January 2027
Behind closed doors. Deadley secets lie. When Issy marries her school crush Sean, it seems she has everything: the perfect new house on Kill Lane, the perfect husband. But the day they return from their honeymoon, tragedy strikes. Her best friend Ciara calls to the house to bring their dog back, but instead of holiday happiness and souvenirs, she discovers Sean and Issy's bodies. Everything points to a murder suicide. But Ciara and Elaina have been best friends with Issy since school, and they know her too well to believe that's what really happened... Kill Lane is by Sam Blake.
For Whom the Spell Tolls is by Alice Bell. Tucked away in a genteel, rural hamlet, a coven of witches is the last thing you'd expect to find. But these modern-day witches are more into tarot and social media than toil and trouble - except for their ongoing feud with a prominent historian who claims the witch trials were a hoax. When the historian turns up dead and the witches become the prime suspects, medium-cum-detective Claire wants to solve the case and clear their names. In this small village, secrets and spirits abound. Can Claire separate the black magic from white lies?
The serial killer he couldn't catch is dead. The last victim isn't. DI Marshall must find her before it's too late. Two years ago DI Rob Marshall almost caught Callum Davidson, the serial killer who'd abducted and killed a string of women across London, before dumping their bodies in the streets. Now, Callum Davidson has turned up at the bottom of a viaduct in Melrose. Dead. And Marshall is dragged back home to the Scottish Borders - and a tragedy he's avoided for twenty years. Davidson is dead, but the last woman he abducted hasn't been found . . . She might still be alive somewhere, but she's running out of time. Marshall was too late to save the last victim. He has to save this one - for both of them. How can you save the final victim when the murderer is dead, taking his secrets to the grave? The Turning of Our Bones is by Ed James
February 2027
Raven's River is by S W Perry. Where'er she be seen, Death will surely follow... London, 1800. Born in the gutter, raised on the banks of the greatest waterway in the world, Sergeant Jack Raven is an officer in the newly formed Thames River Police. And like any good policeman he doesn't believe in ghosts. But when labourers building the city's great new docks unearth a child's bones and an ancient curse, men start dying. Raven must solve the case before more lives – and fortunes - are lost. His only allies are the unlikely kind: bare-knuckle fighters and a network of scientifically-minded young women, led by the aristocratic, spirited but married Lady Callista Granville - whose interest in Raven is a secret that could ruin them both.
Crooks make the best detectives. They know how the guilty think and where the guilty hide. Xavier Rule - Ecks to his friends - didn't come to California searching for salvation. A thief and a killer on the run from the law, he expected to disappear. But under the influence of the unusual church he's begun attending, Ecks has started to forgive himself and others for past misdeeds. Then Benol Richards walks through the door. Twenty-three years ago, she helped her lover kidnap three baby boys and sold them on the black market - she has carried the guilt with her ever since. Now she wants to know what became of the children, and Ecks is given the job of finding out. But if he is to pick up this trail and follow where it leads, he will have to fight his old, lethal instincts - and know when justice demands he give in to them. Parishioner is by Walter Mosley.
March 2027
A Frightfully Fiendish Murder is by Lucy Andrew. An utterly charming mystery set in Bath's high society with Harriet Smith reprising her role as sleuth extraordinaire, perfect for anyone who loved The Other Bennet Sister. A jewel thief, a mysterious dagger, a faded lithograph . . . it's the perfect case for Miss Harriet. Harriet Smith is in Bath to uncover a thief in the Upper Assembly Rooms, who's been snatching priceless jewels and scaring off the wealthy clientele. Harriet flirts with John and Isabella Thorpe but soon unearths more than she bargained for... At a soirée at the Assembly Rooms, she tracks the thief - only to find his lifeless corpse stuffed into an empty sedan chair, with a stage-prop dagger and the image of a famous actor tucked into his pocket. Harriet has a case to crack. And there's no time to waste...
April 2027
When historian Rose McHugh is left a mysterious bequest after the death of the reclusive heiress of Thornwood Park, she's excited to visit the estate. But when Rose realises she may have found evidence of women going missing, she delves deeper. During World War II, the nearby Robertson Hotel housed trainees of the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force, who often attended lavish parties thrown by Thornwood's wealthy owners. Unearthing a decades-old mystery is a challenge, particularly when it may lead to the unmasking of a serial killer. And it appears that someone in the misty Southern Highlands will do anything to keep the killer's identity hidden... Murder at Thornwood Park is by Joan Sauers.
May 2027
Where The Bodies Lie is by Ed James. A copycat killer is on the loose in this taut cat-and-mouse thriller featuring former criminal-profiler-turned-detective, Rob Marshall. Three missing victims never found. A fresh murder. A race against time to catch a killer . . . Ten years ago DI Rob Marshall profiled a serial killer the press dubbed the 'Shadow Man', who murdered six young athletes before burying their bodies in shallow woodland graves. They caught the killer, but the bodies of his last three victims were never found. Now the Shadow Man is willing to reveal their final resting place. But when Marshall finds the body, it isn't ten years old - it's a fresh murder. There's a copycat killer on the loose . . .
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