Mystery

In the Crypt with a Candlestick

Daisy Waugh
In the Crypt with a Candlestick
Paperback

Repentance

Eloisa Diaz
Repentance
Paperback

Noir Book of the Month – Jan 2022

Do you like women who don’t take any sh*t? Then this book is definitely for you. Think Villanelle – but she’s on your side. Nikki Griffin, our bookseller-by-day, badass PI-by-night heroine, is back…

A Will to Kill

R.V. Raman
A Will to Kill
Paperback

Mystery Book of the Month – Dec 2021

One murder. Twelve suspects. Twelve motives for murder...   This Christmas, sit back and become a real armchair detective. This is a murder mystery told entirely through interviews. Private Investigator Elizabeth Chalice needs YOU to help her solve this case. It’s a beautiful Christmas day in Como, and the Caswell-Jones family are celebrating with their nearest and dearest in their Villa Janus. Merriment and limoncello abound.   That is, until Jonty Caswell-Jones is found dead in his study. 

Twelve Motives for Murder

Fiona Sherlock
Twelve Motives for Murder
Paperback

Noir Book of the Month – Nov 2021

A top ten New York Times bestseller. A compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small Texas oil town. When justice is as slippery as oil, and kindness becomes a hazardous act, sometimes courage is all we have to keep us alive… ’The very definition of a stunning debut’ – Ann Patchett. ’Brilliant, sharp, tightly wound, and devastating’ – Elizabeth Gilbert. Join the Crime reading group in Uppsala to discuss this book at the pub!

The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn

Kate High
The Cat and the Corpse in the Old Barn
Paperback

Mystery Book of the Month – Oct 2021

Umiko Wada has recently had quite enough excitement in her life. With her husband recently murdered and a mother who seems to want her married again before his body is cold, she just wants to keep her head down. As a secretary to a Tokyo private detective, her life is pleasingly uncomplicated, filled with coffee runs, diary management and paperwork. That is, until her boss takes on a new case, dangerous enough to get him killed. A case which means Wada will have to leave Japan for the first time and travel to London.

The Fine Art of Invisible Detection

Robert Goddard
The Fine Art of Invisible Detection
Paperback

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