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The Mystery of the Lucky Cat

The Mystery of the Lucky Cat
  • Author(s): Christine McHaines
  • Location(s): Greenwich, London
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

An impulsive act sets a cat among the pigeons on a quiet London street… After a slow year, amateur sleuth Quentin Cadbury and his sidekick, the ever-desirable Wanda Merrydrew, happen upon the lifeless form of a neighbour’s cat. Having...

The Mystery of the Hidden Fortune

The Mystery of the Hidden Fortune
  • Author(s): Christine McHaines
  • Location(s): Greenwich, London
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): contemporary

A typically useless twenty-something must grow up quickly when a house-sitting job gets him mixed up with serious crime… Quentin Cadbury is left in charge of his late aunt’s home in Greenwich, London, when his parents up sticks and...

The House on Rye Lane

The House on Rye Lane
  • Author(s): Susan Allott
  • Location(s): Peckham
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2008 back to 1843

They thought they’d found their dream home. They were wrong. 2008. The house Maxine and Seb have just bought was a bargain – a huge Georgian townhouse on the edge of Peckham Rye, it needs a lot of work...

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)

The Murder Affair (Beth Haldane #9)
  • Author(s): Alice Castle
  • Location(s): Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In a quiet little village, mourners gather for a church funeral. But some of the tears flowing are fake – and Beth Haldane suspects foul play… On a rainy afternoon, Beth Haldane accompanies her elderly mother Wendy to the...

Ghost Girl, Banana

Ghost Girl, Banana
  • Author(s): Wiz Wharton
  • Location(s): Hong Kong, South London
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s/70s+1997

A powerful debut novel about family secrets and what it costs to belong, for fans of Brit Bennett and Clare Chambers. ‘An astounding debut … written with emotion and astuteness, this deserves to be on book prize lists’ PRIMA...

Safe and Sound

Safe and Sound
  • Author(s): Philippa East
  • Location(s): Brixton
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Home can be the most dangerous place… In a small London bedsit, a radio is playing. A small dining table is set for three, and curled up on the sofa is a body… Jenn is the one who discovers...

No Place to Hide

No Place to Hide
  • Author(s): J S Monroe
  • Location(s): Cambridge, Cornwall, Maze Hill
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary and 1998

You might be paranoid, but that doesn’t mean they’re not watching you. Adam lives a picture-perfect life: happy marriage, two young children, and a flourishing career as a doctor. But Adam also lives with a secret. Hospital CCTV, strangers’...

You’ve Got Cake

You’ve Got Cake
  • Author(s): Susan Willis
  • Location(s): Surbiton
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021

With a teenage daughter to raise and a bakery to run Michelle struggles to find time for herself. She has put her heart and soul into her cake shop, and the business is going from strength to strength. When...

Tell Me No Lies

Tell Me No Lies
  • Author(s): Lisa Hall
  • Location(s): Blackheath
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2010s

Don’t. Trust. Anyone. It was supposed to be a fresh start. A chance to forget the past and embrace the future. But can you ever really start again? Or does the past follow you wherever you go? Steph and...

The Murder Mystery

The Murder Mystery
  • Author(s): Alice Castle
  • Location(s): Dulwich
  • Genre(s): Cosy Mystery, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Originally published as Death in Dulwich. Meet Beth Haldane: a historian with a taste for gardening, snug coffee shops… and solving mysteries? It’s a crisp spring day in Dulwich Village when Beth arrives at Wyatt’s School for her new...

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