SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Tattooed to Death Heather Redmond

Single mom, barista and journaling video blogger Mandy Meadows is leaving after a shift at the hospital coffee bar when she discovers the lifeless body of the new massage therapist by a dumpster. Detective Justin Ahola is on the case – and he has Mandy’s friend Reese firmly in his sights. Can Mandy ...

Summary Perfect for fans of Ellery Adams and Eva Gates, this action-filled, entertaining cozy featuring dark family secrets, revenge and friendship goals will have you gripped from the start to its shocking conclusion.

How well do you really know your friends?

Severn House Publishers Journaling blogger Mandy Meadows is determined to clear her friend’s name when she discovers a 9780727889515 body by a dumpster. Pub Date: 1/5/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Single mom, barista and journaling video blogger extraordinaire Mandy Meadows is distracted from her shift in the University of Seattle Hospital coffee bar when her friend – nurse and fellow journaling video blogger Reese 224 Pages O’Leary-Sett – receives a massage from hell at the hands of Coral Le Charme, the hospital’s new massage Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & therapist. But concern over Coral’s dubious skills is the least of Mandy's worries when she discovers Coral’s Detective lifeless body by a dumpster later that evening. FIC022040 Series: The Journaling Mysteries What dark secrets was Coral hiding? Mandy’s tenant, homicide detective Justin Ahola, is on the case – and he 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W has Reese firmly in his sights. Determined to help her friend, Mandy digs deeper into Coral’s life and makes some alarming discoveries. Can she... Contributor Bio Heather Redmond is a long-time author under another name. First published in mystery, she took a long detour through romance before returning. She has lived in Illinois, California, and Texas, and now resides in a small town in Washington State with her husband and son.

The Rough Cut Douglas Corleone

Upon hearing of the death of her friend Piper Kingsley, Riley Vasher sees her chance to make a name for herself as a documentary filmmaker, as a high-profile murder case is sure to follow once Piper's boyfriend, Ethan, is arrested. Riley convinces Ethan she can help him if they document the trial, b...

Summary Riley Vasher hasn't spoken to her friend Piper Kingsley for years . . . now she's making a documentary about her murder.

Documentary filmmaker Riley Vasher has been living a low-key life on the island of Oahu with her long-time boyfriend Brody. This all changes when Brody overhears on his police scanner that popular TV weathergirl Piper Kingsley has been murdered. Severn House Publishers 9780727889867 When Piper's boyfriend, Ethan Jakes, is arrested for the crime, a high-profile murder trial is sure to follow - Pub Date: 1/5/21 and Riley and Brody sense their chance to make a name for themselves. $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Riley convinces Ethan she can help him if they make a documentary about the trial, and recommends the 256 Pages brilliant but eccentric defense lawyer Nicholas Church. But as the trial nears and Riley becomes personally Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Thrillers involved in the case, the lines of truth soon begin to blur and she finds herself becoming part of the story. FIC031030 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Contributor Bio A former criminal defense lawyer in New York, Douglas Corleone is now based in Honolulu. Douglas was a winner of the Minotaur Book/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award and a finalist for the 2010 Shamus Award for his debut One Man's Paradise. www.douglascorleone.com

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS House of the Patriarch Barbara Hambly

1840. When Eve Russell vanishes into thin air, her frantic parents call on free man of color Benjamin January for help. Did the teenager run away - or was she kidnapped? The answer lies in distant New York, a hotbed of new religions, of human circuses . and of dangerous slave traders. If January unc...

Summary No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery.

New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous journey, that last thing Benjamin January wants to do is leave his wife and young sons again. But when old friends Henri and Chloe Viellard ask for his help tracking Severn House Publishers down a missing girl in distant New York, he can't say no. 9780727889904 Pub Date: 1/5/21 Three weeks ago, seventeen-year-old Eve Russell boarded a steam-boat - and never got off it. Mrs Russell is $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket adamant Eve's been kidnapped, but how could someone remove a teenager from a crowded deck in broad daylight? And why would anyone target Eve? 256 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & The answer lies in New York, a hotbed of new religions and beliefs, of human circuses and freak shows . . . Detective and of blackbirders, who'll use any opportunity to kidnap a free man of color and sell him into slavery. FIC022060 January's determined to uncover the truth, but will he ever be able to return to New Orleans to share it? Series: A Benjamin January Mystery Contributor Bio 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Barbara Hambly, though a native of Southern California, lived in New Orleans for many years while married to the late science fiction writer George Alec Effinger. Hambly holds a degree in medieval history from the University of California and has written novels in numerous genres.

Death and the Singing Birds Amy Myers

1926, Kent. Chef Nell Drury is busy with preparations for Lady Ansley's luncheon to welcome Wychbourne Court's new neighbours, Sir Gilbert and Lady Saddler. Sir Gilbert is organizing a summer festival in Spitalfrith Manor and the whole village is buzzing with excitement. But at the festival itself, ...

Summary A summer festival ends in disaster for chef sleuth Nell Drury in this gripping historical mystery full of dark secrets, disturbing discoveries and page-turning twists.

1926, Kent. Chef Nell Drury is busy with preparations for Lady Ansley's luncheon to welcome Wychbourne Court's new neighbours, Sir Gilbert and Lady Saddler. The couple's arrival has led to much rumour and intrigue swirling around the village, particularly with regards to the mysterious Lady Saddler. Severn House Publishers 9780727889942 Sir Gilbert belongs to a new artistic movement, the Artistes de Cler, and is organizing a summer festival in the Pub Date: 1/5/21 grounds of Spitalfrith Manor, where the Clerries will gather to reveal their Africa-inspired paintings. The whole $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket village is invited and buzzing with excitement. But at the festival itself, Nell witnesses some strange and disturbing events, and when a terrible discovery is made the following day, she is horrified to learn that Lord 224 Pages Ansley's valet has been arrested. Can Nell clear his name while also confronting a face from the past? Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022030 Amy Myers has written a wide range of novels and is also well known for her mystery short stories that have Series: A Nell Drury mystery been published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and many anthologies. She is married to the American-born 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W car buff James Myers, and is the author of the acclaimed Jack Colby classic car mystery series.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Fatal Divisions Claire Booth

To everyone's surprise Sheriff Hank Worth agrees to take a break and leaves Chief Deputy Sheila Turley to run the force. Meanwhile Hank has an ulterior motive for the trip. Aunt Fin is worried her husband has had a hand in the disappearance of his company's secretary. Hank is determined to uncover t...

Summary Family secrets and internal police politics cause trouble for Sheriff Hank Worth and his Chief Deputy Sheila Turley in this compelling mystery.

Hank Worth has always been committed to his job as Branson sheriff, so getting him to take a break is difficult. But to everyone's surprise he agrees to take time off after a grueling case and visit a friend in Columbia, Missouri, leaving Chief Deputy Sheila Turley in charge. She quickly launches reforms that create an Severn House Publishers uproar, and things deteriorate even further when an elderly man is found brutally murdered in his home. 9780727889973 Pub Date: 1/5/21 As Sheila struggles for control of the investigation and her insubordinate deputies, Hank is not relaxing as $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket promised. His Aunt Fin is worried her husband is responsible for the disappearance of one of his employees, and Hank agrees to investigate. 240 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & The search for the missing woman leads to a tangle of deceit that Hank is determined to unravel . . . no Detective matter the impact on his family. FIC022020 Series: A Hank Worth Contributor Bio Mystery Formerly a crime reporter for daily newspapers throughout the United States, Claire Booth has used this 9 in H | 5.9 in W experience to write three previous Sheriff Hank Worth mystery novels based on small-town American life. She is also the author of one non-fiction book, The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion, and Murder in the Name of God. She lives in California.

One for the Road Mary Ellis

Travel writer Jill Curtis is sent to Kentucky to uncover what makes the state's bourbon tours so popular. But her visit goes awry when she trips over a body at one of the distilleries and becomes a suspect in a brutal murder. Can she navigate high-stakes Bourbon rivalries, centuries-old family feuds...

Summary Travel writer Jill Curtis is drawn into a deadly blend of rivalry, resentment and romance gone wrong when she stumbles into a bourbon war between two Kentucky families in this first in an intoxicating new cozy mystery series.

Travel writer Jill Curtis loves her job, but she desperately needs a break if she's to achieve her dream of becoming an investigative reporter. Sent to Kentucky by her boss to find out why thousands of tourists flock Severn House Publishers to Bourbon Country every year, Jill's dream seems to be slipping further away. After all, nothing interesting 9780727889980 ever happens in small town America . . . does it? Pub Date: 1/5/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Staying at an estranged relative's B&B, Jill's plan to uncover what makes the state's bourbon tours so popular goes awry when she trips over a body at one of the distilleries and quickly becomes a suspect in a brutal 208 Pages murder. Can she navigate high-stakes bourbon rivalries, centuries-old family feuds and ill-fated romance to Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & catch a killer and finally land the promotion she craves? Detective FIC022100 Contributor Bio Series: A Bourbon Tour Mary Ellis is the award-winning author of more than twenty novels, including several Amish Romance series mystery and the Secrets of the South mystery series. She lives in Ohio with her husband, dog and cat. 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Death in the Great Dismal Eleanor Kuhns

Will Rees and his wife Lydia agree to accompany an old friend previously abducted by slave catchers to the Great Dismal Swamp. However, shortly after arriving in the community one of their number is killed. Will finds himself asked to solve the murder ... which proves tricky when no one there trusts...

