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Severn House The home of great genre fiction since 1974. An imprint of Canongate Books. Want to buy one of our fantastic books?

Severn House publishes page-turning commercial fiction by bestselling, talented authors in hardback, trade paperback and eBook. Libraries are our lifeblood, and weโ€™re passionate about supporting them (join a library and get borrowing!). Theyโ€™re available to purchase via all good online booksellers, or order from your local bookshop. Librarians and booksellers, please visit our site for our distrib

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Prospective authors, please note that we do not publish debut authors. All submissions should come via a literary agent. If you are an established author of adult fiction whoโ€™s been published in hardback, but are currently without representation, however, you are welcome to send an initial query email to [email protected], for the attention of our Senior Commissioning Editor, Rachel Slatter.

It's the first   of Autumn (or Fall for our US friends ๐Ÿ˜‰). If you're looking for some great fiction to read while sippin...
03/09/2024

It's the first of Autumn (or Fall for our US friends ๐Ÿ˜‰). If you're looking for some great fiction to read while sipping on your Pumpkin Spice Latte โ˜•๏ธ, we've got just the thing ๐Ÿ‘‡

โšก๏ธ CALICO by Lee Goldberg
The must-read thriller of the year is out now in paperback! Two fates โ€“ that of an ex-LAPD Detective in 2019 Barstow and a mysterious stranger in 1800s Calico โ€“ are linked across time. But how?

โ€œA genre-bending, gripping readโ€ โ€“HARLAN COBEN

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๐Ÿ”ช A MESSY MURDER by Simon Brett
Ellen Curtis โ€“ professional declutterer and amateur sleuth โ€“ investigates the case of a past-his-prime TV star found dead in his study.

โ€œFew crime writers are as enchantingly giftedโ€ โ€“THE SUNDAY TIMES

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๐Ÿ‘ป FRENCH QUARTER FRIGHT NIGHT by Ellen Byron - Maria DiRico
An uproarious Halloween cozy mystery. Can the Bon Vee Culinary Museum crew solve the case of a real body found in the haunted house?

โ€œA spooktacular Halloween rompโ€ โ€“ TINA KASHIAN

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๐ŸŽฅ SAVING SUSY SWEETCHILD by Barbara Hambly
Join script editor Emma and her silent movie star sister-in-law as they investigate the kidnapping of a child star in 1920s Hollywood.

โ€œA fast-paced mystery infused with Hollywood flapper flairโ€ โ€“BOOKLIST

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๐Ÿงโ€โ™€๏ธ GINA WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE by Katherine Bolger Hyde, writer
Twelve-year-old Erinโ€™s world was turned upside down twenty years ago when her mother suddenly vanished. Now, a new clue sends Erin on a life-changing quest to unravel the truth...

โ€œ[Packs] an emotional punchโ€ โ€“KIRKUS REVIEWS

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๐Ÿ—ก๏ธ THEM WITHOUT PAIN by Chris Nickson, Writer
Join thief-taker Simon Westow in gritty 19th-century Leeds as the case of some stolen silver turns into a grizzly murder investigation when a body is discovered in a hidden room.

โ€œFilled with frightening twists, bloody violence, suspense, and dangerโ€ โ€“BOOKLIST

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๐Ÿ’ฅ DEATH AT DEAD MAN'S STAKE by Nick Oldham Books
First in a brand new thriller series from acclaimed crime writer Nick Oldham. Former Met Officer Jessica Raker takes on a deadly hostage situation at a remote rural farmhouse. But enemies from her past are not far away...

โ€œOldham has produced a superb first book in his new series. Readers who like their police procedurals gritty, violent, twisty, and tense will love itโ€ โ€“BOOKLIST starred review โญ๏ธ

September is here! First month of Autumn (or Fall for our US friends). Time to get stocked up on books [โ€ฆ]

It's  ! ๐ŸฅณCheck out these 6 new  ,  , and   books out now!THE HOUSE ON COLD CREEK LANE by Liz Alterman AuthorA COLD, COLD...
06/08/2024

It's ! ๐Ÿฅณ

Check out these 6 new , , and books out now!

THE HOUSE ON COLD CREEK LANE by Liz Alterman Author
A COLD, COLD WORLD by Elena Taylor
THE SEVENTH SPELL by Davis Bunn, author
HOLLOW BONES by Erica Wright
OUT OF THE DARK by Caro Ramsay
WHERE IS ANYBODY by Simon R Green

Itโ€™s the height of summer, and if youโ€™re looking for the perfect summer read weโ€™ve got six recommendations for you! [โ€ฆ]

We are beyond excited to welcome three new members to the Severn House team! ๐ŸŽ‰Laurie Johnson joins us as our new Senior ...
31/07/2024

We are beyond excited to welcome three new members to the Severn House team! ๐ŸŽ‰

Laurie Johnson joins us as our new Senior Commissioning Editor ๐Ÿ“š

Lucy Page joins us as out new Sales & Operations Manager ๐Ÿ“ˆ

Lianne Slavin joins us as our new Managing Editor ๐Ÿ“

We'd also like to salute Michelle Duff, who is retiring after 26 years(!) with Severn House. We wish you all the best in your retirement, Shell!

Laurie Johnson has been appointed senior commissioning editor at Severn House.

Happy   to these six great  ,  , and   books! ๐ŸฅณDEEP BENEATH US by Catriona McPhersonWill the truth pull them under? A tw...
04/06/2024

Happy to these six great , , and books! ๐Ÿฅณ

DEEP BENEATH US by Catriona McPherson
Will the truth pull them under? A twisty, gripping mystery set in the remote Highlands of Scotland, a from multi-award-winning master of suspense.

SAME DIFFERENCE by E.J. Copperman and Jeffrey Cohen
Nineteen-year-old trans woman Eliza is missing...and her worried father sets private investigators Fran and Ken Stein on her trail in this second instalment of the light-hearted and fun cozy mystery series with a paranormal twist.

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS by David Mark Writer
Sunday Times best-selling author David Mark delivers a pulse-pounding new dark and gritty police procedural series set in the north of England, with a complex, intriguing female protagonist.

THE MURDERER INSIDE THE MIRROR by Sarah Rayne
Mystery and horror maestro Sarah Rayne spins a haunting tale set in Victorian London starring a family of actors and part-time thieves. Join them on a dangerous adventure that will tangle them in revenge, madness...and murder.

MURDER OF A HERMIT by Carol Miller
Fortune tellers Hope and Summer Bailey have their work cut out for them when a man who seems to be The Hermit from their Tarot card readings is found dead in their back yard!

VILLAGE POLITICS CAN BE MURDER by Jeanne M. Dams
Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired chief constable Alan Nesbitt, investigate a mysterious death in the Lake District. What secrets lurk beneath the surface of this idyllic English village?

CALICO by Lee Goldberg is coming soon in paperback!โ โ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK release 4 July 2024โ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ US & Canada 3 September 2024โ โ Preord...
25/04/2024

CALICO by Lee Goldberg is coming soon in paperback!โ 
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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK release 4 July 2024โ 
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ US & Canada 3 September 2024โ 
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Preorder yours now at severnhouse.com/get-calico
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โ€œI guarantee youโ€™ve never read a crime novel like it. The X Files meets Deadwood. Totally grippingโ€โ 
IAN RANKINโ 
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โ€œSeamlessly blends a present-day police procedural with a Western from the 1880s. The results are a genre-bending, gripping readโ€โ 
HARLAN COBENโ 
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โ€œA superb twin-track thriller featuring constant intrigue and a huge secret - could be Lee Goldbergโ€™s best everโ€โ 
LEE CHILDโ 
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โ€œA mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before. I couldnโ€™t turn the pages fast enoughโ€โ 
LINWOOD BARCLAY

On the dark streets of Boston, the truth will come to light...Clea Simon's gripping journalistic thriller BAD BOY BEAT i...
04/04/2024

On the dark streets of Boston, the truth will come to light...

