The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield
A My Chronicle Book Box review: The War in the Dark by Nick Setchfield. This is the debut novel of Nick Setchfield
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Witchsign by Den Patrick
A My Chronicle Book Box review: Witchsign by Den Patrick. This first novel in the Ashen Torment Trilogy is an epic fantasy with
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A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss
My Chronicle Book Box Review: Louise’s thoughts… I love to read something quirky and a bit different and that’s exactly what I discovered with this novel. The origin of the characters is in fact a Radio 4 show written by Lynne and she has now developed them into what she promises will be a series of Constable Twitten mysteries.
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A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson
A My Chronicle Book Box review: A Different Kind of Evil by Andrew Wilson. This is perfect for all fans
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Murder at the Mill by MB Shaw
A classic whodunit from Tilly Bagshawe writing for the first time as MB Shaw. Iris Grey has taken a portrait commission away from home to escape her failing marriage but she finds herself surrounded by intrigue and deception when a dead body turns up: Drowned in the grounds of her subject’s home on Christmas day.
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The Devil’s Claw by Lara Dearman
This is the debut novel of Lara Dearman and is a tense crime thriller set on Guernsey, the Channel Island on which Dearman and the book’s protagonist, grew up. Journalist Jennifer Dorey has returned to the island to regroup after a trauma but soon finds herself on the trail of a serial killer who has evaded capture for decades and in even greater danger.
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Elysium Fire by Alastair Reynolds
Prefect Dreyfus returns for a second emergency that has the potential to be catastrophic – the advanced technology that is implanted in all of the citizens of the colonies is being used as a murder weapon. In this fast paced sci fi, crime story it is down to The Prefects to find out how and why the murders are being committed and stop them.
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The Confession by Jo Spain
The Confession is a new standalone novel from the hugely talented Jo Spain, best known for her Inspector Tom Reynolds mysteries. You are hooked from the shocking opening in which the murderer is revealed in the very first chapter and just have to read on to find out the story behind the murder.
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Water & Glass by Abi Curtis
In a dystopian near future Nerissa Crane is aboard a futuristic submarine a survivor of an environmental catastrophe that has flooded the Earth. She is a zoologist in charge of the animals aboard and when one of her charges escape she is forced into greater contact with her crew mates and the revelation of a bigger picture.
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The Riviera Express by TP Fielden
The debut novel of writer and broadcaster TP Fielden is a cosy crime set on the Devonshire coast in the late 1950’s. Miss Dimont is a key reporter at The Riviera Express and first on the scene of a suspicious death. Film star Gerald Hennesey has not survived the train journey from London to the idyllic Temple Regis on the Devon coast.
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