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12 cosy crime books for Christmas 2024

By Erin Britton

15 November, 2024

Get ready to cosy up and immerse yourself in captivating books where the magic of Christmas collides with the thrill of mystery! As the year draws to a close and the festive spirit takes hold, there’s no better way to spend the holidays than with…

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The Bells of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass

By Paul Burke

13 November, 2024

Leonora Nattrass quickly became a favourite in historical crime fiction with her Laurence Jago series which began with Black Drop and involves the espionage, politics and criminality of 1790s England and its empire. Literary tales with a light touch, her books have similar appeal to…

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The Corpse with the Pearly Smile by Cathy Ace

By Sharon Richardson

15 October, 2024

The Corpse with the Pearly Smile is the 14th book in the globetrotting Cait Morgan series by Cathy Ace. Cait Morgan is a Welsh-Canadian professor of criminal psychology. Her husband Bud Anderson is a retired cop. Their combined skill set and experience make them a…

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Five criminally spooky reads for a cosy Halloween

By Erin Britton

1 October, 2024

As the nights grow longer and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to pick up a good mystery, especially one with a spooky twist. For those who prefer their chills on the cosier side, these Halloween-themed crime stories deliver the perfect mix of…

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We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

By Erin Britton

23 September, 2024

While the intrepid members of the Thursday Murder Club are presumably busy with their investigations (and forthcoming Netflix film), Richard Osman introduces an eclectic new team of sleuths in the aptly named We Solve Murders. The spread of ages might be quite different this time…

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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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The Dead Friend Project by Joanna Wallace

By Erin Britton

15 July, 2024

Standards are surely slipping in suburbia when murder is allowed to interrupt wine o’clock. It’s a particularly thorny issue for the now terminally misanthropic Beth, who has been relying on the support of her old friend vino since the death of her actual friend, Charlotte,…

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Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett

By DeathBecomesHer

20 May, 2024

Some book titles are enigmatic, leaving you puzzling until a clue as to their meaning perhaps appears at an unexpected moment; others make no sense at all, even after you’ve turned the final page. Then there are those that lay it out, pure and simple…

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12 cosy crime books for Christmas 2024

The Bells of Westminster by Leonora Nattrass

The Corpse with the Pearly Smile by Cathy Ace

Five criminally spooky reads for a cosy Halloween

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

The Examiner by Janice Hallett

The Dead Friend Project by Joanna Wallace

Missing White Woman by Kellye Garrett

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