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All of our books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback from Amazon. We regularly run free giveaways, so check in regularly to hear about these and our weekly new release!

26/01/2025

No such thing as a free meal? Think again! MURDER ON THE TABLE by Linda Hagan is completely free to download on Kindle now! Dive in to this excellent crime fiction series now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BNL6L9Y1/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BNL6L9Y1/

A charity dinner event should be a light-hearted affair, but two people dying as the result of one is certainly likely to put a damper on proceedings. DCI Gawn Girvin is actually an attendee, and ready at the scene to help establish if murder was on the table. But the bigger question is why, and if Gawn can catch a wily killer.

23/01/2025

Put the kettle on, plump up the cushions, and get ready to immerse yourself in the world of British detective Jordan Carr as he tackles crime in Merseyside. Just 99p or 99c to download, and FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DTQCGM4R
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTQCGM4R

Four bestselling murder mysteries in one super-value box set!

Comprising the first four books in the Detective Inspector Jordan Carr series.

BODY ON THE SHORE – Book 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

When police retrieve a body from the flat sands of a popular beach, DI Jordan Carr is presented with his first murder case. The victim is a woman, but the detectives know little more about her. Tracing the events that led to her death will take Carr on an uncomfortable journey into the dark side of Liverpool.

BODY BY THE DOCKS – Book 2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

DI Jordan Carr appears set on a collision course with his boss when he prioritizes finding a missing woman over a murder inquiry. Will his instincts prove right, or will he make the biggest mistake of his career?

BODY OUT OF PLACE – Book 3 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Disturbed by wildlife, a body is discovered shallowly buried in another person’s grave. Initially dismissing a murder, when a similar incident comes to light the police realise they have a serious problem on their hands. One of the serial killer variety. But with no clues, what hope does Carr have of catching him?

BODY IN THE SQUAT – Book 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

After a bungled drugs raid, DI Jordan Carr suspects a mole in the force. Seconded to the Liverpool suburb of Kirkby, he encounters DS Stella May who is leading a murder inquiry. She has little to go on apart from the strange comments of an old woman who fancies herself as something of a clairvoyant. Can May convince Carr to support her line of investigation, no matter how odd it seems?

All four of these books are also available separately on Kindle and in paperback. This box set is available FREE with Kindle Unlimited.

A further four books in the series are also available separately on Kindle and in paperback. They are: BODY IN THE CANAL, BODY ON THE ESTATE, BODY BELOW THE BRIDGE, and BODY IN THE WAY.

If you like British crime fiction books with a great team of detectives and plots that keep you in suspense, these books are definitely for you!

20/01/2025

Forget Blue Monday, we have the perfect antidote with BURIED DEEP WITHIN, the new DI Meadows mystery by Cheryl Rees-Price. Available now on Kindle and in paperback from Amazon!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNZFR125
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNZFR125

Abduction and murder occur a little too close to home for a team of Welsh detectives

A christening party turns into a terrifying ordeal when baby Cora vanishes, seemingly into thin air.

A frenetic search operation gets underway immediately, and DI Winter Meadows marshals his team to investigate the attendees, who are mostly worse for wear.

Suspicion falls on Olwen, the elderly grandmother of the missing baby, who appears confused. She went walkabout during the time of the infant’s disappearance. Fears grow that she drowned the child in the swollen River Amman.

It is not the first time that tragedy has struck this small Welsh community. Five years before, someone died in a caving incident, and feelings are still raw.

As Meadows familiarises himself with the friends and family, it is clear that animosity runs deep.

But who would be so callous as to endanger the life of a newborn child? And might someone who goes to such lengths be cunning enough to escape recrimination?

BURIED DEEP WITHIN is the tenth standalone mystery in the DI Winter Meadows series. It can be enjoyed entirely on its own but look out for the other bestselling books. The full list is:

1. THE SILENT QUARRY
2. FROZEN MINDS
3. SUFFER THE CHILDREN
4. A KNOT OF SPARROWS
5. LIES OF MINE
6. RISE TO THE FLY
7. WINTER'S CRY
8. HARBOUR NO SECRETS
9. THE CRIMSON HARVEST
10. BURIED DEEP WITHIN

All FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback!

18/01/2025

Hiss... there's a snake in the grass. Do you know where it is hiding?THE SERPENT'S LAIR by Riall Nolan. Thrilling action suspense fiction from an old school storyteller! Just 99p/99c now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNWKBH31
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CNWKBH31

Max Donovan has survived a bomb explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka, but is handed a powder keg in the form of a mission to protect the author of a manuscript exposing insurrectionist plans. He’s up against powerful forces, not least the ocean and jungle, that he’ll have to strike at the heart to subdue.

