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From acclaimed author Quintin Jardine comes the latest gripping mystery in his bestselling Bob Skinner series, perfect for fans of Ian Rankin and Peter May.

When Lady Swift is invited to her old school, she walks through familiar classrooms, finds her favourite books in the library... and surely that's not a body? Time for a lesson in murder! Autumn, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift is invited to her old school, St Mary's, as a guest speaker. Her favourite teacher, Mrs Wadsworth, has asked that Eleanor talk about her intrepid travels around the globe - travelling the Silk Road by bicycle, crossing the Himalayas and even befriending the Maharaja of India. But in the circumstances, perhaps it would have been a good idea to talk about her career as a daring detective... Because no sooner has Eleanor brushed up on her times tables then she is greeted by terrible news: Mrs Wadsworth has been murdered. Eleanor is utterly devastated but she owes it to her dearest teacher to find out who killed her and why. So, alongside Gladstone the bulldog, it's best paw forward to track down a villain. But when the art teacher is also found dead, Eleanor is sure someone is trying to do away with the people who taught her everything. As Eleanor delves into possible motives, she discovers a clue in the most unlikely place: her mother's old school diary. Does the route to the murderer lie within a secret passageway her mother uncovered? Can Eleanor nail the culprit in time or is the killer coming for her next? A totally gripping and glamorous 1920s cozy! Fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Rhys Bowen are in for a treat. Readers are totally addicted to Verity Bright!'What a great cozy mystery! I am hooked! This is the best book, bar none, that I have read this year... An extremely witty, fast-paced mystery... I love the heroine, intrepid adventuress... A most enjoyable read!' Reviews by Carol in Tallahassee ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'Can I give it six stars please?... Pretty much perfect... Bright has the amazing gift of bringing the reader into that world where the characters are alive.' Goodreads reviewer ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'What a wild ride it is!... Gripping... This book is what would happen if Downton Abbey and Agatha Christie had a baby. Fun, fast-paced read with lots of charm!' The Literary Wife 'I was literally on the edge of my seat until the last page trying to figure out the mystery. It's an adorable, captivating book.' Washington Life Magazine 'OMG! What an incredible read!... When I devour a book this quickly it only means one thing: I was so enraptured that I couldn't put it down!' Celebrating Authors ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ 'Oooh I loved this book... I wanted a book which would be absolutely soothing to read with a murder in it and this was it. The book was everything I wanted in these troubling times. I loved it.' Book Reviews by Shalini

Little treasures, the FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning, gift edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.

A rich, heartbreaking novel, moving between west of Ireland and Boston, of a mother's love, a baby girl, a courageous voyage, and a forgotten story that binds two families separated by an ocean...

The Serial Killer's Daughter, Alice Hunter, 2022-07-21, HarperCollins Publishers, eng

AD 647. Anglo-Saxon Britain. Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart. The eighth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles.

A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat--all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure

Just out of a bad marriage, Ava isn't looking for love. She's ready to live her own life in a new town, opening a bakery. She never expected to cross paths with Smokey, the dangerous president of the Hell's Bastards MC. Smokey wants the curvy blonde sitting alone at the bar, and he always gets what he wants. From the start, he explains it's just sex, nothing else. Ava doesn't expect more and promises herself she won't fall in love with the bad biker, but Smokey gets under her skin. He can't let her go, and now he thinks she works for his enemy. The pain of his punishment will stay with her forever. When the truth comes out, Smokey knows he's hurt the only woman he's ever cared about. After he loses her, he has no choice but to win her back. Ava won't give in, though. He hurt her, shattered her trust, and destroyed her heart. How can he win what he broke?

The wedding of Simmy and Christopher is underway in a pub in Threlkeld, in the late summer. After the happy couple and most of the guests have departed, a young man is found mysteriously injured close by

A recent string of violent events leads Sheriff Joe BobCoates down the long and winding road of memory to a dark night in September1981 that saw a boy killed, a girl missing, and a dangerous cult on the loose inAmbrose County, Texas. Scott Snyder (NOCTERRA,WYTCHES, Batman) calls the series: "a dark and twisted Texas mystery with tonsof heart." Collects THAT TEXAS BLOOD#7-12

When young Freddie Hackett witnesses a murder, the police refuse to believe his identification of the murderer. In desperation, he asks Maisie Dobbs to investigate.

Winner of the H.R.F. Keating Award for best biographical/critical book related to crime fiction, and nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe and Macavity Awards for Best Critical/Biographical book.

"First published in Japanese by Kodansha in 1962"--Title page verso.

Walter Mosley's infamous detective Easy Rawlins is back, with a new mystery to solve on the sun-soaked streets of Southern California

One passenger. One night. One road trip. One suspected serial killer behind the wheel . . .

An offbeat, blackly comic thriller from the author of You Were Never Really Here.

'DARK AND TWISTY' Riley Sager'A JAW-DROPPING TWIST THAT I NEVER SAW COMING' Joshilyn Jackson

The eleventh atmospheric and ingenious crime thriller novel featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one New York Times bestselling author, Louise Penny

The twelfth atmospheric and ingenious crime novel in the Three Pines series, featuring the beloved Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, from number one New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny.