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Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald

By Erin Britton

4 September, 2024

Bed, breakfast and… butchery? It’s not exactly what Ally McKinley had in mind when she decamped from Edinburgh to run a guesthouse in the picturesque village of Locharran in the Scottish Highlands, but she soon discovers that murder and the solving thereof offer a great…

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Precipice by Robert Harris

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 September, 2024

Robert Harris launched his career writing fiction with Fatherland in 1992, speculative historical piece that looked at what might have happened had the Nazis won World War II. For over 30 years, his historical thrillers and espionage novels have gained a huge following. In his…

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The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

By DeathBecomesHer

29 August, 2024

Ah Vera pet, it’s good to have you back on our bulging bookshelves! The British TV series is all very well, but as we crime fiction lovers know from experience, there’s nothing that can replace the joy of actually reading a story and The Dark…

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Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R Rendon

By Sharon Richardson

28 August, 2024

Native American author Marcie R Rendon is known in crime fiction for her smart and engaging Cash Blackbear series, but with Where They Last Saw Her she brings us a standalone novel about an amateur detective searching for some women. At a deeper level, Rendon…

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The Examiner by Janice Hallett

By Erin Britton

28 August, 2024

If competition in academia is typically so fierce because the stakes are so low, what will happen when the stakes are raised to murder? It’s a question every bit as thorny as the conundrums facing the venerable British institutions – amateur dramatics, children’s literature, niche…

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Sanctuary by Garry Disher

By DeathBecomesHer

16 August, 2024

Anyone who has ever read The Hunchback of Notre Dame or seen the Disney version of the Victor Hugo book will be familiar with the concept of sanctuary. In his standalone book bearing that title, Garry Disher adds a modern twist. A loner arrives in…

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Prey by Vanda Symon

By Sharon Richardson

15 August, 2024

A new Sam Shephard book from Vanda Symon always creates a buzz of excitement for fans of the New Zealand author, and Prey is sixth in the series. Here, Shephard will investigate a cold case – the murder of Reverend Mark Freeman, a highly regarded…

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Bonehead by Mo Hayder

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

13 August, 2024

In 1999 the world was introduced to British writer Mo Hayder’s violent and disconcerting debut, Birdman. She went on to write 10 more crime novels, including seven in the Jack Caffery series, before she unexpectedly passed away of motor neurone disease in 2021. Readers lamented…

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Murder in the Scottish Highlands by Dee MacDonald

Precipice by Robert Harris

The Dark Wives by Ann Cleeves

Where They Last Saw Her by Marcie R Rendon

The Examiner by Janice Hallett

Sanctuary by Garry Disher

Prey by Vanda Symon

Bonehead by Mo Hayder

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