This whole series is FREE with Kindle Unlimited, and available in paperback!

13/01/2025

Our second release of 2025 is THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT, a new murder mystery in the DCI John Blizzard series by the indefatigable John Dean! Out now as an ebook and soon available in paperback, the crime novel tells the story of how things go belly up when a prisoner is released early from jail. Will the veteran cop be able to put things right?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DSWDQBCH/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSWDQBCH/

Can DCI John Blizzard stop an ex-con from getting his cut?

When an elderly couple walk into Abbey Road Police Station and announce, with a certain nonchalance, that they’ll be murdered in the coming week, Detective John Blizzard has every reason to take them seriously.

Some twenty years earlier, they were subject to a brutal assault in their home, which they barely survived.

Enraged that he’d been diddled out of his rightful inheritance, their nephew Charlie Louden had decided to take the law, and a machete, into his own hands. Now he’s being considered for early release from prison.

Blizzard tries to put their fears to rest. Charlie is apparently a changed man. And surely the parole board would not make such a grave mistake.

Yet when a body is recovered following a warehouse fire, things begin to hot up in the industrial city of Hafton. Despite his assurances, inwardly Blizzard has a nagging feeling that matters are about to go south.

THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT is the twelfth standalone murder mystery by John Dean to feature stalwart crime-solver DCI John Blizzard. The full list of books is as follows:

1. THE LONG DEAD
2. STRANGE LITTLE GIRL
3. THE RAILWAY MAN
4. THE SECRETS MAN
5. A BREACH OF TRUST
6. DEATH LIST
7. A FLICKER IN THE NIGHT
8. THE LATCH MAN
9. NO AGE TO DIE
10. THE VENGEANCE MAN
11. THE NAME ON THE BULLET
12. THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT

Books 1-7 are available in a super-value box set, exclusive to Kindle! All of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

Look out for John Dean’s other long-running series about ex-army detective DCI Jack Harris.

10/01/2025

Add a spark to your weekend by getting stuck into John Dean's A FLICKER IN THE NIGHT, a murder mystery in the ever-popular DCI John Blizzard series. Completely FREE now on Kindle worldwide!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07WSGYX1S
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07WSGYX1S

Someone is setting deadly fires, but the only clue to their identity is the obscure poetry that DCI John Blizzard receives on his desk. Taunting the police is one thing. Taunting Blizzard another. He'll stop at nothing to crack the case and collar the arsonist. But as the city burns it also stokes up the detective's incendiary past.

06/01/2025

Our first release of 2025! The brilliant legal thriller PROTECTION RACKET by US author James Warren, out now on Kindle and in paperback! The ebook is just £1.99 or $2.99, and FREE with Kindle Unlimited...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DMWX4MHT/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMWX4MHT/

A man who had it coming, a woman who plays with fire, and a lawyer facing a tough choice…

When a big-shot lawyer with a reputation for being handsy is found murdered in his office, the evidence points to his colleague Amanda Morelli who, despite having suffered the victim’s unwanted attentions, insists she’s innocent.

Quickly indicted, Amanda’s parents rush to employ attorney David Lee to take on the case, no expense spared. Given how stunning the accused woman is, it’s a no-brainer.

Yet with a murder trial impending, Amanda inexplicably leaves town. Her vague answers and elusiveness soon raise doubts in David’s mind.

Add to the blurry picture some damning new evidence and a tough prosecutor, and the cards seem stacked against him.

Can David convince the jury of Amanda’s innocence? And is she telling the truth, or has falling for her charms clouded his judgement?

If you like legal procedurals with a good mystery, courtroom drama, lots of suspense, and a clever twist, you’ll absolutely love this book.

Look out for James Warren’s first legal thriller novel, the brilliant THAT CARE FORGOT, about a cold serial killer case set in New Orleans and Los Angeles.

PROTECTION RACKET is great for fans of Robert Dugoni, James Chandler, John Grisham, and Teresa Burrell.

05/01/2025

With over half a million books sold and one hundred million pages read in the Kindle Unlimited library, Pete Brassett's DI Munro mystery series is one you won't want to miss out on. And on this snowed-in Sunday we're giving away SHE, the first book, completely FREE on Kindle!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01CDFGPBM/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CDFGPBM/

DI Munro is a burly Scottish policeman who doesn’t suffer fools gladly. DS West is an intelligent young woman, new to the force with a lot to prove. When a missing person case lands on their desks, Munro is sceptical there is much to it but before long, a body is found. Yet, even with the accomplice collared, establishing the killer’s true identity proves nearly impossible.

