Antique Hunter’s Murder At The Castle by CL Miller (Antique Hunter’s #3)

Freya, Aunt Carole and friends return in this third book in the Antique Hunter's Guide series. This time, Freya and Aunt Carole rush to the Scottish Borders to a remote castle, the last known location of a member of the Lockwood Antique Hunter's Agency, Bella, who was investigating a forger before disappearing. Here, they find …

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And The Corpse Wore Tartan by Stuart MacBride (DS Roberta Steele #2)

When her wife is invited to a fancy, tony wedding at a beautiful, remote castle in Scotland, DS Roberta Steele decides to crash it, promising to behave herself, though soon she's drunkenly offended everyone and passed out on the lawn. Then the body of the father of the bride is found impaled on some deer …

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A Crime Through Time (Miss Darcy Investigates) by Amelia Blackwell

Pemberley, 1799, Georgiana Darcy, trying to escape from an unwanted marriage proposal, finds herself catapulted through time to Saltram, 1995, where a film crew is filming a Jane Austen adaptation. When she's the only witness to a crime there, she realises that she's been sent there to investigate! With the help of a handsome, Irish …

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The Witch Finder by Tracy Whitwell (Accidental Medium #5)

When Tanz and her mother start having dark dreams about witch burnings, she returns to her hometown of Newcastle to find out more. She soon uncovers the towns shame: centuries before, a psychopath worked as a Witch Finder to torture women and host a mass hanging, and the town had tried to cover it up. …

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Influencers Who Kill by Madison Salters

In this book, Madison Salters has curated nine cases of murder and crime that involve influencers, either as victims or perpetrators, from all over the world. Cases like Trey Sesler, Pekka-Eric Auvinen and Yuka Takaoka and more, each of which explore how this recently emerging career path, that of influencer or content creator, has created …

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Murder On The Trail by Michelle Kaminsky

"Mysteries, Deaths and Disappearances in National Parks". This little volume with it's startling cover photo covers cases from the 1920's to the 2020s that have mystified and fascinated investigators and true crime readers for decades. As the opening chapter lets us know, National Parks can be appealing to criminals because the isolation of the location …

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Carnival Of Lies by DV Bishop (#5 Cesare Aldo)

Venice, 1539. When Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de Medici, ruler of Florence, he's hired to help protect him, but after the attack fails, there's a twist: Someone used the distraction to steal the Duke's private journal, full of incendiary political secrets that threaten the very fabric of society. Now Aldo …

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Return To The Bookfair – Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe (1979)

This week, we return to the Scholastic Bookfair to check out the classic Bunnicula, the story of a loyal family dog Harold who suspects the new family pet rabbit has a sinister secret... A nostalgic dive into the story behind the story and an exploration of the plot of this children's classic. Contains spoilers. This …

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