Summary Finding themselves in a slave community hidden within the Great Dismal Swamp, Will Rees and his wife Lydia get caught up in a dangerous murder case where no one trusts them.

September 1800, Maine. Will Rees is beseeched by Tobias, an old friend abducted by slave catchers years before, to travel south to Virginia to help transport his pregnant wife, Ruth, back north. Though he's reluctant, Will's wife Lydia convinces him to go . . . on the condition she accompanies them. Severn House Publishers 9780727890238 Upon arriving in a small community of absconded slaves hiding within the Great Dismal Swamp, Will and Lydia Pub Date: 1/5/21 are met with distrust. Tensions are high and a fight breaks out between Tobias and Scipio, a philanderer with $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket a bounty on his head known for conning men out of money. The following day Scipio is found dead - shot in the back. 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / African American Stuck within the hostile Great Dismal and with slave catchers on the prowl, Will and Lydia find themselves FIC049040 caught up in their most dangerous case yet. Series: A Will Rees Mystery 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Eleanor Kuhns is the 2011 winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel competition for A Simple Murder. The author of seven previous Will Rees mysteries, she is now a full-time writer after a successful career as the Assistant Director at the Goshen Public Library in Orange County, New York. www.eleanor-kuhns.com

Overload Linda Howard

Elizabeth Major and Tom Quinlan had a passionate relationship until she broke things off abruptly, seemingly for no reason. Then one day, a severe blackout traps Tom and Elizabeth alone together in their office building. They can't resist the sparks that fly between them, but can their passion for e...

Summary Elizabeth Major can't believe her bad luck when, during a blackout, she finds herself trapped with her ex-boyfriend . . .

Elizabeth Major and Tom Quinlan had a passionate relationship until she broke things off abruptly, seemingly for no reason. Now Elizabeth has her own interior design business in a sleek office building in downtown Dallas, but she can't escape her fiery past with Tom - he ends up right across the hall from her, running a Severn House Publishers private investigation company. 9780727890726 Pub Date: 1/5/21 On a sweltering day in midsummer, a severe blackout traps Tom and Elizabeth alone together in the office $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket building. They can't resist the sparks that fly between them, but can their passion for each other overcome the secrets keeping them apart? 144 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Romance This is a first-time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market FIC027430 paperback. 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Alabama with her husband.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS A Game of Minds Priscilla Masters

It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing. DS Zed Willard believes that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can Claire find out what re...

Summary A missing girl. A dark secret. Dr Claire Roget is drawn into a deadly game to find the truth behind a young girl's disappearance in this chilling mystery.

It's been six years since fourteen-year-old Marvel Trustrom went missing - six long years for Marvel's seriously ill father, Tom Trustom, who's desperate to know what happened to his daughter.

Severn House Publishers DS Zed Willard has always believed that Jonah Kobi, a serial killer serving life for the murders of four other 9780727890825 girls in the area, is responsible for Marvel's disappearance - but with no evidence or witnesses, and Kobi Pub Date: 1/5/21 denying any involvement, forensic psychiatrist Dr Claire Roget is Willard's last hope. Can she persuade Kobi to $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket reveal the truth and finally confess to Marvel's murder?

256 Pages Claire is soon drawn into a battle of wits with a dangerous psychopath, as well as a world of dark secrets. Can Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & she find out what really happened to Marvel and fulfil a father's dying wish before it's too late? Detective FIC022040 Contributor Bio Series: A Claire Roget Priscilla Masters is the author of the popular DI Joanna Piercy series, as well as the successful Martha Gunn Forensic Psychiatrist Mystery novels and a series of forensic psychiatrist mysteries featuring Dr Claire Roget. She lives near the 9 in H | 5.9 in W Shropshire/Staffordshire border. A retired respiratory nurse, Priscilla has two grown-up sons and two grandsons.

Inherit the Shoes E.J. Copperman

When lawyer Sandy Moss moves to Los Angeles, her new life hits a snag when her divorce client, charming TV star Patrick McNabb, is found standing over the body of his soon-to-be ex-wife. Patrick is determined to clear his name, using all the legal skills he's learned from playing a lawyer on TV, and...

Summary Lawyer Sandy Moss gets mixed up in a celebrity murder case in LA, in the first in a brand-new cosy legal mystery series.

New Jersey prosecutor Sandy Moss is tired of petty criminals, and a new job at a glitzy Los Angeles law firm seems the perfect career move. Putting 3,000 miles between her and her ex-boyfriend is just an added bonus. Severn House Publishers 9780727890849 But on Sandy's first morning as a family attorney, she inadvertently kills her new career stone dead when she Pub Date: 1/5/21 offends her boss during a meeting with the firm's top celebrity client, charismatic TV star Patrick McNabb. But $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket that's not as dead as Patrick's soon-to-be ex-wife, Patsy, is that evening, when she's discovered shot by an arrow, her husband standing over her. 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Did Patrick really kill his wife in a dispute over a pair of shoes? All signs point to yes. But Patrick is Detective determined to clear his name, using all the legal skills he's learned from playing a lawyer on TV, and to FIC022070 Sandy's deep dismay, she's the only person he'll allow to help . . . Series: A Jersey Girl Legal Mystery Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W E.J. Copperman is the nom de plume for Jeff Cohen, a New Jersey native and writer of intentionally funny murder mysteries. As E.J., he writes the Haunted Guesthouse and Agent to the Paws series, as well as the brand-new Jersey Girl Legal mysteries; as Jeff, he writes the Double Feature and Aaron Tucker series; and he collaborates with himself on the Samuel Hoenig Asperger's mysteries.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The Fabergé Secret Charles Belfoure

St Petersburg, 1903. Prince Dimitri Markhov lives a life of luxury in the Imperial court, while middle-class Doctor Katya Golitsyn is determined to help bring revolution. When they meet at a royal ball and begin an affair, Katya exposes Dimitri to the horrors of the Tsar's regime, and Dimitri grows ...

Summary New York Times bestselling author Charles Belfoure takes readers on a breathless journey from the gilded ballrooms of Imperial Russia to the grim violence of the pogroms, in his latest thrilling historical adventure.

St Petersburg, 1903. Prince Dimitri Markhov counts himself lucky to be a close friend of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra. Cocooned by the glittering wealth of the Imperial court, the talented architect lives a life of

Severn House Publishers luxury and comfort, by the side of his beautiful but spiteful wife, Princess Lara. But when Dimitri is confronted 9780727890863 by the death and destruction wrought by a pogrom, he is taken aback. What did these people do to deserve Pub Date: 1/5/21 such brutality? The tsar tells him the Jews themselves were to blame, but Dimitri can't forget what he's seen. $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Educated and passionate, Doctor Katya Golitsyn is determined to help end Russian oppression. When she 256 Pages meets Dimitri at a royal ball, she immediately recognizes a kindred spirit, and an unlikely affair begins Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Historical between them. As their relationship develops, Katya exposes Dimitri to the horrors of the Tsar's regime and FIC014000 the persecutio... 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Contributor Bio Charles Belfoure is the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Architect, House of Thieves and The Fallen Architect. An architect by profession, he graduated from the Pratt Institute and Columbia University, and he taught at Pratt as well as Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. His area of specialty is historic preservation. In addition to his historical fiction, Belfoure is also the award-winning author of several architectural histories, and has been a freelance writer for The Baltimore Sun and The New York Times. He lives in Westminster, Maryland.

The Sharpest Needle Renee Patrick

1939, Los Angeles. Marion Davies, one of Hollywood's leading ladies, has received poison pen letters highlighting an embarrassing event in her past from the mysterious 'Argus'. Lillian Frost and her partner- in-crime Edith Head try to expose the writer before they expose Marion, but are drawn into in...

Summary Ready to mingle with the stars? Hollywood's A-list takes centre stage once again in this stylish, twisty and sharply observed Golden Age of Hollywood mystery featuring irresistible sleuthing duo Lillian Frost and Edith Head. Effortlessly blending oodles of glamour and famous (and fictional) names with a stunningly crafted whodunit, this compelling, vibrant tale is bursting with twists and shocking moments. Love gossip, rumour and scandalous secrets? This page-turning read is perfect for fans of Classic Hollywood films and all mystery-loving fashionistas. Severn House Publishers 9780727889287 What happens when your past catches up with you? Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Lillian Frost and Edith Head investigate a series of bizarre poison pen letters sent to a leading Hollywood actress in this mesmerising mystery. 240 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & 1939, Los Angeles. Marion Davies has a problem. The actress has received poison pen letters highlighting an Detective embarrassing event in her past from the mysterious 'Argus'. Can Lillian Frost and her friend and partner- FIC022060 in-crime, celebrated costume designer Edith Head, expose the writer before they expose Marion? Lillian's Series: A Lillian Frost and Edith Head mystery boss, millionaire inventor Add... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Renee Patrick is the pseudonym for married authors Rosemarie and Vince Keenan. Rosemarie is a research administrator and a poet. Vince is a screenwriter and a journalist. Both native New Yorkers, they currently live in Seattle, Washington. They have written two previous books starring Lillian Frost and Edith Head, Design for Dying and Dangerous to Know. Script for Scandal is their first book for Severn House.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The Sign of the Gallows Susanna Calkins

London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her wares, printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is knocked off her feet by two men in a hurry. When she reaches the desolate crossroads, she discovers why: there, dangling from the hanging tree, is the body of a man. Did he take his life? Lucy is deter...

