Crime & mystery: women sleuths

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  • A deadly discovery

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    A deadly discovery

    In the shadow of Lewes castle lies buried an ancient tablet. Hours after discovering it, dashing local archaeologist Gideon Rivers is dead. Writer Virginia Woolf and her artist sister, Vanessa, both know firsthand that it doesn’t take much to cause a stir in town. And when Gideon returned home from a dig in Syria with a glamorous Parisian heiress on his arm, all eyes were on him. But who would have conspired to murder such a charming young man? There are more suspects in his circle than it first seems: an ambitious fiancée, a jealous best friend, and a string of scorned former lovers. With the police chasing false leads and the murderer hunting down a second victim – one far closer to home – Ginny and Nessa are forced to take investigations into their own hands.

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  • Agatha Christie Poirot Calendar 2025

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    Agatha Christie Poirot Calendar 2025

    Hercule Poirot – ‘probably the greatest detective in the world’ – is celebrated in the official Agatha Christie Calendar, comprising 14 brand new cover designs from the best-selling books – with 365 ‘little grey cells’ in which to write your daily appointments!

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  • Christmas presents

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    Christmas presents

    When true crime podcaster Harley Granger drifts into Madeline Martin’s bookshop days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up a past that Madeline would much rather forget. Granger’s work has earned him fame and wealth – and some serious criticism for his various unethical practices. Granger also has a lot of questions about the night Madeline was left for dead, the only surviving victim of killer Evan Handy. Handy, who also murdered Madeline’s best friend and is suspected in the disappearance of two local sisters, has been in jail for a decade. Since then, though, three other young women have gone missing in similar circumstances. Is the true predator still out there somewhere? As Christmas approaches and a blizzard bears down, Madeline must confront the past to answer questions that have haunted her since that day. Is the truth more terrible than she ever imagined?

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  • Date with evil

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    Date 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

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    Date 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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  • Deadly animals

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    Deadly animals

    Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney is unlike other children. Exceptionally bright, she has an obsessive interest in the rate at which dead animals decompose. The motorway she lives by regularly offers up roadkill, and in the dead of night Ava likes nothing better than to pull her latest discovery into her roadside den so she can study it. But one day when she arrives she stumbles across the body of fellow pupil, Mickey Grant. DI Seth Delahaye is given the case, one of the most challenging of his career. But Ava is not the sort of person who will step back and let someone else take charge when children like her are dying.

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  • Death in the Arctic

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    Death in the Arctic

    When aspiring travel writer Chloé Campbell is invited aboard a luxury airship flying to the North Pole, she thinks she’s bagged the opportunity of a lifetime. But she hasn’t had long to admire the dazzling icy views before a fellow passenger is found dead in their cabin. Trapped at the top of the world, the group agrees a tragic accident has occurred. But as the hours tick by, fear turns to doubt. It seems everyone’s a suspect. And it isn’t long before the passengers begin to turn on each other.

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  • Hell’s bells

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    Hell’s bells

    Eustacia Rose’s life is beginning to return to normal: she is back teaching at UCL and her relationship with Matilde is blossoming. But when a man is found dead with a needle in his neck, that fragile peace begins to crumble. Eustacia finds a painting of herself stabbed with a syringe and discovers that there are other people who seem to know more about the killing than they are letting on. The threat around Eustacia only increases as a PhD student begins to stalk and harass her to gain access to her poisonous plant collection. After Eustacia continually refuses, he contacts a lab that is illegally selling synthetic plant toxins but turns up dead shortly after. As the body count rises, Eustacia has no choice but to investigate the deaths in earnest.

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  • How To Solve Your Own Murder

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    How To Solve Your Own Murder

    In 1965, when Frances Adams was 17, a fortune teller told her that one day she’d be murdered. 60 years later it happened. But for Frances, being the village busybody was a form of insurance. She’d spent a lifetime compiling dirt on every person she met, just in case they might turn out to be her killer. In the heart of her sprawling country estate lies an eccentric library of detective work, where the right person could step in and use her findings to solve her murder. When Frances’ great-niece Annie arrives from London and discovers that Frances’ will stipulates that the person who solves her murder inherits her millions, Annie sets about trying to unravel the mystery and find justice for Frances. But will digging up the past lead her into the path of the killer?

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  • Little red death

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    Little red death

    ‘Once upon a time’ gets a whole new twist in this bold, high-concept thriller – Stuart Turton meets Angela Carter, with a touch of Misery. 

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  • Miss Austen investigates

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    Miss Austen investigates

    Welcome to Hampshire, 1795, where a young Jane Austen has her sights set on securing a marriage proposal from the dashing Tom Lefroy at a local ball. But when a shocking discovery is made – a milliner’s lifeless body tucked away in a linen closet – Jane finds herself embroiled in an unexpected murder mystery. As she races against the clock to clear her beloved brother Georgy’s name, Jane uses her sharp wits to navigate the treacherous waters of society, unmasking secrets and unearthing hidden motives along the way. With every twist and turn, Jane’s determination to solve the case deepens. And if she fails, her brother will face the ultimate punishment – the hangman’s noose.

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  • Murder on the Marlow Belle

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    Murder 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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  • Ruthless

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    Ruthless

    When Jan Frischof, a dying elderly man, gives a deathbed confession too unbelievable to be true, journalist Heloise Kaldan immediately knows there’s a deeper story to uncover. Her gut soon proves to be right – Jan immediately backtracks and warns her that they will both be in danger if she asks any more questions. Could this kind and elderly man really be a cold-blooded killer? Heloise quickly realizes that this is a darker, and far more complicated, investigation. Jan is clearly afraid of something, but who or what he’s afraid of could be a dangerous question for Heloise to find the answer to. As she digs deeper, Heloise begins to see that Jan’s confession is connected to a string decades-old disappearances. But next of kin and police are lying to her at every turn, and she has no idea what else Jan could be hiding.

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  • Smoke and murders

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    Smoke and murders

    COMING SOON – PRE-ORDER NOW

    The follow-up to Three Card Murder and the second book in a gripping new mystery series introducing Detective Tess Fox and her con-artist sister Sarah Jacobs.

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  • The cat who solved three murders

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    The 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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