Comic (humorous) crime & mystery
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10 Marchfield Square
£16.9910 Marchfield Square
Elderly heiress Celeste Van Duren intended Marchfield Square to be a haven from the outside world. A place for those who need somewhere safe from their pasts, or who could otherwise not afford to stay in the city they call home. That was the plan. One of her tenants being murdered in his own kitchen, and the police trying to pin it on his long-suffering wife, was not. So Celeste does what anyone with a lot of money, a strong sense of justice and a bad hip would do: she recruits two of her tenants to track down the real killer. Her cleaner, Audrey, knows everyone and is liked by all, while failed crime writer, Lewis, is known by no one. He hates his job, hates his life, and he’s not that fond of Audrey either, but Celeste is persuasive. Despite their differences the two soon discover a surprising range of suspects and motives connected to the victim’s dodgy art deals – but have they missed something closer to home?
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5 Minute Murder
£14.995 Minute Murder
An entertaining book of 100 logic and code-based murder-mystery puzzles written by a crime writer and puzzle expert duo.
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A brush with death
£9.99A brush with death
‘An immersive and really satisfying mystery‘ Faith Martin
‘As an iced drink in a heatwave ? These characters and their families feel like old friends. A fantastic addition to the series.’ Fiona Leitch
Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma have a brand-new mystery to solve in this wonderfully witty cosy mystery.
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A curtain twitcher’s book of murder
£9.99A curtain twitcher’s book of murder
Set in London in 1968, A CURTAIN TWITCHER’S BOOK OF MURDER follows the lives of the inhabitants of a suburban London street. But this is no ordinary road.
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Date with evil
£8.99Date with evil
Wonderfully engaging, Julia Chapman’s latest Dales mystery is perfect for fans of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club series and Janice Hallett’s The Appeal.
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Date with justice
£9.99Date with justice
Julia’s Chapman’s witty and engaging Dales Detective novel sees Delilah’s brother under suspicion of murder. Can Delilah and Samson prove he’s innocent? Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood, this is cosy crime at its very best.
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Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
£9.99Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams’ ‘thumping good detective-ghost-horror-who dunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy-epic’ and beloved cult classic.
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Gin palace
£8.99Gin palace
Gin Palace is the second book by Tracy Whitwell in a hilarious series featuring Tanz, the accidental medium who, with the help of the dead, has become an unwilling crime-solver.
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Helle and death
£9.99Helle and death
Torben Helle – art historian, Danish expat and owner of several excellent Scandinavian jumpers – has been dragged to a remote snowbound Northumbrian mansion for a ten-year reunion with old university friends. Things start to go sideways when their host, a reclusive and irritating tech entrepreneur, makes some shocking revelations at the dinner table. And when these are followed by an apparent suicide, the group faces a test of their wits – and their trust. Snowed in and cut off, surrounded by enigmatic housekeepers and off-duty police inspectors, not to mention a peculiar last will and testament, suspicion and sarcasm quickly turn to panic. As the temperature drops and the tension mounts, Torben decides to draw upon all the tricks of Golden Age detectives past in order to solve the mystery: how much money would it take to turn one of his old friends into a murderer?
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Murder at the monastery
£9.99Murder at the monastery
Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery where he was a novice. But the monastery doesn’t allow Daniel a break, for there are tensions building there too, as the secret past of novice master Father Paul is emerging. Tension mounts and a murder ensues. Meanwhile back at Champton, Daniel is the subject of village gossip, his mother Audrey is up to something again, there’s trouble at the dress shop, up at the big house, and the puppies are running riot. Can Daniel be reconciled with detective Neil and solve the mystery?
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Murder on the Marlow Belle
£16.99Murder on the Marlow Belle
The new cosy crime novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author. THE MARLOW MURDER CLUB is now a major TV series on Drama and UKTV Play.
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Slow horses
£9.99Slow horses
Slough House is a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who’ve screwed up. Bitterest amongst them is River Cartwright, whose days are now spent transcribing phone conversations. But when a young man is abducted, and threatened to be beheaded live on the Internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself.
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The bullet that missed
£9.99The bullet that missed
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A local news legend is on the hunt for a sensational headline, and soon the gang are hot on the trail of two murders, ten years apart. To make matters worse, a new nemesis pays Elizabeth a visit, presenting her with a deadly mission: kill or be killed. While Elizabeth grapples with her conscience (and a gun), the gang and their unlikely new friends (including TV stars, money launderers and ex-KGB colonels) unravel a new mystery. But can they catch the culprit and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
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The cat who solved three murders
£9.99The cat who solved three murders
Conrad the cat detective and retired police detective Lulu Lewis travel to Oxford on their canal boat and investigate a case of art theft and murder in a grand country manor house where nothing is as it first seems . . .
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The final hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E
£9.99The final hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E
You may know how this story is going to end, but you’ll never guess what happens? A darkly comic novel about two old friends, a lifelong (toxic) friendship, and the very fine line between love and hate.
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The J. Alfred Prufrock murders
£9.99The J. Alfred Prufrock murders
Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate take to the investigative trail when one of their own is found murdered on the beach.
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