Summary A dead man at a crossroads. A secret message. A ring with a warning about death . . . Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion is caught up in a strange and puzzling murder case in this twisty historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London.

London, 1667. On her way to a new market to peddle her True Accounts and Strange News, printer's apprentice Lucy Campion quickly regrets her decision to take the northwestern road. Dark and desolate, the Severn House Publishers path leads her to the crossroads - and to the old hanging tree. She doesn't believe in ghosts, but she's not 9780727889560 sure ghosts don't believe in her. Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket But before she even reaches the crossroads, she's knocked off her feet by two men in a hurry. What were they running from? To her dismay, she soon discovers for herself: there, dangling from the tree, is the body 240 Pages Carton Qty: 20 of a man. Fiction / Mystery & Detective Did he commit self-murder, or is there something darker afoot? The more Lucy learns, the more determined FIC022060 she is to uncover the truth. But this time, even the help and protection of magistrate's son Adam, and Series: A Lucy Campion Mystery steadfast Constable Duncan, may not be enough to keep her safe from harm . . . 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Susanna Calkins is the author of the award-winning Lucy Campion mystery series, set in seventeenth century London, and the Speakeasy mysteries, set in Prohibition-era Chicago. She has a PhD in history and works at Northwestern University. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she currently lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.

The Devil's Harmony Sarah Rayne

Music researcher Phineas Fox is asked to verify the contents of an old scrapbook, rescued from the site of the historic Chopin Library in Warsaw. He discovers an intriguing link to an infamous piece of music that legend says was only performed at a traitor's execution - and was last played in 1944, ...

Summary The discovery of an old scrapbook in a Warsaw library leads researcher Phineas Fox to uncover evidence of a devastating wartime atrocity.

"We had no choice. But it was a bad way for them to die."

When music researcher Phineas Fox is asked to verify the contents of an old scrapbook, rescued from the site

Severn House Publishers of the historic Chopin Library in Warsaw, he is initially sceptical. But he soon discovers an intriguing link 9780727889881 between the Library and an infamous piece of music known as the Dark Cadence. Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Legend has it that the Dark Cadence was only performed at a traitor's execution - and it has never been Hardcover with dust jacket written down. It is believed to have last been played on the night the Chopin Library was destroyed during the 256 Pages Nazi occupation of World War II. What really happened that terrible night in October, 1944? What is the Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & connection with an equally dreadful night in Russia in 1918, the night the Tsar and his family were executed? Detective And what are the repercussions for the present . . .? FIC022100 Series: A Phineas Fox Contributor Bio Mystery Sarah Rayne is the author of many novels of psychological and supernatural suspense, including the Nell 9 in H | 5.9 in W West & Michael Flint series. She lives in Staffordshire.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Spiteful Bones Jeri Westerson

Restoring his recently inherited family home is proving a daunting task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin. When workmen uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago - Nigellus immediately c...

Summary The restoration of a crumbling manor house leaves Crispin Guest grappling with a troubling discovery in this entertaining medieval noir mystery.

Restoring his recently inherited family home is a daunting enough task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin without the addition of any unwelcome discoveries. But when workmen turning the crumbling manor house into a grand home for Nigellus and his companion, John Rykener, uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden

Severn House Publishers in the wall - and holding the precious relic that went missing from his father's estate nearly twenty years ago 9780727889997 - Nigellus immediately calls on London tracker Crispin Guest for help. Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Whose bones are they, and why was the valuable relic buried with the thief? Crispin and Jack are drawn into a Hardcover with dust jacket mystery of dark secrets, family scandal and old grudges as they attempt to find the truth behind a load of old 192 Pages bones. Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Historical FIC014020 Contributor Bio Series: A Crispin Guest Jeri Westerson was born and raised in Los Angeles. As well as nine previous Crispin Guest medieval Mystery mysteries, she is the author of a paranormal urban fantasy series and several historical novels. Her books 9 in H | 5.9 in W have been nominated for the Shamus, the Macavity and the Agatha awards.

Murder Ink Betty Hechtman

Asked to write a celebration of life book for the funeral of a former client, writer for hire Veronica Blackstone finds herself questioning the death. No one quite knows what happened and the prominent family are more concerned with their image than the truth. While celebrating her client's life, Ve...

Summary Writer for Hire Veronica Blackstone is asked to write a celebration of life book for a former client's funeral, but was the death as straightforward as was reported?

Veronica Blackstone is a writer for hire. Be it love letters, biographies, resumes or wedding vows, Veronica has you covered. Her latest assignment is writing a celebration of life book for the funeral of one-time client Rachel Ross who tragically died one year after her wedding. Severn House Publishers 9780727890177 While researching Rachel's life, Veronica finds the information surrounding the circumstances of her death to Pub Date: 2/2/21 be shrouded in mystery. No one quite knows what happened and her prominent family are more concerned $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket with their image than the truth.

208 Pages Was Rachel's life as perfect as it seemed or was there something dark going on? Was her fall an accident, Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & deliberate or something else? In celebrating the life of Rachel, Veronica is determined to get to the bottom of Detective her death. FIC022100 Series: A Writer for Hire Contributor Bio mystery Despite completing a Fine Arts degree, all Betty Hechtman ever wanted to be was a writer. She wrote a 9 in H | 5.9 in W weekly column in her college newspaper and later wrote magazine and newspaper pieces, along with short stories and a prize-wining screenplay. Betty had her first novel published in 2006. Since then she has had 20 books published across two cozy mystery series centered on another one of her loves - yarn craft. She lives with her family in Southern California.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Best Laid Plans Gwen Florio

When Nora Best's plans on exploring the US in an Airstream trailer with her Perfect-Ass Husband go up in smoke upon finding him in a compromising position with her friend, she sets off on her own. Nora ends up drowning her sorrows in a campsite in the Wyoming mountains, but soon finds herself in tro...

Summary In the first of a new mystery series, we meet Nora Best as she flees her old life, cheating husband and all, and takes to the road with an Airstream trailer.

Nora Best is the envy of her friends. She's just turned fifty and has traded in her home with The Perfect-Ass Husband for an Airstream trailer and an adventure of a lifetime across the US.

Severn House Publishers But during their leaving party, Nora finds her husband in a compromising position with a friend. Storming out 9780727890245 of the party she jumps into her truck with no idea how to tow the Airstream or where she's going. Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Nora ends up in a campground in the mountains of Wyoming, drowning her sorrows with its managers, Brad and Miranda. When she is woken by a frantic Miranda after Brad has disappeared and bloodstains have been 256 Pages found around the campsite, Nora finds herself caught up in an adventure she could never have expected . . . Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & facing a charge of murder. Detective FIC022100 Contributor Bio Series: A Nora Best Mystery Gwen Florio grew up in a farmhouse filled with books and a ban on television. After studying English at the 9 in H | 5.9 in W University of Delaware, she began a thirty-plus year career in journalism that has taken her around the country and to more than a dozen countries, including several conflict zones. Her first novel in the Lola Wick mystery series, Montana, won the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction and the High Plains Book Award, and was a finalist for the Shamus Award, an International Thriller Award and a Silver Falchion Award. She has since released four other books in the Lola Wick series and one standalone novel. Best Laid Plans is her first novel with Severn House. www.gwenflorio.net

Scot on the Rocks Catriona McPherson

Lexy Campbell is begged by her ex-husband to find his wife, Brandee, who has disappeared. As Lexy begins her investigation, Bran finds one of Brandee's false nails along with a ransom note. The note has the same message as was found where the statue of local legend Mama Cuento was stolen. Are the tw...

Summary Lexy Campbell's ex-husband begs for her help finding his current wife, whose disappearance mirrors that of a number of statues around California - menacing ransom note and all.

A community is devastated when the bronze statue of local legend Mama Cuento is stolen on Valentine's Day. When Lexy Campbell arrives on the scene, a big bronze toe is found along with a ransom note - "Listen to our demands or you will never see her again. There are nine more where this came from".

