British Crime Book of the month

Mystery Book of the Month – April 2025

Published on Tue, 2025-04-22 10:04
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She’s on a remote island, defending a murderer. But she remembers nothing. Lila Dalton finds herself in the middle of a courtroom as the barrister for a man accused of a terrible crime. She has no memories of her life before this moment. As the trial progresses, Lila must decide who and what she can trust, and whether that includes herself…  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //

Mystery Book of the Month – March 2025

Published on Wed, 2025-03-19 13:28
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He's found a life worth killing for… Edward is struggling to hold it together. Just about getting by in a world he cannot afford, scurrying after his friends, doing everything he can to prove his value. But not to worry: the attention of his beloved Stanza and the respite he finds in her ancestral home, Kellerby House, provide all the reward he needs. Until… Are there limits to what he will do for his friends? Are there limits to what he will do to them?  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – February 2025

Published on Sat, 2025-02-08 18:12
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Something doesn’t add up at the seaside… As an actuary for an insurance company, Una’s job is to spot patterns that other people might miss. When the data for her latest project – into the predicted number of deaths in seaside resorts – shows a blip in her forecasts, Una’s untarnished reputation at work is at risk. And as strange fatalities are befalling her mother’s bingo crowd, Una must put aside her spreadsheets and begin to investigate. A witty mystery, with math and murders.    //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //

Mystery Book of the Month – October 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-10-07 12:49
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How to put a positive spin on a murder mystery... What happens when a ghostwriter for the rich and famous lands the ultimate gig: writing the memoir of a disgraced presidential candidate? Our witty, nosy narrator arrives at a secluded estate to meet Dorothy Gibson, the fallen political star everyone’s talking about. But when a neighbor turns up dead, the ghostwriter finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery she never saw coming. Add in a secret investigation, a suspiciously handsome man, and a plot twist no one expected – and suddenly, the story she’s writing becomes her own.

Mystery Book of the Month – September 2024

Published on Fri, 2024-09-06 12:03
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Would you kill for a good story? Roach – bookseller, loner and true crime fanatic – is not interested in making friends. She has all the company she needs in her serial killer books, murder podcasts and her pet snail, Bleep. That is, until Laura joins the bookshop. With her cute literary tote bags and sunny smile, she’s everyone’s favourite bookseller.

Mystery Book of the Month – August 2024

Published on Wed, 2024-08-07 17:39
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Six celebrities. One dead singer. No way out. Welcome to the world’s most exclusive rehab clinic – a refuge for the rich and beautiful – and perhaps the perfect place for murder? Meg’s sister Haley was a troubled country singer, hiding away from fans and paparazzi, until she was found dead. Now Meg checks in – to find out why her sister never checked out. You can check in, but you might never check out… //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – July 2024

Published on Tue, 2024-07-02 13:31
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Meet Dr. Miriam Price. The most fun you’ll have with a murder mystery all year. She’ll solve this murder if it kills her. Except it already has… ”Hello? Can you hear me? Probably not. I’m Dr Miriam Price . . . and I'm dead. The local police, who couldn't investigate their own nostrils, think I drank myself into an early grave. The nerve! I was murdered. I was just too plastered to know whodunnit, that’s all.”  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – June 2024

Published on Wed, 2024-06-05 12:17
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Oxford is a wonderful place to be in the summer, except for perhaps when a suspicious death has occurred… Jesus College, Oxford, 1881. Amongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings.…  //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – May 2024

Published on Mon, 2024-05-13 12:34
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"The game is afoot!" Set in early 20th century London, this action-packed novel tells the tale of a daring opium-addicted Chinese Judge and his academic sidekick solving crimes in the Chinese community in London’s Limehouse District. Taking inspiration from the Sherlock Holmes canon, this brand new novel is going to satisfy Holmes fans while bringing something completely new to the table!   //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

Mystery Book of the Month – April 2024

Published on Tue, 2024-04-09 09:09
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It’s a classic setting: big city detective moves to a small country village for some peace and quiet, not getting much of either as he has barely unpacked when the bones of a young woman are discovered. The quiet country life that Jake Jackson envisioned is no more. Sometimes the quietest villages hide the darkest secrets… //  Discuss in the Crime reading group  //  

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