Clea Simon's gripping journalistic thriller BAD BOY BEAT is out May 7! Join intrepid rookie reporter Emily โ€œEmโ€ Kelton as she dives into the criminal underworld of Boston.

Prorder now ๐Ÿ‘‰๏ธ https://buythebook.online/bad-boy-beat

Horror fans! Don't miss A.J. Steiger's EYE OF A LITTLE GOD: a twisted, surreal horror story that explores loneliness, tr...
01/04/2024

Horror fans! Don't miss A.J. Steiger's EYE OF A LITTLE GOD: a twisted, surreal horror story that explores loneliness, trauma, and demons both inside and out.



Grab yours now ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://buythebook.online/eye-of-a-little-god

Happy  ! Why not celebrate by stepping back in time with these captivating Irish  ?
17/03/2024

Happy ! Why not celebrate by stepping back in time with these captivating Irish ?

Happy St. Patrickโ€™s Day! Why not celebrate by stepping back in time with these captivating Irish historical mystery series? Read [โ€ฆ]

Good times at this week's   party at  ! Thanks to everyone who came along to help us celebrate 50 years of great genre f...
15/03/2024

Good times at this week's party at ! Thanks to everyone who came along to help us celebrate 50 years of great genre fiction publishing ๐Ÿฅณ

 ! The second book in Kathryn Lasky's   mystery series, MORTAL RADIANCE, arrives July 2, 2024!โ โ Preorder yours now: http...
07/03/2024

! The second book in Kathryn Lasky's mystery series, MORTAL RADIANCE, arrives July 2, 2024!โ 
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Preorder yours now: https://buythebook.online/mortal-radiance
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New Mexico, 1935. Painter Georgia Oโ€™Keeffe is at her friend Mabel Dodge Luhanโ€™s home, Los Gallos, a house inhabited by a colorful range of artists, authors and society figures, to attend the memorial service of the renowned writer D.H. Lawrence.โ 
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Georgia has been commissioned to design the stained-glass windows for the small memorial chapel in Lawrenceโ€™s honor. But when she checks to see how the light comes through the glass, another much more horrible sight awaits her: beloved Navajo potter Flora Namingha is dead, her face smashed in with a stone . . .โ 
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With Floraโ€™s fiancรฉ locked up as the obvious suspect and the local police negligent in its investigation, it seems like no one other than Georgia is capable of solving the murder and making sure justice is done.โ 
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When Georgiaโ€™s lover Sheriff Ryan McCaffrey comes to town unannounced, things get more complicated, and Georgia suddenly finds herself in a complex tangle of revenge and international espionage that will require all her artistic sensibilities and amateur sleuthing skills to unravel!

Well, yesterday's FB/Insta outage delayed this by one day, but happy (belated) pub day to these eight fantastic authors ...
06/03/2024

Well, yesterday's FB/Insta outage delayed this by one day, but happy (belated) pub day to these eight fantastic authors and books! ๐ŸŽ‰

Congratulations to Wendy Church, Susan C Shea, Jeffrey B. Burton, Chris Nickson, Writer, Steven F. Havill, Con Lehane, Marcia Talley, and Katherine Bolger Hyde, writer!

Knife Skills โ€œDizzying . . . Audiences who wished the TV series The Bear had made room for Russian mobsters [โ€ฆ]

๐Ÿšจ   ๐Ÿšจโ Three women. One truth. No turning back.โ Get ready for ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—•๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ by Erica Wright; a chillingly atmospheric myst...
29/02/2024

๐Ÿšจ ๐Ÿšจโ 

Three women. One truth. No turning back.
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Get ready for ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—•๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ by Erica Wright; a chillingly atmospheric mystery novel set in rural Appalachia.โ  Coming August 6, 2024.
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Check out this gorgeous cover designed by our very own Piers Tilbury ๐Ÿคฉโ 
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๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ช ๐—•๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฆ is available for preorder now โ€“ https://buythebook.online/links/hollow-bones