Severn House Publishers 9780727890313 Then, Lexy's ex-husband Bran turns up begging for help to find his wife, Brandee, who has disappeared. Lexy Pub Date: 2/2/21 agrees to pitch in, but when she shows up at Bran's house he has just discovered one of Brandee's false nails $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD and another ransom note with the same grisly message. Hardcover with dust jacket

240 Pages Are the two cases linked or is a copycat on the loose? Who would want to kidnap a bronze statue or, come to Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & that, Brandee? And can Lexy put aside her hatred for Bran long enough to find out? Detective FIC022040 Contributor Bio Series: A Last Ditch mystery Born and raised in Edinburgh, Catriona McPherson left Edinburgh University with a PhD in Linguistics and 9 in H | 5.9 in W worked in academia, as well as banking and public libraries, before taking up full-time writing in 2001. For the last ten years she has lived in Northern California with a black cat and a scientist. In 2020 she has been shortlisted for a third Mary Higgins Clark Award, for Strangers at the Gate, and won a Left Coast Crime 2020 Lefty Award for the Best Humorous Mystery for Scot and Soda.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Having Faith Barbara Delinsky

Faith Barry is on the fast track in legal circles. Sawyer Bell is a colleague and an old friend, and they're representing opposing clients in a messy divorce case. Then one night, they cross the line between friends and lovers, and Faith is left questioning everything she has always wanted . . . and...

Summary A classic friends to lovers romance about a woman afraid of losing too much.

Faith Barry is on the fast track in legal circles. Sawyer Bell is a colleague and a friend of Faith's from way back, and now they're representing opposing clients in a complicated and messy divorce case. They find the battle irresistible, until one night changes everything, and they cross the line between friends and lovers. It's an action that leaves Faith facing her single biggest challenge as she finds herself questioning everything she Severn House Publishers has always wanted . . . and, in the process, desiring more. 9780727890641 Pub Date: 2/2/21 This is a first time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket paperback. 224 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 20 A lifelong New Englander, Barbara Delinsky earned a BA in psychology at Tufts University and an MA in Fiction / Romance FIC027020 sociology at Boston College. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, more books than she'll ever be able 9 in H | 5.9 in W to read, two tennis rackets and enough electronic devices to keep in touch with her children and their families.

Lady Jail John Farrow

Quebec, 1994. Fraud artist Abigail is the newest arrival at the Joliette Institution for Women. When a prisoner is found dead in a toilet stall, Sergeant-Detective �mile Cinq-Mars is summoned from Montreal to investigate, as he put Abigail away - and now she's the prime suspect. But he'll soon disco...

Summary Sergeant-Detective Emile Cinq-Mars is summoned to Quebec to investigate a murder in this locked-room mystery with a twist: the victim is a criminal, and the suspects are already locked up . . .

Quebec, 1994. Fraud artist Abigail, the newest arrival at the Joliette Institution for Women, is struggling to adjust to the prison's communal quarters. Her fellow inmates only give out the bare bones of their crimes, and it's quite the roll call. Doi took a hatchet to her own daughter. Malka poisoned her husband. And that's Severn House Publishers just for starters. Abigail keeps her head down, does her best to make friends with the band of killers, tries to 9780727890733 survive. Pub Date: 2/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket But on an ordinary, quiet day, the extraordinary happens: a prisoner is found face-down in a toilet stall, a strangulation wire around her neck. Trouble, Abigail realises, is ahead. 256 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Sergeant-Detective Emile Cinq-Mars is summoned from Montreal to investigate. He put Abigail away - and Detective now she's the prime suspect. But other, darker, forces are interested in Abigail, and Emile interferes at his FIC022060 own peril. For as he'll soon discover, in Lady Jail, nothing is a... Series: An Émile Cinq-Mars thriller Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W John Farrow is the pseudonym of Trevor Ferguson, a Canadian novelist and playwright with eight previous novels in the �mile Cinq-Mars thriller series and seven literary novels under his own name. Booklist in New York has called his crime series the best of our time. Die Zeit in Germany has called it the best of all time.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Murder by Numbers Eric Brown

December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré, receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of artist Maxwell Falwell Fenton. Upon arrival, they meet five strangers who have also received numbered invitations. They all had a reason to hate Maxwell, including Maria. And then, some...

Summary And then there was one . . . can Donald Langham and Maria Dupré stop a killer who's picking off victims one by one?

December, 1956. Donald Langham's wife Maria Dupré receives a chilling invitation to attend a death at the home of Maxwell Falwell Fenton in Essex. The once-prominent artist has a number of enemies, and has faded into obscurity since the war ended. Is the invitation to his own death or someone else's? Arriving at Severn House Publishers Winterfield on a cold winter evening, Donald and Maria meet five strangers who have also received numbered 9780727890771 invitations. They all had a reason to hate or fear Maxwell, including Maria, who reveals a secret from her own Pub Date: 2/2/21 past. But is she telling the whole truth? The soiree produces a gruesome and dramatic twist, but it's about to $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket get much worse when someone starts picking off the six, one by one. Can Donald untangle lies, betrayal, and incredible revelations to identify the killer before Maria becomes the next victim? 208 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Contributor Bio Fiction / Mystery & Detective Two times winner of the British Science Fiction Award, Eric Brown is the author of thirty science fiction novels FIC022030 and numerous short story collections. He writes a monthly review column for the Guardian. He has written Series: A Langham & Dupre five previous Langham and Dupré mysteries,Murder by the Book, Murder at the Chase, Murder at the Loch, Mystery Murder Take Three andMurder Takes a Turn. Born in Haworth, West Yorkshire, he now lives near Dunbar in 9 in H | 5.9 in W Scotland.

Cruel as the Grave Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat. His heartlessly dumped girlfriend, blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect - she had means, opportunity, and motive. But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? The deeper Slider and his team dig, the clearer it becomes there's far more ...

Summary The murder of a personal fitness trainer draws DCI Bill Slider and his team into a baffling investigation where nothing is as it first appears.

Fitness trainer Erik Lingoss is found dead in his west London flat, his head smashed by one of his own dumbbells. His heartlessly-dumped girlfriend, blood on her clothes and hands, is the prime suspect. She had means, opportunity, and motive. Severn House Publishers 9780727890856 But is the case as clear-cut as it seems? Handsome Erik Lingoss had clients in high places; and he seemed to Pub Date: 2/2/21 engender powerful emotions. If it was a crime of passion, there was plenty of that to go round: love strong as $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket death, jealousy cruel as the grave.

256 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Who did he let in to his flat that evening? Where is his missing mobile phone? Why is seven hundred pounds Fiction / Mystery & in cash stuffed under his pillow? The deeper Slider and his team dig, the clearer it becomes there's far more Detective to this case than meets the eye. FIC022020 Series: A Bill Slider Mystery Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W Cynthia Harrod-Eagles was born and educated in London and had a variety of jobs in the commercial world before becoming a full-time writer. She is the author of the internationally acclaimed Bill Slider mysteries and the historical Morland Dynasty series. She lives in London, is married with three children and enjoys music, wine, gardening, horses and the English countryside.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Guilt at the Garage Simon Brett

Carole Seddon treasures her trusty Renault, and when it is vandalised, there's only one person she will entrust with its repair: Bill Shefford. But then a note is shoved under Carole's kitchen door: Watch out. The car window was just the start. And matters take an even more disturbing turn when a bo...

Summary When Carole Seddon's car is vandalised, it heralds the start of a disturbing series of events in the witty and entertaining new Fethering mystery.

Carole Seddon's trusty Renault is one of her most treasured possessions. So when it is vandalised, there's only one person she will entrust with its repair: Bill Shefford has been servicing the vehicles of the good citizens of Fethering for many years. But how could something like this happen in Fethering of all places? Severn House Publishers 9781780291321 Then the note is shoved under Carole's kitchen door: Watch out. The car window was just the start. It would Pub Date: 2/2/21 appear that she has been deliberately targeted. But by whom . and why? $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Matters take an even more disturbing turn when a body is discovered at Shefford's Garage, crushed to death 192 Pages by a falling gearbox. It would appear to be a tragic accident. Carole and her neighbour Jude are not so sure. Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & And the more they start to ask questions, the more evidence they uncover of decidedly foul play . Detective FIC022040 Contributor Bio Series: A Fethering Mystery SIMON BRETT worked as a producer in radio and television before taking up writing full-time. He was 9 in H | 5.9 in W awarded an OBE in the 2016 New Year's Honours for services to Literature and also was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 2014 he won the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger for an outstanding body of work. simonbrett.com

Legacy of Death Judith Cutler

Land agent Matthew Rowsley and his capable wife Harriet are part of a group of trustees assigned to manage Thorncroft House - until matters take a disturbing turn when Lord Croft's long-lost cousin and heir, Julius Trescothick, arrives, ready to claim his inheritance. But is he who he claims to be ....

