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03/09/2024

It's the first of Autumn (or Fall for our US friends 😉). If you're looking for some great fiction to read while sipping on your Pumpkin Spice Latte ☕️, we've got just the thing 👇

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

“A genre-bending, gripping read” –HARLAN COBEN

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🔪 A MESSY MURDER by Simon Brett
Ellen Curtis – professional declutterer and amateur sleuth – investigates the case of a past-his-prime TV star found dead in his study.

“Few crime writers are as enchantingly gifted” –THE SUNDAY TIMES

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👻 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?

“A spooktacular Halloween romp” – TINA KASHIAN

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🎥 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.

“A fast-paced mystery infused with Hollywood flapper flair” –BOOKLIST

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🧍‍♀️ GINA WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE by Katherine Bolger Hyde, writer
Twelve-year-old Erin’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...

“[Packs] an emotional punch” –KIRKUS REVIEWS

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🗡️ 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.

“Filled with frightening twists, bloody violence, suspense, and danger” –BOOKLIST

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💥 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...

“Oldham has produced a superb first book in his new series. Readers who like their police procedurals gritty, violent, twisty, and tense will love it” –BOOKLIST starred review ⭐️

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

06/08/2024

It's ! 🥳

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

It’s the height of summer, and if you’re looking for the perfect summer read we’ve got six recommendations for you! […]

31/07/2024

We are beyond excited to welcome three new members to the Severn House team! 🎉

Laurie Johnson joins us as our new Senior Commissioning Editor 📚

Lucy Page joins us as out new Sales & Operations Manager 📈

Lianne Slavin joins us as our new Managing Editor 📝

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.

04/06/2024

Happy to these six great , , and books! 🥳

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?

25/04/2024

CALICO by Lee Goldberg is coming soon in paperback!⁠
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🇬🇧 UK release 4 July 2024⁠
🇺🇸🇨🇦 US & Canada 3 September 2024⁠
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Preorder yours now at severnhouse.com/get-calico
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“I guarantee you’ve never read a crime novel like it. The X Files meets Deadwood. Totally gripping”⁠
IAN RANKIN⁠
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“Seamlessly blends a present-day police procedural with a Western from the 1880s. The results are a genre-bending, gripping read”⁠
HARLAN COBEN⁠
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“A superb twin-track thriller featuring constant intrigue and a huge secret - could be Lee Goldberg’s best ever”⁠
LEE CHILD⁠
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“A mind-bending thriller unlike anything I have read before. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough”⁠
LINWOOD BARCLAY

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 “Em” Kelton as she dives into the criminal underworld of Boston.

Prorder now 👉️ https://buythebook.online/bad-boy-beat

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 👉 https://buythebook.online/eye-of-a-little-god

17/03/2024

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

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Why not celebrate by stepping back in time with these captivating Irish historical mystery series? Read […]

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 🥳

07/03/2024

! The second book in Kathryn Lasky's mystery series, MORTAL RADIANCE, arrives July 2, 2024!⁠
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Preorder yours now: https://buythebook.online/mortal-radiance
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New Mexico, 1935. Painter Georgia O’Keeffe is at her friend Mabel Dodge Luhan’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.⁠
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Georgia has been commissioned to design the stained-glass windows for the small memorial chapel in Lawrence’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 . . .⁠
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With Flora’s fiancé 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.⁠
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When Georgia’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!

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! 🎉

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 “Dizzying . . . Audiences who wished the TV series The Bear had made room for Russian mobsters […]

29/02/2024

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Three women. One truth. No turning back.
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Get ready for 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 by Erica Wright; a chillingly atmospheric mystery novel set in rural Appalachia.⁠ Coming August 6, 2024.
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Check out this gorgeous cover designed by our very own Piers Tilbury 🤩⁠
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𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗦 is available for preorder now – https://buythebook.online/links/hollow-bones

28/02/2024

Join struggling artist – and accidental sleuth – Nick Morris as he stumbles into another murder case at a country manor in the second book in Michael Jecks' Art of Murder series, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥! 🎨⁠
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“A delightfully realistic protagonist and plenty of madcap scenarios add up to a fun read” –Kirkus Reviews⁠
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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 is out 2 April 2024 and available for preorder now!

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

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... ⁠
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Jason Pinter's gripping speculative thriller 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦 is out now. A speculative thriller set in the near future that will appeal to fans of 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙊𝙣𝙚, 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧 and 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦 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.⁠
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Grab your copy now: https://buythebook.online/links/past-crimes

26/02/2024

Just over a week left until the publication of Wendy Church's 𝗞𝗡𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗦! 🔪⁠
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"Dizzying . . . Audiences who wished the TV series 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙧 had made room for Russian mobsters are in for a treat" –Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ⭐️⁠
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Preorder yours now: https://buythebook.online/links/knife-skills

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

06/02/2024

Is it February already? Time for another day! 📚

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

07/12/2023

Your chance to win a SIGNED copy of Marjorie DeLuca's THE NIGHT SIDE! 😮

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

With Severn House.

*Open only to US residents.

06/12/2023

We're so delighted to be working with Erica on her new novel HOLLOW BONES – 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. I’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.

14/11/2023

🌋 Get ready for a brand new cozy mystery series from Leslie Karst, erupting April 2, 2024 with 𝑴𝒐𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 🌋⁠
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Married couple Valerie and Kristen are enjoying a relaxing Hawaiian vacation – soaking in the beautiful scenery and enjoying all the delicious food that Hilo has to offer.⁠
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Until, that is, Valerie spots a body being quickly swallowed up by lava at the foot of a volcano! Valerie’s convinced a murder has been committed – but as she’s the only witness to the now-vanished co**se, who’s going to believe her?⁠
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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. ⁠
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A must-read tropical cozy mystery for fans of and !⁠
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Preorder yours now 👉 https://boook.link/Molten-Death
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“𝑨 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕!”⁠
DEBORAH CROMBIE⁠
New York Times bestselling author⁠
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“𝑨 𝒈𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅-𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚. 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒅 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒆”⁠
JENN MCKINLAY⁠
New York Times bestselling author⁠
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“𝑨𝒔 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑯𝒊𝒍𝒐 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆, 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑯𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒊𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒐, 𝑳𝒆𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒔𝒕’𝒔 𝐌𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆!”⁠
NAOMI HIRAHARA⁠
USA Today bestselling author

05/10/2023

🚨 : Wendy Church's KNIFE SKILLS 🚨

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

04/10/2023

Spooky season is upon us! 👻🎃 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 – spooky season is upon us! It's that special time of year where we celebrate the macabre, the scary, the mysterious, and the chilling.

28/09/2023

“The heart doesn’t break harder or softer now than in the past”

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 […]

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!


https://ow.ly/B6aO50PI2at

05/09/2023

It's publication day for these 6 fantastic mysteries! 🎉

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...

04/09/2023

Woohoo! SCOT IN A TRAP by Catriona McPherson has won the 2023 for Best Humorous Mystery! 🥳⁠
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Pick up your copy of SCOT IN A TRAP now, and be on the lookout for the next instalment – HOP SCOT – coming Dec 5! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⁠
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Pick up your copy of SCOT IN A TRAP now https://mybook.to/VL2G

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! 🙌

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

04/07/2023

Happy to these eight fantastic books! 🥳

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

We’re nothing if not eclectic here at Severn House! Our new book drop this month features high-concept urban fantasy (The […]

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 month’s crop of new books take you on a tour through time: from medieval England (The Night of the […]

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 it’s time to start building yourself a nice big pile of summer reads to sit […]