Welcome back! We’ve got some good news. Simon McCleave, one of the UK’s most popular crime authors, is returning this month and starting a new series set in his favourite part of the country – Snowdonia in North Wales. The ancient mountain is a great place to start your crime fiction journey, with stops in South Africa and Argentina, then back to the UK for a high-octane thriller and a new take on one of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most interesting characters, Mrs Hudson.
Marshal of Snowdonia by Simon McCleave
Fans of the popular crime writer Simon McCleave will be pleased to hear that he has created a new character – and the first in the series featuring former detective Frank Marshal arrives for Kindle on 20 February. These days, Marshal divides his time between working as a park ranger in Snowdonia and caring for his wife, who has dementia, but when an old friend asks him for help to locate her missing sister, he agrees. It’s a decision that leads Marshal along on a road that leads back to a series of murders in North Wales in the 1990s – and a possible miscarriage of justice.
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Leo by Deon Meyer
North American readers, get ready for a jaunt to South Africa as Deon Meyer‘s Leo is published in your territory on 18 February. Detectives Benny Griessel and Vaughn Cupido are experiencing something of a quiet life in Stellenbosch, a far cry from the craziness of their previous Cape Town beat. But Benny is content preparing for his upcoming nuptials – until a student is found dead on a mountain trail, and the key suspect, a local businessman, is found murdered in what looks like a professional hit delivering a message. Time to put their combined skills to the test once more, but with the wedding day approaching fast, they need to get this one wrapped up, pronto.
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The Best Enemy by Sergio Olguín
Argentina now, as the fourth book in Sergio Olguin’s series featuring Buenos Aires journalist Verónica Rosenthal finds her investigating a crime dangerously close to home. Andrés Goicochea, a former director of the magazine where she works, and his ex-partner have been executed in cold blood, and her boss, Patricia, is in the hospital with a bullet in her lung. The authorities want it to be dismissed as a robbery gone awry, but the magazine had been investigating high-level corruption and Verónica is sure the two are connected. Things are about to get perilous as she uncovers links to an atrocity in Gaza years ago. The Best Enemy is published on 20 February.
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On the Run by Kerry J Donovan
Kerry J Donovan has made his name as a successful indie crime author by publishing digital books – but his work is now coming to the bookshops, thanks to a paperback courtesy of Vinci, out on 13 February. After a fatal air crash, highly decorated former Royal Marine Ryan Kaine finds himself the target of a nationwide manhunt. He’s injured and on the run, but with the help of two women he barely knows — a country veterinarian who treats his wounds and an IT expert with a dark secret of her own – Kaine sets out to discover who is behind it all, and unmask the sinister organisation that wants him dead.
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Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident by Martin Davies
Mrs Hudson has always seems something of a bit player in Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes books, but she takes centre stage in Martin Davies’ Mrs Hudson and the Capricorn Incident, out in hardback on 20 February after already making an appearance in paperback and for Kindle. A beautiful and accomplished princess has disappeared on the eve of her lavish London wedding, and when Holmes is called upon to investigate, he turns to Mrs Hudson and her able assistant, housemaid Flotsam, to come up with some answers. With the fate of nations upon their shoulders, the ladies are going to need all their savvy for this one.
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