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July 2025

The French Bookshop Murder by Greg Mosse
Discover a book about a British woman who moves to France to run a bookshop and stumbles upon a dead body. Was it a 'Oui' or a 'Non' from this reviewer?
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Rob B
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
6 writers, 5 detectives, 4 days, 3 weapons, 2 murders and 1 train. Read this review to learn why the author is the Penn and Teller of crime fiction.
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The Cursed Writer by Holly Hepburn
When a man writes to Sherlock Holmes for help, Harry White investigates on his behalf. Because Holmes isn't real. But Harry White is.
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Blue Lightning by Ann Cleeves
Blue Lightning is the fourth book in the Shetland series. Discover how Jimmy Perez deals with a murder when he's stranded on Fair Isle with his fiancée.
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Rob B

June 2025

Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody
From the title, cover and blurb, this looks like a cosy mystery set in the inter-war years in Yorkshire. But that undersells just how good this book is.
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Rob B
Buried Above Ground by Mike Ripley
An early review of the novel that's about writing crime novels. Discover what it was like to read the story with five unreliable narrators.
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Rob B
The Cut by Richard Armitage
An early book review of The Cut by Richard Armitage. The actor releases his second thriller novel in August 2025. Read on to discover what it's like.
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The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne
This week, it's a review of a story from the Golden Age - The Red House Mystery by A. A. Milne. A murder, a locked room and an English country house.
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May 2025

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