Summary When the family butler is brutally attacked, land agent Matthew Rowsley and his wife Harriet determine to find the culprit in this gripping Victorian mystery. With his lordship's mental health failing, management of his grand country estate has been assigned to a group of trustees, including land agent Matthew Rowsley and his capable wife Harriet. But the smooth running of Thorncroft House is disrupted by a series of unforeseen events. Building work on the estate workers' new cottages is halted by the discovery of Roman remains. Shortly afterwards, the family butler is brutally assaulted and left for dead. A random attack

Severn House Publishers - or was he deliberately targeted? Matters take an even more disturbing turn when Lord Croft's long-lost 9780727889393 cousin and heir, Julius Trescothick, arrives from Australia, ready to claim his inheritance. But is he who he Pub Date: 3/2/21 claims to be . and what are his true intentions? If they are to preserve Thorncroft House and a way of life $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD that has continued for centuries, Matthew and Harriet must uncover the truth behind Trescothick's identity Hardcover with dust jacket and solve a series of interlocking myste... 240 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Contributor Bio Fiction / Mystery & Detective A former secretary of the Crime Writers' Association, Judith Cutler has taught Creative Writing at universities FIC022060 and colleges for over thirty years and has run occasional courses elsewhere (from a maximum-security prison Series: A Matthew Rowsley to an idyllic Greek island). She is the author of more than forty novels. mystery 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Death Grip Elaine Viets

Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself on a grim walk deep in the Missouri woods. The body of Terri Gibbons, the Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been discovered in a muddy creek, and Angela is needed on the scene. Could a message found in Terr...

Summary Every town has its secrets. Some are too deadly to stay hidden.

Chouteau County's super-rich know how to cover up a scandal, but when it comes to murder, they'd better watch their backs . . . Death investigator Angela Richman is determined to see a killer brought to justice in this sharply written and darkly entertaining mystery set in Missouri, perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner and J.A. Jance. Severn House Publishers 9780727890184 Angela Richman, Chouteau County death investigator, finds herself deep in the Missouri woods on a perfect Pub Date: 3/2/21 spring day. But there is nothing idyllic about her grim walk - a body has been discovered in a muddy creek, $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket and Detective Jace Budewitz wants Angela on the scene.

208 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Terri Gibbons, the popular Forest High track star who went missing eight months ago, has been found Fiction / Mystery & strangled. Could a message found in Terri's shoe hold the key to catching her killer? Chouteau Forest is a Detective town of privilege and secrets, where everyone has something to hide . . . Can Angela overcome the many FIC022040 obstacles in her way to see justice served when the Forest's wealthy residents will go to any lengths to Series: An Angela Richman, Death Investigator mystery prevent the truth bein... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Elaine Viets returns to her hardboiled roots with her Angela Richman, Death Investigator series. A Star Is Dead is the latest, following Fire and Ashes and Brain Storm, and the novella Ice Blonde. Elaine has 34 bestselling mysteries in four series, including the Dead-End Job mysteries and the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series. A St Louis native, Elaine took the Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Course for forensic professionals at St Louis University. She has previously won the Agatha, Anthony and Lefty Awards. Elaine

Summer of Secrets Cora Harrison

August, 1856. The dress rehearsal for a charity performance at Knebworth House is disrupted by the discovery of a body lying in the centre of the stage, shot to death. With everyone involved in the play coming under suspicion, writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, spending the summer at...

Summary When a murder is staged at magnificent Knebworth House, Victorian writer-sleuths, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins investigate.

August, 1856. Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens are spending the summer at Knebworth House, the magnificent Hertfordshire home of fellow writer Lord Edward Bulwer-Lytton, where they are putting on a charity performance of one of Lord Edward's most successful plays, The Lady of Lyon. But the dress rehearsal Severn House Publishers is disrupted by the discovery of a body lying in the centre of the stage, shot to death. 9780727890399 Pub Date: 3/2/21 With everyone involved in the play coming under suspicion, the two writer-sleuths feel compelled to $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket investigate. Their enquiries unearth a number of scandalous secrets lurking among the writers, artists and actors assembled at Knebworth. Secrets that stretch back more than twenty years. Secrets that will have 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 devastating repercussions for the present. Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022060 Cora Harrison has written over 50 book for adults and children, including the Burren mysteries. She lives Series: A Gaslight Mystery near the Burren in the west of Ireland. coraharrison.com 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Becoming Inspector Chen Qiu Xiaolong

Chief Inspector Chen, facing possible disciplinary action, is excluded from a new investigation that has seen a poem said to be criticising the current government removed from the Internet. Left fearing for his career he finds himself reflecting on his life growing up during the Cultural Revolution ...

Summary Inspector Chen is excluded from a poetry case as he awaits possible disciplinary action, leaving him to reflect on his career . . . but does his past hold a clue to the poetry case?

After a number of grueling cases Chief Inspector Chen is facing mounting pressure from his superiors, many of whom are concerned with where his loyalties lie. What's more, he is excluded from an investigation into an incendiary poem posted on an online forum. Severn House Publishers 9780727890443 Wracked with self-doubt and facing an anxious wait to discover the fate of his career, Chen is left to reflect on Pub Date: 3/2/21 the events that have led to where he is now - from his amateur investigations as a child during the Cultural $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Revolution, to his very first case on the Shanghai Police Force.

240 Pages Has fighting for the Chinese people and the morals he believes in put him in conflict with the Party? Why is he Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & being kept away from the new case? As well as his career, is his life now also at risk? Detective FIC022080 Contributor Bio Series: An Inspector Chen Anthony Award winning author Qiu Xiaolong was born in Shanghai and moved to Washington University in St mystery Louis, US, to complete a PhD degree in comparative literature. After the Tiananmen tragedy in 1989 he 9 in H | 5.9 in W stayed on in St Louis where he still lives with his wife. Qiu's sold over two million copies of his Inspector Chen mysteries worldwide and been published in twenty languages. On top of his fiction, he is a prize-winning writer of poetry. All the titles in the Inspector Chen series, including Hold Your Breath, China, have been dramatized in BBC Radio 4 productions. www.qiuxiaolong.com

Cry Darkness Hilary Bonner

Dr Sandy Jones politely brushes-off her old friend Connie Pike when she unexpectedly calls. A few days later, Connie is killed in an explosion at her laboratory. Consumed by guilt, Jones heads to New Jersey, determined to find out the truth behind Connie's death - and exactly what Connie had been tr...

Summary A mind-blowing discovery. A deadly conspiracy.

Caught off-guard when she receives an unexpected phone call from an old friend she hasn't seen in 20 years, Dr Sandy Jones gives Connie Pike a polite brush-off. A few days later, she learns that Connie has been killed in an explosion at her Princeton laboratory.

Severn House Publishers Consumed by guilt, Jones heads to New Jersey, determined to find out the truth behind Connie's death - and 9780727890511 exactly what Connie had been trying to tell her in that last anxious phone call. Having previously participated Pub Date: 3/2/21 in Connie's and her lab partner, Paul Ruder's, life's work, the study of the human mind, Jones becomes $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket convinced the pair had made a momentous scientific discovery shortly before the explosion, a discovery that could change the world as we know it. 272 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Thrillers But who are the shadowy figures who are never far behind Jones as she continues her quest for the truth? As FIC030000 she gradually uncovers evidence of a terrifying global conspiracy, Sandy begins to fear for her life - and the 9 in H | 5.9 in W lives of those around her. Contributor Bio Hilary Bonner was previously the showbusiness editor of the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mirror. She lives in Somerset with her partner, the actress, Amanda Barrie. @Hilary_Bonner hilarybonner.com/blog.html

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The Quake Cities Mark Wheaton

Alice awakes with no idea where she is and why there appear to be mercenaries tracking her down. She is found and aided by Este, a pathfinder making a living in the quake-ravaged Los Angeles. Together they battle their way across the US to find Alice's family, all while discovering why Alice is valu...

Summary A woman tries to find her way home in a world decimated by earthquakes, but there are people determined to stop her and harvest her DNA.

Alice wakes up in the Los Angeles Quake Zone in 2025 having no idea how she got there. As her memories slowly return, she finds she's being hunted by several armed groups intent on capturing her alive.

Severn House Publishers At the same time, Este, a survivor of the quakes that destroyed Los Angeles, makes a living as a pathfinder 9780727890528 for salvage teams in the city. Este rescues Alice from her pursuers and learns there is something not quite Pub Date: 3/2/21 right about her - Alice is convinced it is 2003. $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Aided by Este's occasional boyfriend Wilfredo and her dog Casey, Este and Alice try to evade those chasing 224 Pages Alice and discover why they value her so highly, all while trying to reunite her with her family as the Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Science Fiction earthquakes around the world grow worse. FIC028070 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Starting out working in a computer factory, Mark Wheaton took his first steps into writing as a journalist for movie magazines such as Total Film and SFX. Since then he has written for video games, comic books, HBO, Sony and the Disney Channel, and worked with filmmakers such as Sam Raimi and Michael Bay. He is the author of Fields of Wrath, City of Strangers and Wages of Sin, and of Emily Eternal under the pseudonym M.G. Wheaton. www.mark-wheaton.com

Gillard's Sting Margaret Duffy

Patrick Gillard is drawn out of retirement when his former NCA boss asks him to find John Brinkley, a newly retired commander of the Metropolitan Police who has gone missing. Patrick is convinced that there's more to the disappearance than meets the eye. What does Brinkley know that has the Met, MI5...

