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Murder in Hampstead

Murder in Hampstead
  • Author(s): Sabina Manea
  • Location(s): Hampstead
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Present day

A locked-room mystery about a seemingly impossible crime When lawyer-turned-interior designer Lucia Steer accepts a lucrative job renovating Beatrice Hall, a large house owned by a professor in a north London suburb, she has no idea of the impact...

Murder in Kentish Town: an elegant mystery set in Bohemian London

Murder in Kentish Town: an elegant mystery set in Bohemian London
  • Author(s): Sabina Manea
  • Location(s): North London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A murder disguised as suicide presents a challenge for a sharp investigator. When London police come across the body of a young woman, dead in her bathtub, it looks like a classic case of suicide. However, for deft civilian...

Murder in Primrose Hill

Murder in Primrose Hill
  • Author(s): Sabina Manea
  • Location(s): North London
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A glitzy social media influencer gets unliked in a rather drastic fashion in this unputdownable contemporary whodunnit… When celebrity baker Ruthie Simmons invited friends to her chocolate-boxy London home, she had planned only a small get-together with bubbles, a...

Murder in Regent’s Park

Murder in Regent’s Park
  • Author(s): Christina Koning
  • Location(s): London, The West End
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1929

(Blind Detective 2) First published as Game of Chance under A. C. Koning. 1929. Blinded war veteran Frederick Rowlands has escaped the bustle of London to establish a secure life for himself and his family in the countryside. But...

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 Most Foul

Murder Most Foul
  • Author(s): Guy Jenkin
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery, Historical
  • Era(s): 1590s

It’s 1593, Elizabeth I is Queen and everyone is terrified of the worst outbreak of plague in a generation. Shakespeare has only written six plays and is lagging behind his friend Christopher Marlowe, London’s leading playwright. When Marlowe is...

Murder on The Heath

Murder on The Heath
  • Author(s): Sabina Manea
  • Location(s): Hampstead, North London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Present day

Can ex-lawyer turned civilian investigator Lucia Steer solve an impossible murder? The apparent cool, calm and collectedness of a relationship counsellor, or ‘coach’ as Alec Penney called himself, is dealt a severe blow when he ends up dead on...

Musical Games

Musical Games
  • Author(s): Evie Alexander
  • Location(s): Scottish Highlands, Castle Leod, London, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

He’s never been kissed… Shy electrician Jamie McDougall has never set foot outside Scotland, or his comfort zone. Then beautiful and vivacious Sam gatecrashes his world, and he’s unwillingly swept up in her grand plan. But though Jamie has...

My Counterfeit Self

My Counterfeit Self
  • Author(s): Jane Davis
  • Location(s): Soho (London)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1920s to present day

From the award-winning author of Half-truths and White Lies and An Unknown Woman, comes an emotional story of hidden identities, complicated passions and tangled truths. ‘Completely gripping, excellently written and so skilfully put together, I can’t recommend My Counterfeit...

My Fine Fellow

My Fine Fellow
  • Author(s): Jennieke Cohen
  • Location(s): London
  • Genre(s): Young Adult
  • Era(s): 1830s

Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this gender-bent take on My Fair Lady from Jennieke Cohen, author of Dangerous Alliance—perfect for fans of Bridgerton or A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice...

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