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Murder in the Mystery Suite

Murder in the Mystery Suite
  • Author(s): Ellery Adams
  • Location(s): Virginia
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Tucked away in the rolling hills of rural western Virginia is the storybook resort of Storyton Hall, catering to book lovers who want to get away from it all. To increase her number of bookings, resort manager Jane Steward...

Murder in the New Forest

Murder in the New Forest
  • Author(s): Carol Cole
  • Location(s): New Forest
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Present Day

The first gripping standalone title in a brand new detective series A woman’s body lies in the heather, her neck broken. Her horse watches nervously from a few paces away. Despite looking like an accident, it doesn’t take long...

Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point

Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point
  • Author(s): Matt Francis
  • Location(s): Vanuatu
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

‘Shortlisted for 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Debut Crime Fiction’ Esther Paul is 12 years old. She is reported missing on Vanuatu local radio. Two days later her body is found floating in the sea off Ifira Point in...

Murder in the Pacific: Mt Yasur

Murder in the Pacific: Mt Yasur
  • Author(s): Matt Francis
  • Location(s): Vanuatu
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Book 1 in the series was Shortlisted for 2024 Ned Kelly Awards, Best Debut Crime Fiction’ In the heart of Vanuatu’s Tanna island, Hu Lee, the leader of an aid agency, meets a tragic end, fatally stabbed amidst a...

Murder in the South of France

Murder in the South of France
  • Author(s): Susan Kiernan-Lewis
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Atlanta
  • Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

TOTALLY NEW AND REVISED EDITION! Maggie Newberry is sheltered, privileged but also a whip-smart advertising copywriter who’s fast on her feet and a little stunned to realize that she’s 34 years old and still hasn’t found “the one.” When...

Murder in the Valleys

Murder in the Valleys
  • Author(s): Pippa McCathie
  • Location(s): South Wales, Brecon Beacons, Newport
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

Ex-superintendent Fabia Havard is struggling with civilian life when a local girl is found dead. Out walking near the river running past her small Welsh town, she comes across the body of Amber Morgan. No long in the force,...

Murder in the Vineyard

Murder in the Vineyard
  • Author(s): Liz Fielding
  • Location(s): The Cotswolds
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s a golden summer’s day in the Cotswolds. And garden designer Abby Finch is about to uncork the perfect murder . . . Huge-hearted Abby loves dogs — and doesn’t think twice about swerving to avoid an adorable terrier...

Murder in Tinseltown

Murder in Tinseltown
  • Author(s): Max Nightingale
  • Location(s): Hollywood, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Puzzle
  • Era(s): 1950s

Los Angeles, 1958. The biggest, brightest and best names in Hollywood have gathered at the Royale Premiere Hotel on the eve of the biggest awards show of the year. Things take a devilish turn when leading lady Blanche Aikerman...

Murder in Trafalgar Square

Murder in Trafalgar Square
  • Author(s): Michelle Salter
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1910

London, 1910 Coral Fairbanks is a suffragette, actress, and artist’s muse, whose suffragette friends help her cope with her husband’s death – though some disapprove of the nude portrait of her displayed in the National Portrait Gallery. Guy Flynn...

Murder Knocks Twice

Murder Knocks Twice
  • Author(s): Susanna Calkins
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 1920s

The first mystery in Susanna Calkins’ captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing...

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