Books that include a murder mystery investigation.
THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN The Plot Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and… More The Last Devil to Die – Review
The Windermere Witness is the first book in the Lake District Mysteries cozy crime series by Rebecca Tope. Plot Following a personal tragedy, florist Persimmon ‘Simmy’ Brown has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District to be nearer her charismatic parents. Things are going well, with her latest flower arrangements praised and Simmy… More Windermere Witness
The Plot A quick trip to the capital goes horribly wrong when Blotto and Twinks get accidentally involved in London’s criminal underworld . . . It starts innocently enough at the intimate review ‘absolutely everyone is talking about’, Light and Frothy, where its glamorous star, Frou Frou Gavotte, has rather taken the fancy of Blotto’s school… More Blotto and Twinks
Part of the Alex cross series, this book is written by James Patterson. The Plot A scandalous double homicide opens the psychological case files on Alex Cross… When a glamorous socialite and a high school principal are found murdered, the shocking double homicide dominates tabloid headlines. Detective Alex Cross knew both victims well, especially Kay… More Deadly Cross
A short break on the English Riviera exploring places associated with the life of the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, has been on my bucket list for a while. I haven’t managed it yet, but if it is on your bucket list too, you may want to check out the Agatha Christie Festival, which returns… More Agatha Christie Festival
Not only is “The Fine Art of invisible Detection” the no. 1 ebook from the Sunday Times bestseller but it was also the BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick in 2021. It was written by Robert Goddard The Plot Umiko Wada has recently had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently… More The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Murder at the Black Cat Cafe and Why did the Well Wheel Creak? by Seishi Yokomizo This was chosen as a book for book club. It actually contains two books in one. Both can be described as classic Japanese mysteries, from the author of The Honjin Murders. Seishi Yokomizo has been called ‘The Japanese Agatha Christie’.… More Murder at the Black Cat Cafe – Review
Where would you expect to find a hardboiled detective? The mean streets of Raymond Chandler’s Los Angeles, possibly ? How about the parochial Welsh town of Aberystwyth? Well that’s where Malcolm Pryce’s hardboiled detective can be found. But this Aberystwyth is run by shady Druids. There are whelk-stalls as well as sexy dancing girls. And even an ice… More Aberystwyth Mon Amour
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I was given the paperback copy of this book but it is also available online for Kindle. Amazon acknowledge that this book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. They suggest you may find it for free on… More The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Grave Concerns is a gripping rural whodunnit from Rebecca Tope. The Plot With Peaceful Repose Cemetery, Drew Slocombe is determined to revolutionise the entire death industry and make ecologically sound burials a popular choice. Unfortunately, his gravedigger has just discovered that their cemetery has one too many corpses – that of an elderly woman. The… More Grave Concerns