04/01/2025

Marilyn is at a low point in her life, so when she receives an invitation to meet up with some old friends at a coastal holiday home, she doesn’t think she has much to lose. But old friends bring with them old memories, in particular those of a terrible event that happened ten years ago. As the past is dug up, having been bored with her life, Marilyn will now find herself fighting for it.

Vanessa Garbin's NO FRIENDS OF MINE on special offer at 99p/99c for the next few days!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BS1F6BDL
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BS1F6BDL

01/01/2025

If you haven't quite shaken off the hangover yet, and fancy reading something light-hearted but stirring, take a break from all our crime fiction and journey to ancient Britain with Lavinia Collin's romance, ROMAN CONQUEST. Just 99p/99c on Kindle now!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09YRRBFW1
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09YRRBFW1

When Roman centurion Quintus becomes separated from his legion, he is lucky to meet with feisty warrior Sena rather than his death at the hands of her tribe. She guides him back to his camp in exchange for money. But a romantic attraction has been ignited between them and this will threaten the uneasy peace between invaders and British natives.

Free with Kindle Unlimited.

31/12/2024

If you are not venturing out tonight and cowering inside like a cur, at least do so in the company of a good book. On special offer now, SEAT 97 a standalone mystery by Tony Bassett! Just 99p or 99c to download. Regardless, Happy New Year to all our readers!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C2PR8PCG/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2PR8PCG/

Journalist Nick Colton lands the scoop of his career when a concert-goer sitting next to him is shot dead in front of his eyes. But the gunman escapes amidst the chaos, and Colton’s investigation into the murder will see him treading a dangerous line through London’s unforgiving streets.

Also FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

29/12/2024

There's a new title in Traude Ailinger's fire-side cozy Edinburgh whodunnit series coming out in January. Catch up with the series with our special offer on BRIGHT SPARKS (Book 5) at just 99p/c!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CL4RNY3H
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CL4RNY3H

The death of a local businesswoman in a house fire has grumpy detective Russell McCord running around in circles looking for the culprit. Sassy journalist Amy Thornton has some ideas of her own. But when the smoke has cleared, can the two crime-solvers put their differences aside and their heads together to work out the truth?

Free with Kindle Unlimited!

27/12/2024

On special offer now, a great standalone title in Diane Dickson's DI Jordan Carr detective series. Tensions rise when the detective faces racial abuse during an investigation that takes him from Liverpool to Blackpool. His colleagues think he should do more to stand up for himself, to him though, it is so much water off a duck's back...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CC2LJT3N
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CC2LJT3N

There are eight books in this series, try this and get hooked. All free with Kindle Unlimited.

25/12/2024

Inadvertently found yourself stuck with nothing good to read? Download this novel now, and immerse yourself in the tender literary world of Dan McNay! On special offer, just 99p/c for the next few days!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BHWWK868/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BHWWK868/

After recently losing his job, when John Seegum finds a packet of co***ne he thinks his luck is improving. Together with his friends he conspires to sell it and realise their dreams. But fate delivers them a cruel blow when they enter the depths of the criminal underworld. Will they survive with their friendship intact?

Also FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback!

20/12/2024

A little treat for our readers! Download the first book in Christine McHaines' light-hearted mystery series FREE now on Kindle (ends 22nd December!) And get the other books on special offer. That's your fireside reading sorted!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CFLXSFHF
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFLXSFHF

A quirky, light, humorous English cozy mystery series.

Quentin Cadbury is a perpetual source of embarrassment to his parents. Seen as a loser, he is desperate to prove them wrong!

An opportunity presents itself when someone breaks into his aunt’s house. Turning private detective, he discovers that the thieves are after something in particular, and won’t let up until they acquire it.

With the help of his attractive neighbour and a cat he takes a liking to, so begins Quentin’s rapid though painful journey to becoming a responsible adult, if not a skilled crime-solver, making friends and enemies in equal measure along the way.

If you like cozy amateur sleuth mysteries, you’ll love this series set in London and beyond.

All these books are also FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback!

18/12/2024

Carol Cole's debut detective novel MURDER IN THE NEW FOREST has shot up the charts since it's late November release. We're now delighted to announce that the second book in this series, featuring Scottish detective Callum MacLean in his adventures in the south of England, is now available to pre-order on Kindle for a 3rd February release!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQQ6J99J
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQQ6J99J

A suspicious death, a missing girl, and very few leads has New Forest police grasping at straws

Whilst Detective Inspector Callum MacLean is settling into his new role in rural Hampshire, a young woman is found dead in the neighbourhood, her identity unknown.

For a close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else, this seems very odd, but when a local child goes missing shortly afterwards, panic sets in.

