Location. Location. Location. Well, you’re in the right place for new crime novels but I’m not sure about the view or council tax band. We start off with Kate Weston’s new mystery – set in the world of real estate agents. It seems one of those bloodsuckers has been letting blood. We’ve got some noir-ish short stories; a couple of holiday crime reads; terror in the woods; and terrible tarot fortunes…
Which of our six books will make your reading list?
How to Make a Killing by Kate Weston
Murderous estate agents – why has nobody made this connection before? They’re the nefarious stars of the show in Kate Weston’s darkly funny thriller How to Make a Killing, out on 3 July. The women of Harrington Estates like to portray themselves as one big happy family – until they get the chance to market a £10-million mansion. It’s a property to die for… literally… when Bella, the hotshot new member of the selling team, is murdered at an open house for the lavish home. Suddenly, the cracks begin to show and it becomes clear that any of Bella’s colleagues could be the killer.
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It’s Not Even Past by Anna Scotti
Cam Baker is a librarian on the run, relying on her wits and a witness protection detail as she changes location and identity in the hope of staying a step ahead of her ruthless ex and his cartel henchmen. She is also the subject of each short story in It’s Not Even Past by Anna Scotti, an anthology from indie publisher Down & Out that arrives on 23 June. Many of the tales first appeared in Ellery Queen Magazine, but Cam’s story is topped and tailed with two new, never-before-published pieces from her first placement as nanny to two teenagers in Montana to her final adventure living rough on the streets of LA, solving murders as she goes.
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Five Days in Provence by Simon McCleave
Simon McCleave fans will be delighted to hear he has a new standalone out on 27 June. Leaving his beloved North Wales behind, Five Days in Provence finds a group of old friends hiring a picturesque farmhouse nestled amidst lavender fields to celebrate a birthday. Steph has spent months making sure everything is just so for her 50th – including a climb up the beautiful Mont Ventoux. But they get lost amid the smoke of a local wildfire and become separated. When the air finally clears one of the party is dead. Four friends become the focus of a police investigation – but could one of them really be the killer?
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The Island Escape by Jess Ryder
Jess Ryder’s The Ex-Wife was made into a TV series on Paramount. Now she turns her attention to a Greek island in a book that has been described as ‘Mamma Mia with murder’. Juno arrives on Inios in search of cleaning products… sorry, no, um… oh yes, the father she has never met. But he isn’t there and nobody seems keen to talk about him. It was 40 years ago that her parents fell in love, but Juno is sure that something bad happened back then. As the islanders close ranks and refuse to speak, Juno makes up her mind to learn the truth, whatever the cost. The Island Escape arrives on 3 July.
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One Dark Night by Hannah Richell
A Halloween party in the woods turns deadly for a group of teenagers in One Dark Night by Hannah Richell, out on 3 July. Ellie was there, and she has more reason than most to be afraid. Her mum Rachel is a counsellor, but even she can’t get her daughter to open up. Meanwhile, Ellie’s father Ben is a police detective determined to solve the mysterious death of the young woman, murdered and posed in a ritualistic fashion. His daughter could hold the key to it all – but why won’t she tell anyone what happened that night?
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Tricks of Fortune by Lina Chern
Can tarot cards crack the case when a beloved local police officer is killed? Katie True thinks so, especially when her best friend Gina is the primary suspect. Gina has to be innocent – Katie knows that she can trust her intuition, but will her trusty tarot deck help her when the truth about the people she loves is too terrible to face? Anyone who read Play the Fool, the first in this series, will know the answer to that, but you can find out for yourself when Tricks of Fortune by Lina Chern is published on 1 July.
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