS George Cross has always wondered why his mother left him when he was a child. Now she is back in his life, he suddenly has answers. But this unexpected reunion is not anything he’s used to dealing with. When a disturbing case lands on his desk, he is almost thankful for the return to normality.   The body of a monk is found savagely beaten to death in a woodland near Bristol.

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