Join struggling artist โ€“ and accidental sleuth โ€“ Nick Morris as he stumbles into another murder case at a country manor ...
28/02/2024

Join struggling artist โ€“ and accidental sleuth โ€“ Nick Morris as he stumbles into another murder case at a country manor in the second book in Michael Jecks' Art of Murder series, ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ! ๐ŸŽจโ 
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โ€œA delightfully realistic protagonist and plenty of madcap scenarios add up to a fun readโ€ โ€“Kirkus Reviewsโ 
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๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ is out 2 April 2024 and available for preorder now!

https://buythebook.online/links/landscape-of-murder

When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how much hers is worth......
27/02/2024

When death becomes entertainment, every life has a price. And Cassie West is about to find out how much hers is worth... โ 
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Jason Pinter's gripping speculative thriller ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ is out now. A speculative thriller set in the near future that will appeal to fans of ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง ๐™Š๐™ฃ๐™š, ๐˜ฝ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ˆ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ง๐™ค๐™ง and ๐˜ผ๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ, ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฆ examines our obsession with true crime and how the pain of others has become a multi-billion-dollar industry, while also exploring the sinister possibilities of the virtual world.โ 
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Grab your copy now: https://buythebook.online/links/past-crimes

Just over a week left until the publication of Wendy Church's ๐—ž๐—ก๐—œ๐—™๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ”ชโ โ "Dizzying . . . Audiences who wished the ...
26/02/2024

Just over a week left until the publication of Wendy Church's ๐—ž๐—ก๐—œ๐—™๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ž๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ”ชโ 
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"Dizzying . . . Audiences who wished the TV series ๐™๐™๐™š ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™–๐™ง had made room for Russian mobsters are in for a treat" โ€“Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW โญ๏ธโ 
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Preorder yours now: https://buythebook.online/links/knife-skills

Fantastic to see Jason Pinter's PAST CRIMES included in this month's Guardian culture SFF roundup!"A tense, unputdownabl...
09/02/2024

Fantastic to see Jason Pinter's PAST CRIMES included in this month's Guardian culture SFF roundup!

"A tense, unputdownable near-future thriller, chillingly believable about some of the drawbacks of life lived increasingly in non-physical spaces"

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown; Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi; Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde; Past Crimes by Jason Pinter; The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers

Is it February already? Time for another   day! ๐Ÿ“šCheck out these  ,  ,  ,   and   novels that belong on your February TB...
06/02/2024

Is it February already? Time for another day! ๐Ÿ“š

Check out these , , , and novels that belong on your February TBR list!

https://bookshop.org/lists/new-books-for-february-2024

Jason Pinter, Davis Bunn, author, Alys Clare, Simon R Green, Matt Hilton Books - Crime Thrillers, Justin Scott, Jeffrey Siger

Your chance to win a SIGNED copy of Marjorie DeLuca's THE NIGHT SIDE! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ
07/12/2023

Your chance to win a SIGNED copy of Marjorie DeLuca's THE NIGHT SIDE! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

A special Holiday giveaway is now open for a chance to win a SIGNED hardcover or eBook copy of "The Night Side" by Marjorie DeLuca!

Fans can sign up at the link here:
https://bit.ly/3TcEKcr

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*Open only to US residents.

We're so delighted to be working with Erica on her new novel HOLLOW BONES โ€“ an Appalachian mystery inspired by Shakespea...
06/12/2023

We're so delighted to be working with Erica on her new novel HOLLOW BONES โ€“ an Appalachian mystery inspired by Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure"!

Look out for HOLLOW BONES in Summer 2024.

I finished a complete draft of this novel the day before my little one was born, and I signed a contract for publication five days before his 3rd birthday. Iโ€™m over the moon to be working with Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books, specifically Rachel Slatter and Tina Pietron, and grateful to my agent Michelle Richter (and so many others)! Whew, what a journey.

