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The Tiger and the Bear by Philip Lazar

By Vicki Weisfeld

18 November, 2025

Espionage fiction is at its best when it responds to current geopolitical events in new and interesting ways, and debut author Philip Lazar does just that with The Tiger and the Bear. It feels like a story that could easily happen. Because so much of…

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The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

By DeathBecomesHer

13 November, 2025

Two decades have passed since Armand Gamache joined the crime fiction legions. As the first novel, Still Life, celebrates its 20th anniversary he’s back in The Black Wolf. This is a book that shows author Louise Penny still has her finger firmly on the pulse…

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Murder at Mistletoe Manor by FL Everett

By Erin Britton

11 November, 2025

FL Everett’s Murder at Mistletoe Manor is a snowbound murder mystery that manages to be genuinely festive and genuinely chilling. A closed-circle whodunnit, it pays homage to Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None and other Golden Age mysteries, but it does so with a…

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The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah

By Erin Britton

7 November, 2025

The New Year generally begins with fireworks rather than fatalities, but the stroke of midnight signals suspicion instead of celebration in Sophie Hannah’s The Last Death of the Year. The sixth novel chronicling the return of Hercule Poirot – which by necessity takes place before…

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Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan

By Paul Burke

5 November, 2025

Welcome to what has become the James Bond universe. If you think you’ve seen a lot of the characters over the years, brace yourself because it’s going to get more intense. Amazon is gearing up for the next movie and who knows a spin off…

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The Protocols of Spying by Merle Nygate

By Vicki Weisfeld

30 October, 2025

Right from the title you’ll know Merle Nygate’s new political thriller will be provocative. It echoes the notorious antisemitic conspiracy theory, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which claimed to be a true account of Jewish plans to take over the world. This screed…

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Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

By Vicki Weisfeld

29 October, 2025

Word-lovers, rejoice! Susie Dent’s debut murder mystery, Guilty by Definition, thrusts a cold case right into the middle of a group of lexicographers, working in the Oxford offices of the Clarendon English Dictionary. The fictional organisation is no doubt a stand-in for the OED. The…

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The Blockchain Syndicate by Robbie Bach

By Dave Bradley

27 October, 2025

You’d be forgiven for being intimidated by the title of this thriller. Blockchain is the database technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and those briefly trendy but controversial NFTs – but you don’t have to understand any of it. Rest assured, this is a techno-thriller in…

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The Tiger and the Bear by Philip Lazar

The Black Wolf by Louise Penny

Murder at Mistletoe Manor by FL Everett

The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah

Quantum of Menace by Vaseem Khan

The Protocols of Spying by Merle Nygate

Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

The Blockchain Syndicate by Robbie Bach

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