It’s high summer, the tide is high and someone could become its victim… Today we bring you six brand new crime novels to check out by authors including Stella Blómkvist, Jim Eldridge, AJ Wilton, Jessa Maxwell, Ben Lloyd and Mary Anna Evans. From Iceland to Australia; big names to indie authors; we’ve got it covered.
Murder Tide by Stella Blómkvist

The enigma that is author Stella Blómkvist is back – and so is their creation, sharp-talking lawyer Stella Blómkvist – in Murder Tide, out now. When a ruthless businessman who had upset all and sundry is left to drown in the rising tide at the dock by Reykjavik’s Grotta lighthouse, there’s a long line of people who could have done it. But the cops are sure they have their man, although he claims to be innocent and wants Stella in his corner. After an old adversary calls from jail with a dangerous proposal, Stella has more on her plate. Then a mysterious medium appears claiming stormy waters lie ahead…
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Murder at the Colosseum by Jim Eldridge

The 15th book in Jim Eldridge‘s Museum Detectives series finds husband and wife team Abigail and Daniel Wilson in Rome. Abigail was last here 15 years ago, working on an archaeological dig at the Colosseum at the start of her career. This time the trip is meant to be a holiday, but the discovery of the bodies of one of Abigail’s colleagues and his wife at the Colosseum changes things. Soon the pair are doing what they do best, but interference from local authorities and even the Mafia means that the investigation is anything but smooth sailing. Murder at the Colosseum is out on 24 July.
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Mortice: Double Tap by AJ Wilton

We’ll let you into a secret… Spy thriller Mortice: Double Tap by AJ Wilton is out now. It’s the fifth in the series featuring former Australian Army Agents Mort and Pig and their team of operatives. And they’re a busy lot, hunting child kidnappers and rescuing a hijacked cruise ship while tracking a massive drug haul and closing in on a killer. The fight for justice takes the gang far and wide, with plenty of thrills and spills along the way and a welcome dash of Aussie humour amid all the action.
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Dead of Summer by Jessa Maxwell

Orla O’Connor left Hadley Island after she graduated from high school 10 years ago. Now she’s back in New England to clear her parents’ beachfront home before they sell it and the trip stirs up memories of that long-ago summer, when her best friend Alice mysteriously disappeared. Orla’s schoolgirl crush David is back too, with a girlfriend in tow. Faith is sure he’s going to propose, but instead she is left to herself – and uses the spare time to find out more about the vanished Alice. Meanwhile, local man Henry is doing what he does best – watching from afar. After another disappearance, the trio find themselves thrown together in Jessa Maxwell’s Dead of Summer, out on 22 July.
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Misdiagnosed by Ben Lloyd

There are signs of foul play when DI James Carson mysteriously collapses and falls into a coma. Meanwhile, on the streets of London, the city’s criminal underworld erupts into chaos. Carson’s colleague DS Leyla Hewson is determined to find out what happened to her boss, but when the trail leads her to a ruthless Turkish kingpin, her decision to infiltrate his inner circle puts her in danger. Without Carson by her side, can Hewson her out of this one alive? A gritty slice of British noir, Misdiagnosed by indie author Ben Lloyd is set to arrive on 18 July.
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The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans

The death of her overbearing father sends Estella Ecker back to Rockfall House, the place where he made her life hell. It’s home to his library of rare books and a place filled with whispers, rumours and secrets – like whatever happened to her mother? Everyone in town is watching Estella, with her dead father’s name on their lips, and no one seems to care about her missing mother. Maybe the forbidden library has the answers, but is Estella brave enough to look? And will she be happy with what she uncovers? Find out when The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans is published on 24 July.
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