• “I am Hercule Poirot. Shall we walk a little way into the wood and you shall tell me your story? As I say, I think I can aid you.” Hercule Poirot has decided to retire and grow marrows. But before doing so, he wants to solve twelve cases mirroring the twelve labours of his namesake…

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  • Many thanks to A.M Walker for this ebook which is book 1 of a trilogy. “It’s beautiful,” I said, my gaze fixed on the flower with edges splashed like blood. “Most of the time,” she whispered, “the most beautiful things are also the most dangerous.” On the surface Emily Byrd lives a perfect life. But…

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  • These were the “impossible” crimes—typically high-society affairs, where men in locked rooms were killed under impractical circumstances A Golden Age, locked-room mystery with a hint of nostalgia and a subtle, understated humour, celebrating the impossible crime. Joseph Spector is a retired stage magician and crime fiction fan who understands the ins and outs of the…

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  • Many thanks to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for this ARC. people have been trashing the Holbrook name for generations, and I’ve never once cared. But now that the Holbrook family chowder recipe has been dragged into it, well, that’s sacred. Book 1 in the Downeast Maine Mystery series, introducing Halibut Cove, a small fishing village…

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  • Many thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for this ARC. Neeti stood back and looked around at her neighbors, realizing that she just might be looking at a murderer. Forced into early retirement from her job as a librarian, Neeti Shah is wondering what to do with her life, when one of her neighbours,…

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  • Half of Bloomsbury had reason for wishing Betty Norris dead. Book 1 in the 1920s Murder Mystery series. Marjorie Swallow is the newly employed secretary to Mrs Jameson, an American lady detective who has settled down in London, where she plans to open her own detective agency. When Marjorie and Mrs Jameson attend a seemingly…

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  • The killer vanished into the night, leaving behind a scene of panic and a trail of carefully placed breadcrumbs. The game escalated. Book 1 in the Jack Karver series. Jack Karver is a former NYPD detective. Still troubled by his past which includes a gunshot wound and a lawsuit against his own department, Jack hides…

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  • Night falls. A full moon ripens in the black expanse amid a dusting of cold stars. Autumn Springs is quiet as a graveyard. Rose DuBois is enjoying her autonomy, keeping herself busy in her retirement and keeping her friend Miller at arm’s length whenever he tries to move beyond friendship and into dating territory. But…

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  • Many thanks to Random House Publishing Group – Del Rey, Random House Worlds, Inklore and NetGalley for this ARC. Book 2 in the Shadow of the Leviathan series. In book 1 The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennet introduced the world to the Empire of Khanum, the leviathans, and the brilliant, blindfolded Iudex Investigator Anagosa Dolabra,…

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  • “Malinee told me about you.” Her gaze was guarded. “The detective,” she said, making it sound like an eccentric hobby. Many thanks to Joffe Books at www.joffebooks.com and NetGalley for providing this ARC. When an antiques dealer falls to his death from his balcony, British Indian translator and private investigator Vijay Mistry can’t help jumping…

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