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Many thanks to Natalie Summers for this ARC. Book 1 in the Spelltide Bay Magic Mysteries series, publication day: July 15, 2026. I’m Sara Rivers, recently unemployed secretary, crochet enthusiast and apparently half-undine who didn’t know magic existed until this week. If you saw the cover for this one and thought it looked super cute…
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This debut novel in the Wardwell Witch Cozy Mystery series is absolutely adorable. Fun, delightful and the perfect literary getaway to a wonderful, cozy and magical world full of charm, humour and a town with a long history of witchcraft of the most endearing kind. Marigold, Mari, Wardwell has hit rock bottom. She had been…
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‘Books teach us how to care about others.’ His voice wasn’t loud, but it still resonated. Translated by Louise Heal Kawai. Book 1 in the The Cat Who… series. Rintaro Natsuki is a hikikomori, a quiet, shut-in, high school student and book lover who keeps to himself. When his grandfather passes away, Rintaro finds himself…
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Many thanks to Linda Opdyke for this novel, which is book 7 in the Take it to the Limit series but can be read as a standalone. Mickey (Michelle) and Ethan are happily married. They are also running competing private investigation agencies. When Mickey and Ethan go to Ethan’s class reunion, old resentments still linger between…
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To tell you the truth, Ryan and I have discussed giving up on the idea of being private detectives. We’ve only had three cases in three months. One lost cat, a stolen bird table and a stolen necklace. Many thanks to Hodder & Stoughton and NetGalley for this ebook. Book 2 in the The Fish…
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“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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Steal five dollars and you were a petty thief. Steal thousands of dollars and you were either a government or a hero. In honour of Terry Pratchett Day, I’m reviewing Going Postal, one of my favourite Terry Pratchett novels, featuring one of my favourite Discworld characters, Moist von Lipwig. Moist is a career criminal, but…
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“As children, Alma entered Jasper’s life as an ill-mannered vagrant with an accordion and a parrot” An absurd, dark comedy, following a small group of young people who spend the summer working in Sitka, Alaska. Alma is beautiful, talented and charismatic, and her cousin Jasper is obsessed with her, and unaware of the fact that…
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A True Crime Podcast-style Book Review The year is 1899 and Countess Frances Harleigh is at an afternoon soiree in Park Lane, London. It is her first time spending the summer in London since she moved to England nine years ago, as her late husband, the Earl of Harleigh, had a habit of sending his…
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