๐ŸŒ‹ Get ready for a brand new cozy mystery series from Leslie Karst, erupting April 2, 2024 with ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰ ๐ŸŒ‹โ โ Married c...
14/11/2023

๐ŸŒ‹ Get ready for a brand new cozy mystery series from Leslie Karst, erupting April 2, 2024 with ๐‘ด๐’๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’‰ ๐ŸŒ‹โ 
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Married couple Valerie and Kristen are enjoying a relaxing Hawaiian vacation โ€“ soaking in the beautiful scenery and enjoying all the delicious food that Hilo has to offer.โ 
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Until, that is, Valerie spots a body being quickly swallowed up by lava at the foot of a volcano! Valerieโ€™s convinced a murder has been committed โ€“ but as sheโ€™s the only witness to the now-vanished co**se, whoโ€™s going to believe her?โ 
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It's up to this feisty couple to swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions and get justice for the unknown victim. โ 
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A must-read tropical cozy mystery for fans of and !โ 
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Preorder yours now ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://boook.link/Molten-Death
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โ€œ๐‘จ ๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’„ ๐’…๐’†๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’Ž๐’–๐’”๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•!โ€โ 
DEBORAH CROMBIEโ 
New York Times bestselling authorโ 
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โ€œ๐‘จ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’š๐’†๐’• ๐’…๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’š ๐’”๐’†๐’•๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’‚ ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’–๐’“ ๐’”๐’๐’†๐’–๐’•๐’‰, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’‚๐’…-๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’š. ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’‘ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ถ๐’“๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’… ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’†โ€โ 
JENN MCKINLAYโ 
New York Times bestselling authorโ 
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โ€œ๐‘จ๐’” ๐’Ž๐’š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’‚๐’Š๐’, ๐’‡๐’“๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’š๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’†, ๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’” ๐‘ฏ๐’‚๐’˜๐’‚๐’Š๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’‘๐’Š๐’…๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‚๐’”๐’•๐’š ๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’๐’„๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’„๐’, ๐‘ณ๐’†๐’”๐’๐’Š๐’† ๐‘ฒ๐’‚๐’“๐’”๐’•โ€™๐’” ๐Œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’†๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฉ๐’Š๐’ˆ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“. ๐’€๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’—๐’†!โ€โ 
NAOMI HIRAHARAโ 
USA Today bestselling author

๐Ÿšจ  : Wendy Church's KNIFE SKILLS ๐ŸšจFans of   won't want to miss this one!Get ready for a brand new mystery-thriller set i...
05/10/2023

๐Ÿšจ : Wendy Church's KNIFE SKILLS ๐Ÿšจ

Fans of won't want to miss this one!

Get ready for a brand new mystery-thriller set in the hot, sweaty kitchens of Chicago - where a talented chef in a below-average restaurant comes up against mobsters, the Chicago PD, and the FBI when her boss is found dead in the walk-in freezer.

KNIFE SKILLS, the first in the series, is coming 5 March 2024 and is available for preorder now!

https://mybook.to/o4CMw

Spooky season is upon us! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽƒ Get ready for 8 new bone-chilling , mysteries, thrillers and spine-tinglers (and a few cozi...
04/10/2023

Spooky season is upon us! ๐Ÿ‘ป๐ŸŽƒ Get ready for 8 new bone-chilling , mysteries, thrillers and spine-tinglers (and a few cozies for good measure!)

It's one of our favourite months of the year โ€“ spooky season is upon us! It's that special time of year where we celebrate the macabre, the scary, the mysterious, and the chilling.

โ€œThe heart doesnโ€™t break harder or softer now than in the pastโ€Jeffrey Hantover on the inspiration for his sweeping, rom...
28/09/2023

โ€œThe heart doesnโ€™t break harder or softer now than in the pastโ€

Jeffrey Hantover on the inspiration for his sweeping, romantic historical epic, THE FORENOON BRIDE.

Jeffrey Hantover has had a varied career, working as a sociologist, a social service executive, a labor rights consultant, and an [โ€ฆ]

There's still time to enter to win a copy of Lynn Hightower's THE BEAUTIFUL RISK form the good folks at Kirkus Reviews!
15/09/2023

There's still time to enter to win a copy of Lynn Hightower's THE BEAUTIFUL RISK form the good folks at Kirkus Reviews!