It’s not the first such case for the Scottish inspector, yet the last one in Glasgow ended in tragedy. This is personal. And when Callum’s team don’t share his sense of urgency, he will have to put his foot down.

It doesn’t help that Sergeant Daisy Donaldson, with whom Callum had developed a rapport, has doubts about his theories. Like the weather, relations are becoming stormy.

As the search gets underway to find the little girl, last seen feeding her ponies, all potential suspects have rock solid alibis. The only lead is a white van seen near the area in both cases.

Yet Callum begins to fear they might not be the only ones looking for the missing girl. Will they find her before tragedy strikes again?

STRAW IN THE WIND is the second standalone detective mystery by Carol Cole featuring DI Callum MacLean. Look out for the bestselling first book, MURDER IN THE NEW FOREST. Great for fans of Rachel McLean, J.R. Ellis and LJ Ross!

Both are available on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback from Amazon.

14/12/2024

Download for FREE now, direct from amazon! Anna Willett's riveting female detective cold case mystery, with creepy small rural town vibes!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CHJXJ7W5
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHJXJ7W5

Detective Veronika Pope turns up at an old mining town in Western Australia, tasked with solving the cold case of a couple who went missing in the region some three years previously. The townsfolk are anything but welcoming and everyone seems to be hiding something. Out on a limb and in the middle of nowhere, Pope is in danger and will need to make a friend to stay alive.

10/12/2024

Getting ready for Xmas? Well scratch that and read this instead. Far less sugar. In fact, none at all, as this noir crime thriller is very dark and dangerous. So much, in fact, that one of the tunnel scenes gave an editor nightmares! She's been packed off to work for Mills and Boon, and the pleasure of reading this consigned to serious crime fiction fans alone. Introducing our new release, GREY HOOD by James Davidson. Just 99p now on Kindle!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPXHLNXD/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPXHLNXD/

Following a murder, a dizzying crescendo of tense, exciting action reaches a jaw-dropping climax…

Liverpool property magnate Damon Slate is found early one Sunday morning wandering out of the Queensway Tunnel, holding a red high-heeled shoe. He seems to be experiencing a serious case of amnesia.

Heavily pregnant DI Beth Krush is tasked with this apparently straightforward matter. But Slate’s wife, Iris, is nowhere to be found, and the detective suspects her husband isn’t telling the truth.

When she finds Iris’s diary, it speaks of a long history of mental illness. The morbid entries obsess over love and death.
Meanwhile, Krush’s half-sister, DI Eleanor Rose, attends a murder scene in a particularly unsavoury part of the city. Organised Crime want to write off the nameless victim’s death as part of a gang war. Only, he too is clutching a scarlet high-heeled shoe.

The detectives’ cases are clearly related but the estranged sisters would rather they weren’t. Can they put aside their differences and unravel the events of a fateful night?

Or, like the warring gangs of the city itself, will their feud escalate and tensions reach breaking point?

GREY HOOD is a dark, atmospheric and meticulously crafted noir crime novel that will have you glued to the page. It is the third book in a gripping series of detective novels set by James Davidson in his home city of Liverpool. The others are OUTCAST SISTER and ROUGH SLEEPER.

Also look out for THE OTHER DETECTIVE, the author’s terrific standalone historical mystery. All of these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback.

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Don't forget to pre-order your copy of Cheryl Rees-Price's forthcoming book, BURIED DEEP WITHIN, out on 20th January! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNZFR125 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNZFR125 When a baby goes missing during her christening party, the local community come out in force to help the search. Some of them were at the do, and are considerably worse for wear. Detective Meadows tries to make sense out of the chaos, and prevent people from jumping to conclusions about the likely culprit. But tempers are flaring. Enough to test the patience of this cool-headed cop.

Beware the social media influencers.... social media influencers beware. On pre-order now, Linda Hagan's LASTING INFLUENCE, a DCI Gawn Girvin detective thriller. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D3FKQ9Q8 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D3FKQ9Q8 To be released 22nd July.

Pre-order your copy of THE CRIMSON HARVEST by Cheryl Rees-Price. Out 13th May! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CZPKPQXN/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZPKPQXN/

Just ten days to go before release! Pre-order WHICH CHILD by Shane Spyre now to lock in the launch price of 99p/99c. https://geni.us/whichchild If you like psychological thrillers, this will blow your mind. Read what advance reviewers are saying: "a very unique read" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Karen B, NetGalley "a rollercoaster of a read" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Robert B, NetGalley "expertly crafted twists" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jolene M, NetGalley "Don’t miss out on this book" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rudra M, NetGalley

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