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The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney

By Vicki Weisfeld

26 March, 2026

The Primrose in Stacy Hackney’s new cosy mystery is a residential hotel in Richmond, Virginia for people 55 and over. Whatever you might expect, these folks are not ready for a retiring lifestyle. For them, the best time of the day is the cocktail hour,…

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The Case of the Petrified Potter by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

24 March, 2026

The Case of the Petrified Potter is the 13th book in Cathy Ace’s long-running cosy mystery series featuring the WISE Enquiries Agency. Combining traditional PI conundrums with humour, friendship and a distinctly Welsh sense of place, it’s a gripping mystery with an ensemble cast who…

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Better Off Dead by Sean Watkin

By DeathBecomesHer

15 January, 2026

It was April of last year when we first met new author Sean Watkin and his creation, the tortured Merseyside Police DCI, Win de Silva. A whirlwind few months later, Black Water Rising was shortlisted for the Val McDermid Debut Award and the author was…

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The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2025

Translated by Philip Roughton — The topography, geography and meteorology of Iceland are never far out of mind in Arnaldur Indridason’s crime stories. His most recent to be published in English, The Quiet Mother, is a police procedural. It’s the third novel featuring Indridason’s detective,…

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Silent Bones by Val McDermid

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2025

Opening one of Val McDermid’s police procedurals – especially those featuring Police Scotland’s Karen Pirie and her dedicated team in the Historic Cases Unit – is like being driven to a rewarding destination in a luxury limo. Everything works flawlessly, with no plot holes or…

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Little Secrets by Victoria Goldman

By Vicki Weisfeld

10 November, 2025

Victoria Goldman’s new mystery-thriller Little Secrets couldn’t be set in a place more likely to make the little hairs on the back of your neck stand up. We are in HMP Panbrook in Hertfordshire, a huge, old Victorian structure that has been converted into Panbrook…

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Under Vixens Mere by Kit Fielding

By Sonja van der Westhuizen

24 October, 2025

Kit Fielding’s Under Vixens Mere takes the closed-circle trope to a whole new setting: a collection of houseboats and their residents near the village of Broome in the English countryside. On the surface, Vixen’s Mere is a peaceful community of people whose lives have grown…

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Meet the author: Shane Peacock

By crimefictionlover

21 October, 2025

As colder winds start to blow, now’s the time to cosy up in your most comfortable chair and grab a crime novel that takes you away to a chilling location. Out in North America last month and landing now in the UK and Europe, Shane…

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The Primrose Murder Society by Stacy Hackney

The Case of the Petrified Potter by Cathy Ace

Better Off Dead by Sean Watkin

The Quiet Mother by Arnaldur Indridason

Silent Bones by Val McDermid

Little Secrets by Victoria Goldman

Under Vixens Mere by Kit Fielding

Meet the author: Shane Peacock

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