Attention all mystery readers! We're giving away 5 thrilling mysteries from Henry Holt Disney Books Severn House and Soho Press. Enter now!


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It's publication day for these 6 fantastic mysteries! ๐ŸŽ‰From Chicago jazz clubs to cozy coffeehouses to Carribean islands...
05/09/2023

It's publication day for these 6 fantastic mysteries! ๐ŸŽ‰

From Chicago jazz clubs to cozy coffeehouses to Carribean islands, there's something for every crime fiction lover!

In this months new book drop:

RUSTED SOULS by Chris Nickson, Writer ( )
MURDER OFF STAGE by Mary Miley ( )
ANY POT IN A STORM by Sandra Balzo Mysteries ( )
MUSIC AND MURDER by Jeanne M. Dams ( )
REEFS, ROYALS, RECKONINGS by John Keyse-Walker ( )
MR CAMPION'S MEMORY by Mike Ripley ( )

This month's crop of mysteries and thrillers are taking you all around the world! Visit the historic halls of Oxford (Death in Print), the canals of Venice (The Borgia Portrait), the snowy peaks of the Alps (The Beautiful Risk), the arid mountains of Santa Fe (Death Comes to Santa Fe), the highlands...

Woohoo! SCOT IN A TRAP by Catriona McPherson has won the 2023   for Best Humorous Mystery! ๐Ÿฅณโ โ Pick up your copy of SCOT ...
04/09/2023

Woohoo! SCOT IN A TRAP by Catriona McPherson has won the 2023 for Best Humorous Mystery! ๐Ÿฅณโ 
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Pick up your copy of SCOT IN A TRAP now, and be on the lookout for the next instalment โ€“ HOP SCOT โ€“ coming Dec 5! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟโ 
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Pick up your copy of SCOT IN A TRAP now https://mybook.to/VL2G

Fantastic launch event at Cupboard Maker Books for Geri Krotow, Author's THE KIELBASA KILLER, the first in the brand-new...
10/07/2023

Fantastic launch event at Cupboard Maker Books for Geri Krotow, Author's THE KIELBASA KILLER, the first in the brand-new Kielbasa Queen Mystery series! ๐Ÿ™Œ

Thanks to Cupboard Maker for hosting and Megan Lavey-Heaton (aka savvyliterate)for these gorgeous photos from the event!

Happy   to these eight fantastic books! ๐ŸฅณWhether you're into  ,  ,  , or  , we've got something for you.New books by Qiu...
04/07/2023

Happy to these eight fantastic books! ๐Ÿฅณ

Whether you're into , , , or , we've got something for you.

New books by Qiu Xiaolong, Davis Bunn, author, C. Michele Dorsey, Geri Krotow, Author, Eleanor Kuhns, Jane A Adams, Lucy Burdette Author, and Veronica Heley

Weโ€™re nothing if not eclectic here at Severn House! Our new book drop this month features high-concept urban fantasy (The [โ€ฆ]

It's   Day! We've got 5 great new books hitting shelves today: historical mysteries, sweeping historical epics, sly Sher...
06/06/2023

It's Day! We've got 5 great new books hitting shelves today: historical mysteries, sweeping historical epics, sly Sherlockian fun, and the grittiest of gritty police procedurals!

This monthโ€™s crop of new books take you on a tour through time: from medieval England (The Night of the [โ€ฆ]

Murder in Washington D.C.? Mystery at the race track? Snowbound thrills? Not-quite-human P.I.s on the hunt for a missing...
02/05/2023

Murder in Washington D.C.? Mystery at the race track? Snowbound thrills? Not-quite-human P.I.s on the hunt for a missing ukulele? Our new May titles have it all.

Summer is officially here, so itโ€™s time to start building yourself a nice big pile of summer reads to sit [โ€ฆ]

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Established in 1974, we were acquired in 2017 by Canongate Books, although we remain an independent publisher within the company.

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