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A Scrooge Mystery (2025) by Andreina Cordani Everyone knows the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge. How after years of miserly behaviour inflicted misery on all those around him, one Christmas morning he transformed into a benevolent figure, bringing…

Fancy a Christmassy mystery? You can't get any more Christmassy - or more mysterious - than this one, out on Thursday from the "Christmas Death Fairy" @andreinacordani.bsky.social and @zaffrebooks.bsky.social #BookSky #Dickens #Mystery
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – September 2025 September, traditionally one of the weakest months for the number of books that I manage to read. Term starts, with its usual plethora of distractions as classes begin again and piles of paperwork …

Genuinely the hardest Puzzly to judge ever - its head to head to head between the latest from @nevfountain.bsky.social , @victoriadowd.bsky.social and @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social
#BookSky #BookOfTheMonth

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Mrs Pargeter’s Past (2025) by Simon Brett Mrs Pargeter (Melita to no one but her late husband) has always kept her distance from the shady businesses that her late husband was engaged in. The lifestyle it has set her up in is extremely com…

New review - out next week from Simon Brett and @severnhouse.bsky.social
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Invisible Green (1977) by John Sladek In 1939, the final meeting of the Unravellers was held in the room above Alberto’s restaurant. The various members of the crime-studying group go their separate ways as war descends over Europe and…

Very rare, but more findable than some titles I've reviewed. And you really should find it...
#LockedRoomMystery #BookSky
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This is fun and ##Booksky 📚 should take up the cause.

A Chinese Puzzle… So, dear reader, I present you with a Chinese Puzzle. Not the apparently rubbish and definitely problematc Miles Burton book, no, it concerns the visits to my site. Here’s a bar chart of the visito…

Looks like AI-bots are scraping content from mine and other blogs, but I might have a solution… and you can help! #BookSky #ClassicCrime

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Murder At The Wild Haggis Bookshop (2025) by Jackie Baldwin Beth Cunningham has come to Oban, a coastal town in West Scotland, to start a new life, to finally put her past behind her. Opening The Wild Haggis Bookshop was a dream come true, but it quickly tu…

New review - out in a couple of weeks time from @stormbooksco.bsky.social #BookSky #CosyMystery
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A Matrimonial Murder (2025) by Meeti Shroff-Shah Radhi Zaveri is waiting to hear from her editor about the murder mystery that she has written – based somewhat on the murder that she solved in A Mumbai Murder Mystery. While waiting, she is resear…

New Review: A Matrimonial Murder by Meeti Shroff-Shah #BookSky @joffebooks.bsky.social
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Ashes Of Rebellion (2025) by Michael Jecks 1358, France. In the midst of the Hundred Years War, King John II of France is the prisoner of the English. As bands of English soldiers roam the countryside pillaging anything that isn’t nailed do…

Out tomorrow from @BoldwoodBooks - it's back to France in the Hundred Years War with @michaeljecksauthor.bsky.social - Ashes Of Rebellion #ClassicHistory #BookSky
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Four vintage style covers from Dean Street Press Murder Mystery novel reprints showing people seated at desks/tables.

Who says desk work is dull? In these four mysteries, the deadliest assignments are on the table. 📚#MurderEveryMonday @puzzledoctor.bsky.social #booksky
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So I'm told, also from Costa Coffee WiFi in the UK...

Wow, what have I done to annoy New Zealand? Apart from repeatedly dissing Ngaio Marsh obviously...

The Organ Speaks (1934) by E C R Lorac Waldstein’s Folly is in danger of being demolished. A London establishment, a acoustically perfect concert hall, it has housed its three-storey organ as its centrepiece (despite orchestras not usua…

Works for me

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The Organ Speaks (1934) by E C R Lorac Waldstein’s Folly is in danger of being demolished. A London establishment, a acoustically perfect concert hall, it has housed its three-storey organ as its centrepiece (despite orchestras not usua…

New review of an old book that you almost certainly won't find a copy of - and despite the author, you might not want to break the bank for... #BookSky #ClassicCrime #ClassicMystery
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Death In The Aviary (2025) by Victoria Dowd 1928, New Year’s Eve, Dartmoor. Ravenswick Abbey, the family seat of the Ravenswick family. A gathering for family and faithful servants is arranged in the upstairs room of the bed-bound Lord Raven…

Out now from friend-of-the-blog @victoria_dowd - featuring a sleuth who appreciates the finest things in detective fiction... #BookSky #ClassicCrime @victoriadowd.bsky.social
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Five vintage style crime fiction titles reprinted by Dean Street Press with indoor lighting as this week's theme for #MurderEveryMonday.