Summary The stakes couldn't be higher for Patrick Gillard when he is drawn out of retirement to find a missing former Met commander - but Patrick's not the only one on his tail . . . Patrick Gillard is drawn out of retirement when his former NCA boss, Commander Michael Greenway, appears on his doorstep. John Brinkley, a newly retired commander of the Metropolitan Police, has gone missing, and Greenway wants Patrick to find him. Brinkley is wanted in connection with corruption in the Met, but Patrick is convinced that there's more to his disappearance than meets the eye. Why is Brinkley's old boss, Assistant Commissioner Luke Wallingford, Severn House Publishers so keen on his arrest, and what does Brinkley know that has the Met, MI5 and dangerous mobsters all on his 9780727890542 tail? Patrick and his wife and working partner, Ingrid Langley, soon realize that the stakes are far higher than Pub Date: 3/2/21 they imagined - and that someone is prepared to go to any lengths to keep what Brinkley knows hidden . . . $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Contributor Bio 224 Pages Margaret Duffy is the author of numerous bestselling books and has also worked for both the Inland Carton Qty: 20 Revenue and the Ministry of Defence. She now divides her time between writing and gardening. Fiction / Mystery & Detective FIC022020 Series: Gillard & Langley 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Courting Catherine Nora Roberts

Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, known as the Towers, in the family. She admits the cost of keeping up the crumbling mansion might be quickly exceeding what her family can afford, but the only way to save the house can't be to sell it. Especially not to arrogant an...

Summary Headstrong Catherine Calhoun wasn't going to let anyone take away the Towers, especially not ruthless hotel magnate Trenton St James.

Catherine "C.C." Calhoun is determined to keep her family's estate, known affectionately as the Towers, in the family. She admits the cost of keeping up the crumbling mansion might be quickly exceeding what C.C., her sisters and her aunt can afford, but the only way to save the house can't be to sell it. Especially not to Severn House Publishers arrogant and handsome hotel magnate Trenton St James III. 9780727890672 Pub Date: 3/2/21 Trent doesn't believe in mixing business with pleasure, especially with a woman who expects - and deserves - $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket true love and marriage. Trent has little faith in either. And yet, C.C.'s passion and purpose begin to change his mind about the Towers . . . and about love. But can he have one without sacrificing the other? 192 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Romance This is a first-time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market FIC027020 paperback. 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Nora Roberts is the New York Times No 1 bestselling author of more than 200 novels, and there are over 500 million copies of her books in print. Under the pen name J. D. Robb, she is author of the New York Times bestselling futuristic suspense series featuring Lieutenant Eve Dallas and Roarke.

Old Sins Jane A. Adams

The discovery of the bodies of two retired policemen, Walter Cole and Hayden Paul, sounds warning bells to DCI Henry Johnstone. Their deaths were staged to look like suicides, and Hayden left a note containing two words: old sins. Henry is forced to relive an old case he worked on with Cole and Paul...

Summary The past is never far behind you . . .

Old sins have a nasty way of catching up with you, as Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone discovers in this gripping historical mystery, which takes him back to a difficult case in his early days as a police officer. Full of unexpected twists, this is a must-read for fans of Downton Abbey and Jacqueline Winspear. Severn House Publishers 9780727892447 1929. The discovery of the bodies of two retired policemen, Walter Cole and Hayden Paul, sounds warning Pub Date: 3/2/21 bells to DCI Henry Johnstone. Both men were experiencing financial difficulties, and their deaths were staged $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket to look like suicides. Hayden left a note containing two words: old sins. And when Henry attends his sister's Halloween party, he is approached by a flamenco dancer who leaves a note with the name of another man. 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Could this be a grim warning? Fiction / Mystery & Detective Henry is forced on a painful journey back to an old case he worked on with Cole and Paul. Is someone playing FIC022060 a deadly game with Henry, and is he about to pay for his past mistakes? With Detective Sergeant Mickey Series: A Henry Johnstone Mystery Hitchens by his side and his family at risk, Henry must catch a dangerous ... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Jane A. Adams was born in Leicestershire, where she still lives. She has a degree in sociology and has held a variety of jobs, including lead vocalist in a folk rock band. She is now an artist and photographer, as well as a writer and Royal Literary Fund Fellow. Her first book, The Greenway, was shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Award and for the Author's Club Best First Novel Award. As well as the Henry Johnstone series, Adams is the author of the highly acclaimed Naomi Blake and Rina Martin mystery series.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS To The Dark Chris Nickson

Leeds, 1822. The body of Laurence Poole, a petty local thief, emerges from the melting snow by the river at Flay Cross Mill. Could a coded notebook found in his room explain what caused his death? Thief-taker Simon Westow's hunt for the truth pits him against some dangerous, powerful enemies who'll ...

Summary Winter is about to take a chilling twist...

Thief-taker Simon Westow is drawn into a deadly puzzle when the melting snow reveals a dark secret in this gripping historical mystery, perfect for fans of Anne Perry and Charles Finch.

Leeds, 1822. The city is in the grip of winter, but the chill deepens for thief-taker Simon Westow and his Severn House Publishers young assistant, Jane, when the body of Laurence Poole, a petty local thief, emerges from the melting snow 9780727892454 by the river at Flay Cross Mill. Pub Date: 3/2/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket A coded notebook found in Laurence's room mentions Charlie Harker, the most notorious fence in Leeds who's now running for his life, and the mysterious words: To the dark. What was Laurence hiding that caused his 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 death? Simon's hunt for the truth pits him against some dangerous, powerful enemies who'll happily kill him Fiction / Mystery & in a heartbeat - if they can. Detective FIC022060 Contributor Bio Series: A Simon Westow mystery Chris Nickson is the author of six Tom Harper mysteries and seven highly acclaimed novels in the Richard Nottingham series. He is also a well-known music journalist. He lives in his beloved Leeds. 9 in H | 5.9 in W

The Stone of Destiny Paul Doherty

During the harsh winter of 1381 murder stalks the streets of London in all its grisly forms. Westminster Abbey, which houses the sacred Stone of Scone, is plagued by a series of hideous poisonings. Could there be a connection between these violent deaths and the stone, which the English crown cheris...

Summary A series of grisly deaths are linked to the sacred Stone of Scone in this compelling medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan. "This abbey is a strange place, Brother Athelstan. A hall of ghosts, a place of flitting shadows. The dead throng here. I can hear them whispering as they ride the air." During the harsh winter of 1381 murder stalks the streets of London in all its grisly forms. The city's prostitutes are falling prey to a silent, deadly assassin known as The Flayer who carefully peels his victims' skins for his collection. At the same time, Westminster Abbey, which houses the sacred Stone of Scone, is Severn House Publishers plagued by a series of hideous poisonings. Could there be a connection between these brutally violent deaths 9781780291147 and the stone, which the English crown cherishes as a symbol of its rule over Scotland? Then there are the Pub Date: 3/2/21 two former Upright Men, leaders of the Great Revolt, who are found mysteriously hanged in the Piebald $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Tavern, close to Brother Athelstan's parish church of St Erconwald - and Athelstan is faced with his most baffling investigation to date. Can he na... 224 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Contributor Bio Fiction / Mystery & Detective Paul Doherty has written over 100 books and was awarded the Herodotus Award, for lifelong achievement FIC022060 for excellence in the writing of historical mysteries by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. His books Series: A Brother Athelstan have been translated into more than twenty languages and include the historical mysteries of Brother Mystery Athelstan and Hugh Corbett. paulcdoherty.com 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Last Nocturne M.J. Trow

London. May, 1878. Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired by the artist James Whistler to dig into the past of outspoken critic John Ruskin. But the detectives are sidetracked by the murder of a prostitute in nearby Cremorne Gardens. Could there be a connection betw...

Summary Private detectives Grand & Batchelor's latest case draws them into the arcane world of high art and high society in this compelling Victorian mystery. London. May, 1878. Private enquiry agents Matthew Grand and James Batchelor have been hired by the artist James Whistler to dig into the past of outspoken critic John Ruskin, with whom he has an ongoing feud. Not particularly optimistic of success, the two detectives are sidetracked from the investigation by the murder of a prostitute in nearby Cremorne Gardens. Her body posed on a park bench, a book on birth control sitting on her lap, Clara Jenkins is not the first

Severn House Publishers young woman to have met a similarly grisly fate - and she won't be the last. Could there be a connection 9781780291307 between the Cremorne killer and their art world case? With the investigation heading nowhere fast, Grand Pub Date: 3/2/21 comes up with a decidedly unorthodox plan to ensnare the killer. But even the best-laid plans have a nasty $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD habit of going catastrophically awry ... Hardcover with dust jacket

224 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 20 M.J. Trow is a military historian by training and the author of the longrunning Inspector Lestrade and 'Mad Fiction / Mystery & Detective Max' Maxwell detective series, as well as the Kit Marlowe Tudor mystery series. He lives in the Isle of Wight. FIC022060 Series: A Grand & Batchelor Victorian Mystery 9 in H | 5.9 in W

The Garden of Angels David Hewson

Nico Uccello’s grandfather is dying, and from his deathbed he gives Nico an unwelcome gift: a yellowing manuscript, containing a story Nico must keep secret from his father. Nico loves his grandfather, but as the heart-breaking tale of what really happened in Nazi-occupied Venice of 1943 unfolds, he...

Summary At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943.

