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Martini Regrets by Phyllis Smallman

By DeathBecomesHer

27 September, 2014

Her CV might describe her as owner of the Sunset Bar in Jacaranda, Florida, but in truth Sherri Travis is a woman who has made a career out of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Martini Nights is Sherri’s sixth appearance, and…

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CIS: The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

By spriteby

19 September, 2014

First published by Grayson & Grayson in 1935, The Devil at Saxon Wall was the sixth book in Gladys Mitchell’s Mrs Bradley Mysteries. Beatrice Adelaide Lestrange Bradley made her debut in the 1929 novel, Speedy Death, and made a total of 66 appearances before taking…

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Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

By Raven

17 September, 2014

Translated by Victoria Cribb — Following the teasing, ambiguous and melancholy end to Strange Shores – which is said to be the final novel in the Erlendur series – Reykjavik Nights doesn’t tell us what happened to our hero. Instead, it’s a prequel to the…

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Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee

By DavidPrestidge

16 September, 2014

Psychiatrist Dr Kate Hampton takes a vacation in Jamaica, staying at the luxury resort Sunset Villa. It’s gated off against the wilder criminal elements of the Caribbean island, but all is not well. The owners of Sunset Villa, Nolan and Anna Pearson, have two problems….

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The Meating Room by TF Muir

By DeathBecomesHer

11 September, 2014

St Andrews is headquarters of the Royal and Ancient and the home of golf. Obviously, it is a sedate, peaceful place where the only sound to be heard is the smacking of golf balls and the occasional muttered curse from someone stuck in a bunker….

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The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

By DeathBecomesHer

9 September, 2014

Have you ever had to step into someone else’s shoes? It’s tough trying to equal, or better, what came before, isn’t it? And when that someone else is the undisputed queen of crime, the legendary Dame Agatha Christie, then you would surely have to be…

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Blue Avenue by Michael Wiley

By DavidPrestidge

8 September, 2014

Twenty five summers ago, in Jacksonville Florida, William ‘BB’ Byrd had an intense and destructive affair with the young black girl Belinda Mabry. They parted in acrimony, and Byrd has not seen her since. Until the morning he is summoned by an old school friend,…

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Missing by Sam Hawke

By Keith Nixon

29 August, 2014

Jack Searle lives a quiet life in Texas, near the Mexican border. He earns enough to get by as a builder, looking after his stepdaughters Lidia and Marina. Jack’s wife died of cancer several years ago. Jack and the girls have family over the border…

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Martini Regrets by Phyllis Smallman

CIS: The Devil at Saxon Wall by Gladys Mitchell

Reykjavik Nights by Arnaldur Indridason

Stranger at Sunset by Eden Baylee

The Meating Room by TF Muir

The Monogram Murders by Sophie Hannah

Blue Avenue by Michael Wiley

Missing by Sam Hawke

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