Because nothing says cosy like a 40-watt bulb and a little light homicide... #MurderEveryMonday @unclerobin.bsky.social @puzzledoctor.bsky.social #BookSky #Lighting #CrimeFiction #MurderMystery
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Death In The Hopfields (1937) by John Rhode Every year, for a month or so, a crowd descends on the village of Culverden every weekend. They come primarily from the deprived East End of London, to visit the countryside and to make a bit of mo…

No new review today, so here’s a random review, chosen (randomly) by Mrs Puzzle Doctor #classicmystery #BookSky #hops

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Thanks, Sheila

Lies And Dolls (2025) by Nev Fountain sKit Pelham, professional cult sci-fi fan, has developed something of a reputation as a detective following her unmasking the killer of Wolf Tyler in The Fan Who Knew Too Much. So when she is on th…

Out now from @nevfountain.bsky.social and @titanbooks.bsky.social - the absolutely bonkers and absolutely gripping Lies And Dolls #BookSky #Mystery #MustRead
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The Puzzly – The ISOTCMN Book Of The Month – August 2025 So, it’s been a weird sort of August. A break to one of our favourite isolated spots in Scotland managed to coincide with Storm Floris, and I’ve spent most of the month waiting for a medical test t…

It's Puzzly time - my Book of the Month for the uninitiated - and was there a surprise choice? No, not remotely...
#BookSky #Mysteries #EatAMangoPoe @mwcraven.bsky.social
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As If By Magic – Locked Room Mysteries And Other Miraculous Crimes (2025) ed Martin Edwards Dr Gideon Fell meets a man in a Somerset valley and learns of a murder that came up from the lake itself. Sir Henry Merrivale visits a house in Goblin Wood where a girl disappears from a cottage th…

Sneak peek of next month's Crime Classic from @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @martinedwardsbooks.bsky.social - find out why it's an absolute must read... #BookSky #LockedRoom #ClassicCrime
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Death Of A Peeping Tom (1958) by Belton Cobb “I don’t have to exhibit my wife in the nude in order to help my sale of rabbits!” oplus_32 Woman Detective-Constable Kitty Palgrave isn’t the favourite officer in the Women’s Section of CID due to…

Finally back with my "other" author, Belton Cobb, and a fascinating book, for mostly all the wrong reasons...
#BookSky #Mystery
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The Cut (2025) by Richard Armitage Thirty years ago, Annabel Maddock was killed. One of her group of friends, Dave, went to prison for it and the rest drifted apart. But Dave is released from prison and it seems that the story of An…

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Deadly Remains (2025) by Kate Ellis Barry Brown came to South Devon to write a book. He had made a career ghost-writing celebrity autobiographies, but he has come into possession of some information that could give new life to his ca…

Out now - the outstanding Deadly Remains by @kateellisauthor.bsky.social from @littlebrown.bsky.social
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The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jonasson Elin S Jónsdóttir, the best-selling crime writer, has disappeared. Famed for writing a series of ten exquisite crime novels – and then stopping – there seems to be no reason for her to vanish. And …

Out tomorrow - The Mysterious Case Of The Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jonasson #BookSky
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Brian Flynn, detective fiction writer.

Selection of cover art designs by Dean Street Press on reprints by detective fiction writer, Brian Flynn.

Brian Flynn (1885 - 1958) English author and accountant in government service, lecturer in elocution and speech, and amateur actor. Wrote about 50 novels. His serial protagonist is supersleuth Anthony Bathurst.
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You're welcome. Absolutely loved it.

Ship Of Thieves (2025) by Douglas Skelton London, 1718. At the end of A Thief’s Blood, Jonas Flynt – an operative for shadowy powers in London – was on the verge of finding happiness when a visit from Cassie, his first love, turned his wor…

Jonas Flynt sets sail for the West Indies in Ship Of Thieves by @dougskelton.bsky.social - out this Thursday from @canelo_co #BookSky #History #Pirates
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Human Remains (2025) by Jo Callaghan Catching the Aston Strangler was the case that launched DCS Kat Frank but when a body is found buried on a Warwickshire farm, doubts begin to form that the right man was arrested for the crime. A n…

New review - Human Remains by @jocallaghankat.bsky.social #BookSky #AI #mystery
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