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Come Up Screaming by Steffan Piper

6 Sep 2026

Come Up Screaming

Steffan Piper’s Come Up Screaming is a coming-of-age story set in 1980s Felixstowe. For me, though, it was considerably more dangerous: I know the…

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June 2026 reading review featuring twelve books

21 Jul 2026

June 2026 Books

Twelve books and 4,996 pages in June, including crime thrillers, memoirs and biographies—and one novel that completely caught me off guard.

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The Cart PushereBook · Fiction
Phil M. Williams Standalone Contemporary Fiction 336 22 Jan 2023 2023
The Man Who Died TwiceeBook · Fiction
Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club 2 Crime 404 19 Jan 2023 2021
The ScribblereBook · Fiction
Iain Maitland Standalone Thriller/Psychological 362 16 Jan 2023 2020
The Spy Who Came in from the BineBook · Fiction
Christopher Shevlin Jonathon Fairfax 3 Crime/Comedy 336 13 Jan 2023 2023
The Perfect HusbandeBook · Fiction
Iain Maitland Standalone Thriller/Psychological 287 10 Jan 2023 2022
The Other SoneBook · Fiction
J.M. Hewitt Standalone Thriller/Psychological 320 6 Jan 2023 2022
The Things You Didn't SeeeBook · Fiction
Ruth Dugdall Standalone Thriller/Psychological 349 3 Jan 2023 2018
Tuscan RuneBook · Fiction
Simon Northouse Shooting Star 9 Comedy 320 27 Dec 2022 2022
Roll With IteBook · Fiction
Jay Stringer Standalone Crime 320 21 Dec 2022
Don't Tell A SouleBook · Fiction
Jay Stringer Standalone Thriller/Psychological 337 16 Dec 2022 2021
Lauren's OdysseyeBook · Fiction
Jason Ayres Time Bubble 13 Time Travel 280 11 Dec 2022 2022
Deadly ChristmaseBook · Fiction
Rachel McLean Detective Zoe Finch 7 Police Procedural 360 5 Dec 2022 2022
Operation CornwalleBook · Fiction
Eddie Lancaster Standalone Comedy 322 27 Nov 2022 2022
Spook StreeteBook · Fiction
Mick Herron Slough House 4 Police Procedural 352 22 Nov 2022 2017
Real TigerseBook · Fiction
Mick Herron Slough House 3 Police Procedural 368 18 Nov 2022 2016
Wish You Were Here Yet?eBook · Fiction
James Crookes Do They Know It's Christmas Yet? 3 Time Travel 336 13 Nov 2022 2022
Dead LionseBook · Fiction
Mick Herron Slough House 2 Police Procedural 364 9 Nov 2022 2013
Slow HorseseBook · Fiction
Mick Herron Slough House 1 Police Procedural 333 4 Nov 2022 2010
Deadly CampaigneBook · Fiction
Alan Orloff The Last Laff Mystery 2 Crime 320 28 Oct 2022 2012
Killer RoutineeBook · Fiction
Alan Orloff The Last Laff Mystery 1 Crime 320 25 Oct 2022 2011
Gone in the NighteBook · Fiction
Mary-Jane Riley Alex Devlin 4 Police Procedural 322 18 Oct 2022 2019
Dark WaterseBook · Fiction
Mary-Jane Riley Alex Devlin 3 Police Procedural 332 14 Oct 2022 2018
After She FelleBook · Fiction
Mary-Jane Riley Alex Devlin 2 Police Procedural 332 11 Oct 2022 2016
Nuts At ChristmaseBook · Fiction
Simon Northouse Shooting Star 5 Comedy 320 7 Oct 2022 2020
Dark RoomseBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 8 Police Procedural 357 4 Oct 2022 2022
Deadly CravingeBook · Fiction
O.M.J. Ryan Jane Phillips 8 Police Procedural 294 28 Sep 2022 2022
Unholy MurdereBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 7 Police Procedural 408 24 Sep 2022 2021
It's Payback TimeeBook · Fiction
Adrian Cousins Deana: Demon or Diva 1 Thriller/Psychological 466 21 Sep 2022 2022
Blunt ForceeBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 6 Police Procedural 448 17 Sep 2022 2020
The Dirty DozeneBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 5 Police Procedural 432 14 Sep 2022 2019
Murder MileeBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 4 Police Procedural 416 10 Sep 2022 2018
Good FridayeBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 3 Police Procedural 380 7 Sep 2022 2017
Hidden KillerseBook · Fiction
Lynda La Plante Tennison 2 Police Procedural 496 3 Sep 2022 2016
THE WIFE'S BOYFRIEND: a humorous tale of marriage and murdereBook · Fiction
Robert McCracken Standalone Crime 320 29 Aug 2022
Death in a DeckchaireBook · Fiction
Peter Boon Edward Crisp Mysteries 5 Cosy Crime 84 26 Aug 2022 2022
EminenceeBook · Fiction
Keith A. Pearson Angel of Camden 1 Crime/Comedy 398 23 Aug 2022 2022
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Adam Eccles

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Gina X Grant

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