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The Trust by MH Eccleston

By Erin Britton

5 July, 2022

Macabre murders, quirky characters and delightful settings combine in a way that would make Midsomer proud in The Trust, the first book in the Astrid Swift cosy mystery series by MH Eccleston. Astrid’s burgeoning career as an amateur sleuth might get off to an inauspicious…

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Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

By Paul Burke

29 June, 2022

Tom Boy is the sequel to Copy Boy, with Shelley Blanton-Stroud bringing us the further adventures of cub reporter Jane Benjamin in a tale that is lighter than her first outing. Back then, Jane got a job as a copy boy with Prospect, a San…

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Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

By DeathBecomesHer

26 May, 2022

The holiday resort of Scarborough, on the north east coast of England, already has a literary pedigree. Award winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn launched the majority of his work there, at the famed Stephen Joseph Theatre, while Anne Bronte, sister of Charlotte and Emily, is buried…

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Smoke and Cracked Mirrors by Karen Charlton

By DeathBecomesHer

21 April, 2022

Anyone who has ever been to York will have been struck by the city’s palpable sense of history. It boasts Roman walls and medieval streets, with the ancient York Minster imperiously towering above it all. But it is more recent occurrences that have inspired Karen…

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The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

By Erin Britton

11 April, 2022

In The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes, the 12th cosy mystery featuring Cait Morgan and Bud Anderson, Cathy Ace delights in derailing yet another holiday for her devoted detective duo. An internationally renowned criminal psychologist and a retired homicide detective, respectively, Cait and Bud are…

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Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

By RoughJustice

29 March, 2022

Set in San Francisco’s Bay Area, Under Lock and Skeleton Key is the first book in a new series of cosies called the Secret Staircase Mysteries from San Francisco-based author, Gigi Pandian. She has previously won both the Agatha and Anthony awards, and is known…

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Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb

By DeathBecomesHer

26 February, 2022

Silver sleuths are staking their claim in the world of crime fiction these days. We’ve had Elly Griffiths’ take in The Postscript Murders, then Richard Osman came out with all guns blazing to introduce The Thursday Murder Club. Now Steph Broadribb, best known for her…

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A Three Dog Problem by SJ Bennett

By Erin Britton

21 December, 2021

Miss Marple, Jessica Fletcher, Mrs Bradley, Nancy Drew and Queen Elizabeth II. While this formidable bunch of women might not commonly be grouped together, they are all united by one particular attribute: they’re all exceptionally talented and prolific amateur sleuths. Yet, although the myriad cases…

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The Trust by MH Eccleston

Tom Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young

Smoke and Cracked Mirrors by Karen Charlton

The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes by Cathy Ace

Under Lock & Skeleton Key by Gigi Pandian

Death in the Sunshine by Steph Broadribb

A Three Dog Problem by SJ Bennett

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