The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his

Severn House Publishers beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he’s waited his whole life to 9780727850119 share. Pub Date: 4/6/21 $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches – earning him a week’s suspension and a Hardcover with dust jacket typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he 320 Pages must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . . Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Historical FIC014050 Nico is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the 8.5 in H | 5.3 in W defining moment of his grandfather’s life: when Paolo’s support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of the city’s... Contributor Bio David Hewson is a former journalist with The Times, The Sunday Times and the Independent. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels, including his Rome-based Nic Costa series which has been published in fifteen languages, and his Amsterdam-based series featuring detective Pieter Vos. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing. He lives near Canterbury in Kent.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Murder in the Cloister Tania Bayard

Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace, but soon senses that something is amiss. The prioress reveals that one of the sisters was murdered in the cloister. Fearing for the welfare of the king's daughter who resides at the abbey, she is eager for Christin...

Summary Christine de Pizan is in danger when she is sent to the Priory of Poissy to catch the killer of a young nun in this vividly imagined historical mystery set in fourteenth-century France.

Paris, 1399. Scribe Christine de Pizan is sent to the Priory of Poissy by the palace to copy a manuscript for the prioress. But the prioress already has many copyists at the priory, and Christine senses that something is amiss.

Severn House Publishers 9780727889454 Her suspicions are confirmed when the prioress reveals that one of the sisters has been found murdered in Pub Date: 4/6/21 the cloister. Fearing for the welfare of the king's young daughter who resides at the abbey, she is eager for $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Christine to find out who killed the young nun - and why. Hardcover with dust jacket

224 Pages As Christine investigates, she uncovers dark mischief and closely guarded secrets, but can she unmask a Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & killer? Detective FIC022060 Contributor Bio Series: A Christine de Pizan Tania Bayard is a freelance writer and lecturer specializing in medieval art, culture, and horticulture. She has Mystery taught art history at Fordham, Rutgers, and Hofstra universities and is the author of a number of non-fiction 9 in H | 5.9 in W books, including A Medieval Home Companion: Housekeeping in the Fourteenth Century. Previously, she was the curator of the Biblical Garden at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City and assistant horticulturist at The Cloisters, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Whatever the Cost Michael Kurland

September 1939. In America, counter-intelligence agent Captain Jacob Welker is handed a special assignment from President Roosevelt. Einstein believes the Nazis are aware of a new super weapon made possible by advances in atomic science. As a dangerous new world of physics gathers pace, can Welker p...

Summary Counter-intelligence agent Jacob Welker is on a special mission to find a group of scientists who could change the course of World War II in this smartly written historical espionage thriller.

September 1939. Germany has declared war on Poland, and in German Pomerania, Professor Josef Brun is on the run from the SS, carrying secret documents that could change the course of the war. If he can make it to France or Britain. If he can survive . . . Severn House Publishers 9780727889706 In America, counter-intelligence agent Captain Jacob Welker is handed a special assignment from President Pub Date: 4/6/21 Roosevelt. Einstein believes the Nazis are aware of a new super weapon made possible by advances in atomic $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket science, and only a small group of scientists can stop them winning the race to develop it. Enlisting the help of his British friends, Lord Geoffrey and Patricia Saboy, Welker must find the scientists and get them out of 256 Pages Germany from under the Nazi's noses. As a dangerous new world of physics gathers pace, can Welker prevent Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Thrillers the war taking a catastrophic new turn? FIC006000 Series: A Welker & Saboy Contributor Bio thriller A native of New York City now living on California's Central Coast, Michael Kurland served four years in a 9 in H | 5.9 in W branch of Army Intelligence, both in the United States and in Europe. He is the author of over forty books, ranging from fantasy to mystery. He has been nominated for the Edgar award twice, for A Plague of Spies and The Infernal Device, the latter of which was also an American Book Award finalist. The first title in the Welker & Saboy series, The Bells of Hell, is also published by Severn House.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Head Case Michael Wiley

While in the hospital recuperating from a gunshot wound, Chicago PI Sam Kelson is approached by a nurse who's troubled by three recent deaths - patients who died when they shouldn't have. Has someone been killing patients? As Kelson digs deeper, he comes to realize that someone is determined to prev...

Summary Chicago private investigator Sam Kelson uncovers more than he bargained for when he investigates a series of suspicious deaths at the Clement Memorial Hospital.

"My friend, this place is killing people."

While in the hospital recuperating from a gunshot wound, Chicago PI Sam Kelson is approached by a nurse Severn House Publishers who's troubled by three recent deaths. No pattern, no connection - except that three patients died when they 9780727889836 shouldn't have. Pub Date: 4/6/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Initially skeptical, Kelson starts asking questions - and the more he uncovers, the clearer it becomes that something isn't right. What exactly has been going on at Clement Memorial Hospital? Has someone been 240 Pages killing patients? If so, why? As Kelson digs deeper, he comes to realize that someone is determined to prevent Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & him finding out the truth. Whatever it takes. Detective FIC022090 Contributor Bio Series: A Sam Kelson Michael Wiley was brought up in Chicago, and now teaches literature at the University of North Florida in mystery Jacksonville. As well as the Sam Kelson mystery series, he is the Shamus Award-winning author of the 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Chicago-based Joe Kozmarski PI series, the Daniel Turner and the Franky Dast series. His Franky Dast thriller, Monument Road, was nominated for the 2018 Shamus Best PI Novel award.

Done Gone Marcia Talley

Hannah Ives is worried when her friends and long-time neighbours, Peter and Trish Young, are a surprising no-show at her Italian night. The couple seem to have vanished without a trace. Have they made a quick getaway and 'done gone'? Hannah's investigations into the Youngs' disappearance lead her to...

Summary Hannah Ives' neighbour is on the run, but the past is about to catch up with her in this compelling mystery.

Hannah Ives is worried when her friends and long-time neighbours, Peter and Trish Young, are a surprising no-show at her Italian night. The couple seem to have vanished without a trace. Have they made a quick getaway and 'done gone'?

Severn House Publishers 9780727890221 As she struggles to make sense of the Youngs' disappearance, Hannah gets a call from Trish. But when she Pub Date: 4/6/21 meets up with her heavily disguised friend, their reunion takes a devastating twist. Keen to help Trish, $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hannah's investigations lead her to a series of dark discoveries and secrets involving powerful political figures. Hardcover with dust jacket With stakes getting higher and her own life on the line, can Hannah survive her journey into Trish's past long 192 Pages enough to find out who wants to silence her, and why? Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022040 Marcia Talley is the Agatha and Anthony award-winning author of seventeen previous crime novels featuring Series: A Hannah Ives sleuth Hannah Ives. Her short stories appear in more than a dozen collections and have been reprinted in Mystery several of The Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories anthologies. She is a past president of Sisters in 9 in H | 5.9 in W Crime, Inc. Marcia lives in Annapolis, Maryland, but spends the winter months in a quaint Loyalist cottage in the Bahamas. Previous titles in the popular Hannah Ives series published by Severn House include Footprints to Murder, Mile High Murder and Tangled Roots.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS First Comes Marriage Debbie Macomber

Janine Hartman loved her grandfather dearly - but she balked at his plan to choose her a husband, despite his insistence that he'd found her the perfect match. Janine and Zach Thomas, the intended groom, didn't agree. In fact, they agreed on only one thing - that Gramps was a stubborn, meddling old ...

Summary Anton Hartman believes that he's found the perfect husband for his spirited granddaughter Janine, but she can't stand Zach Thomas . . .

Janine Hartman loved her grandfather dearly - but she balked at his plan to choose her a husband. Zach Thomas, the intended groom, didn't like it any better.

Severn House Publishers Zach had recently merged his business with the Hartman family firm, and that was the only Hartman-Thomas 9780727890610 merger he wanted. But Grandfather had other ideas, ideas belonging to a different place, a different time, Pub Date: 4/6/21 when marriages were arranged by families. "It would be a perfect match," he insisted. "You two suit each $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket other."

192 Pages Zach and Janine didn't agree. In fact, they agreed on only one thing - that Gramps was a stubborn, meddling Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Romance old man. But . . . what if he was right? FIC027020 9 in H | 5.9 in W This is a first-time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market paperback. Contributor Bio Debbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today's most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. Macomber's novels have spent over 1,000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

On an Outgoing Tide Caro Ramsay

The body of a young woman is found drifting lifelessly on the outgoing tide. Before detectives Anderson and Costello can make headway, they are pulled off the case to investigate the murder of a pensioner in his own home - and they uncover a number of secrets in the dead man's past. Secrets that lin...

Summary Two murders, forty years apart. What links them? Detectives Anderson & Costello undertake their most baffling investigation to date.

