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Showing 241–280 of 637 books
Death's GripeBook · Fiction |
Jack Probyn | DS Tomek Bowen | 2 | Police Procedural | 372 | 20 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
Brian Clough: Nobody Ever Says Thank YoueBook · Nonfiction |
Jonathan Wilson | Standalone | — | Football | 550 | 17 Oct 2023 | 2012 |
Death's JusticeeBook · Fiction |
Jack Probyn | DS Tomek Bowen | 1 | Police Procedural | 316 | 15 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
The Worst ManeBook · Fiction |
Jon Rance | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 310 | 12 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
The Fifth ManeBook · Fiction |
Roy M. Burgess | The Fifth Series | 3 | Thriller/Psychological | 318 | 9 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
Nowhere GirleBook · Fiction |
Ruth Dugdall | Cate Austin | 4 | Police Procedural | 288 | 7 Oct 2023 | 2015 |
Deadly VeileBook · Fiction |
O.M.J. Ryan | Jane Phillips | 10 | Police Procedural | 344 | 4 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
Deadly JusticeeBook · Fiction |
O.M.J. Ryan | Jane Phillips | 9 | Police Procedural | 289 | 1 Oct 2023 | 2023 |
Pure EvileBook · Fiction |
Lynda La Plante | Jack Warr | 4 | Police Procedural | 419 | 29 Sep 2023 | 2023 |
VanishedeBook · Fiction |
Lynda La Plante | Jack Warr | 3 | Police Procedural | 423 | 26 Sep 2023 | 2022 |
The Miseducation of Evie EpwortheBook · Fiction |
Matson Taylor | Evie | 1 | Comedy | 279 | 23 Sep 2023 | 2020 |
The Fifth ThunderbolteBook · Fiction |
Roy M. Burgess | The Fifth Series | 2 | Thriller/Psychological | 329 | 21 Sep 2023 | 2022 |
A Death Most MonumentaleBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 8 | Police Procedural | 360 | 18 Sep 2023 | 2020 |
Hitting the JackpoteBook · Fiction |
Tom Alan | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 360 | 15 Sep 2023 | 2023 |
Taste of BloodeBook · Fiction |
Lynda La Plante | Tennison | 9 | Police Procedural | 400 | 13 Sep 2023 | 2023 |
Burning BridgeseBook · Fiction |
Matthew Ross | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 268 | 10 Sep 2023 | 2020 |
The Red Admiral's SecreteBook · Fiction |
Matthew Ross | Poynter & Perry | 2 | Crime | 317 | 7 Sep 2023 | 2021 |
The Fame GameeBook · Fiction |
Ben Dunn | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 333 | 5 Sep 2023 | 2022 |
Death Of A PainterPaperback · Fiction |
Matthew Ross | Poynter & Perry | 1 | Crime | 346 | 30 Aug 2023 | 2020 |
The NurseeBook · Fiction |
Valerie Keogh | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 298 | 27 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
In Lieu of YoueBook · Fiction |
Keith A. Pearson | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 386 | 22 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
Reviewing The Bill 1983-1989Paperback · Nonfiction |
Edward Kellett | Reaching a Verdict | 1 | Television | 262 | 19 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
Judas HorseeBook · Fiction |
Lynda La Plante | Jack Warr | 2 | Police Procedural | 322 | 17 Aug 2023 | 2021 |
Not PreparedeBook · Fiction |
Matthew Hanover | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 394 | 14 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
The Reading ListeBook · Fiction |
Sara Nisha Adams | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 430 | 11 Aug 2023 | 2021 |
FruiteBook · Fiction |
Will Heron | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 206 | 9 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
Never YieldeBook · Fiction |
Jonathan Cox | The Nostrils | 8 | Police Procedural | 323 | 6 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
The Boomer CreweBook · Fiction |
Peter Seddon | The Boomer Crew | 1 | Crime | 183 | 3 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
GracelandPaperback · Fiction |
Nancy Crochiere | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 400 | 1 Aug 2023 | 2023 |
The Real Ted Hastings: The True Story of the Copper at the Heart of Line of DutyeBook · Nonfiction |
Robin Jarossi | Standalone | — | True Crime | 243 | 29 Jul 2023 | 2023 |
One Good ThingeBook · Fiction |
Alexandra Potter | Standalone | — | General Fiction | 464 | 26 Jul 2023 | 2022 |
Bob Dylan: A Life In 37 AlbumseBook · Nonfiction |
David Redford | Standalone | — | Music | 150 | 24 Jul 2023 | 2018 |
That NightPaperback · Fiction |
Gillian McAllister | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 464 | 21 Jul 2023 | 2021 |
The Rosie EffecteBook · Fiction |
Graeme Simsion | Don Tillman | 2 | Romance | 423 | 18 Jul 2023 | 2014 |
Fibber in the HeatPaperback · Fiction |
Miles Jupp | Standalone | — | Comedy | 352 | 16 Jul 2023 | 2012 |
The People on Platform 5Hardback · Fiction |
Clare Pooley | Standalone | — | Contemporary Fiction | 342 | 13 Jul 2023 | 2022 |
The Big Man UpstairseBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 7 | Police Procedural | 250 | 10 Jul 2023 | 2020 |
The Funny Thing About Norman ForemanHardback · Fiction |
Julietta Henderson | Standalone | — | Comedy | 400 | 5 Jul 2023 | 2021 |
A Whisper of SorrowseBook · Fiction |
J.D. Kirk | DCI Logan | 6 | Police Procedural | 430 | 2 Jul 2023 | 2020 |
Everything but the TruthPaperback · Fiction |
Gillian McAllister | Standalone | — | Thriller/Psychological | 394 | 30 Jun 2023 | 2017 |
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1 Nov 2026
October 2026 Books
October 2026 book reviews: five books, 1,417 pages and a book of the month. Keith A Pearson, Ilona Bannister, Sally Rooney, J.D. Salinger and…
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5 Oct 2026
September 2026 Books
Ten books and 3,742 pages in September: time travel, romance, Suffolk authors, four V.C. Andrews revisits and the return of Ruth Dugdall’s Cate Austin.
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29 Sep 2026
Mother Missing
Ruth Dugdall returns to Cate Austin after an eleven-year gap with Mother Missing, a dark Suffolk psychological thriller involving three women, a disappearance and…
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