The body is found in the early hours of the morning, drifting lifelessly on the outgoing tide. Twenty-three- year-old medical student Aasha Ariti had been enjoying a night out to celebrate the end of lockdown. Anthony Poole, the last person to have seen her alive, is the prime suspect. Severn House Publishers 9780727890757 Before detectives Anderson and Costello can make further headway, they are pulled off the case to investigate Pub Date: 4/6/21 the murder of a pensioner in his own home. The body of eighty-one-year-old Jimmy Pearcey reveals evidence $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket of prolonged, excruciating torture in the hours before he died. Of one thing DCI Anderson is certain: this killing was very close and very personal. But the victim was a loner, without friends or relatives. 256 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & As they dig deeper however, the two detectives uncover a number of secrets in the dead man's past. Secrets Detective that link to another murder more than forty years before. What really happened on 21st June 1978? Someone FIC022020 is determined to ensure that Anderson and Costel... Series: An Anderson & Costello Mystery Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W CARO RAMSAY is the Glaswegian author of the critically acclaimed DI Anderson and DS Costello series, the first of which, Absolution, was shortlisted for the CWA's New Blood Dagger for best debut of the year. The ninth book in the series, The Suffering of Strangers, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize 2018. @CaroRamsayBooks | caroramsay.com

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The French Paradox Ellen Crosby

In 1949, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis had a romantic relationship with Lucie Montgomery's French grandfather - until recently, a well-kept secret. Seventy years later, as Lucie's grandfather is flying to Virginia for a 90th birthday party for Cricket Delacroix, Lucie's neighbor and Jackie's schoolfrie...

Summary Lucie Montgomery's discovery of her grandfather's Parisian romance unlocks a series of shocking secrets in the gripping new Wine Country mystery.

In 1949, during her junior year abroad in Paris, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis bought several inexpensive paintings of Marie-Antoinette by a little-known 18th century female artist. She also had a romantic relationship with Virginia vineyard owner Lucie Montgomery's French grandfather - until recently, a well-kept Severn House Publishers secret. 9780727891013 Pub Date: 4/6/21 Seventy years later, Cricket Delacroix, Lucie's neighbor and Jackie's schoolfriend, is donating the now priceless $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket paintings to a Washington, DC museum. And Lucie's grandfather is flying to Virginia for Cricket's 90th birthday party, hosted by her daughter Harriet. A washed-up journalist, Harriet is rewriting a manuscript Jackie left 256 Pages behind about Marie-Antoinette and her portraitist. She's also adding tell-all details about Jackie, sure to make Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & the book a bestseller. Detective FIC022040 Then on the eve of the party a world-famous landscape designer who also knew Jackie is found dead in Series: A Wine Country mystery Lucie's vineyard. Did someone make good on the death threats he'... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Ellen Crosby is a former reporter for the Washington Post and foreign correspondent for ABC News Radio. She has spent many years overseas in Europe, but now lives in Virginia with her husband and three sons. She is the author of ten previous Wine Country mysteries.

The Best Thing You Can Steal Simon R. Green

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. Now, Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. So he's goin...

Summary Welcome to London, but not as you know it. A place where magics and horror run free, wonders and miracles are everyday things, and the dark streets are full of very shadowy people . . .

Gideon Sable is a thief and a con man. He specializes in stealing the kind of things that can't normally be stolen. Like a ghost's clothes, or a photo from a country that never existed. He even stole his current identity. Who was he originally? Now, that would be telling. One thing's for sure though, he's not the bad guy. The Severn House Publishers people he steals from always have it coming. 9780727891228 Pub Date: 4/6/21 Gideon's planning a heist, to steal the only thing that matters from the worst man in the world. To get past $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket his security, he's going to need a crew who can do the impossible . . . but luckily, he has the right people in mind. The Damned, the Ghost, the Wild Card . . . and his ex-girlfriend, Annie Anybody. A woman who can be 192 Pages anyone, with the power to make technology fall in love with her. Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Fantasy FIC009060 If things go well, they'll all get what they want. And if they're lucky, they might not even die trying . . . Series: A Gideon Sable novel 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the author of more than fifty science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The Drummers Tricia Fields

A community known as The Drummers move into an abandoned church in Artemis, Texas. They claim to want to live peacefully "off grid" but when local power substations are sabotaged they are the prime suspects. When Police Chief Josie Gray tries to enter the church bullets fly and she is accused by the...

Summary Police Chief Josie Gray's life is complicated when sparks and bullets begin to fly after her small town in Texas is overrun by a community wishing to live "off grid."

The residents of the small town of Artemis are suspicious when a community called The Drummers moves into a local abandoned church. Their leader, Gideon, claims their aim is simple: to live peacefully off the grid without government interference. But when local power substations are sabotaged and the whole of West Severn House Publishers Texas loses electricity, all fingers point to them. 9780727892478 Pub Date: 4/6/21 Forced to intervene, Police Chief Josie Gray and her team try to enter the church only for gunshots to be $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket exchanged. Inside the church one young girl is killed, with Gideon claiming Josie's stray bullet hit her.

240 Pages Was Josie responsible? Did one of The Drummers murder the girl and use Josie as a patsy? Were The Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Drummers responsible for the power outage? As Josie identifies an ever-widening pool of suspects, she learns Detective of a shocking connection reaching far beyond West Texas. FIC022040 Series: A Josie Gray mystery Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W Born in Hawaii but spending most of her life in Indiana, Tricia Fields now lives with her family in a log cabin on a small farm. Fields won the Tony Hillerman Prize for her first novel in the Josie Gray mystery series, The Territory, which was also named a Sun-Sentinel Best Mystery Debut of the Year.

Hostile State, A Adrian Magson

Deep cover specialist Marc Portman is in Lebanon for a straightforward collect-and-go job - at least it should have been. Ambushed by a surprise attack, it's clear that someone must have had advance warning of his arrival. If he is to survive, he must use his unique skill set to turn the tables on h...

Summary A routine assignment for deep cover specialist Marc Portman becomes something darker and deeper in this action-packed spy thriller.

Deep cover specialist Marc Portman is in Lebanon on a last-minute assignment. A straightforward collect- and-go job. At least it should have been.

Severn House Publishers Ambushed by a surprise attack, it's clear that someone must have had advance warning of Portman's arrival. 9780727850270 But who is his unseen enemy - clearly one with considerable resources - and why do they want him dead? Pub Date: 5/4/21 More importantly, how could his attacker have known of his movements with less than 24 hours' notice? $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Concluding there must be an active leak at the heart of the CIA, Portman finds himself virtually alone and on 256 Pages the run, hung out to dry by the powers-that-be. If he is to survive, he must use his unique skill set to turn Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Thrillers the tables on his pursuers . . . and beat them at their own game. FIC006000 Series: A Marc Portman Contributor Bio thriller Adrian Magson is the author of three previous Marc Portman thrillers, as well as the Harry Tate, Lucas Rocco 9 in H | 5.9 in W and Riley Gavin/Frank Palmer series. He has also written a writers' help book based on his 'Beginners' column in Writing Magazine. Adrian was previously shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger Award. @AdrianMagson1 | adrianmagson.com

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mean and Shellfish Tamar Myers

When Magdalena Yoder had the brainwave for the annual Billy Goat Gruff Festival four years ago, little did she expect it to become the highlight of Hernia's social calendar. Unfortunately, the festivities are soon derailed by a series of bizarre pranks and a gruesome discovery. But is the festival r...

Summary Hernia's fourth Billy Goat Gruff Festival is derailed by murder and a series of outrageous pranks in this hilariously entertaining cozy mystery filled with quirky characters - the latest delectable offering in the longrunning Pennsylvania-Dutch mystery series featuring the irrepressible Magdalena Yoder.

The annual Billy Goat Gruff Festival is the undisputed highlight of Hernia's social calendar. But when Magdalena Yoder, village mayor and owner of the PennDutch Inn, had the brainwave four years ago, little did Severn House Publishers she realize that it would soon attract visitors from far and wide - even Australia, as the unexpected arrival of 9780727889294 Gabe's long-lost cousin, Miriam, at the inn confirms. Pub Date: 5/4/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Unfortunately, the shock of Miriam's one-legged appearance is soon usurped by a gruesome discovery, followed by a series of bizarre pranks as the festivities take place. As chaos ensues, Magdalena is spurred into 224 Pages finding a killer. But is the festival really the target, or is it Magdalena herself? Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective A deliciously laugh-out-loud, kooky culinary cozy full of unexpected twists that will entertain and FIC022040 intrigue from start to... Series: A Pennsylvania-Dutch mystery Contributor Bio 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Tamar Myers was born in what was then the Belgian Congo in 1948, where her parents were American- Mennonite missionaries to a tribe of headhunters. She moved to the USA at the age of fifteen. On her mother's side, Tamar is descended from one of the first Amish families to settle in America in 1738. She is the author of more than forty mysteries and many short stories.

Devil in the Detail A.J. Cross

A man and a woman are found in a car in a rundown part of the city, both critically injured. When nothing about the case seems to add up, the police call on the help of criminologist Dr Will Traynor. Traynor knows that it's the small, easily missed details that will crack the case, but not even he c...

Summary A suspected car-jacking leads to something deeper and darker in the compelling new Will Traynor forensic mystery.

The emergency call comes in the early hours of the morning. A man and a woman found in a car in a rundown part of the city, both of them critically injured. A random, opportune attack by a stranger? Or were the pair deliberately targeted? Is there a connection to series of car-jackings which has been plaguing the

Severn House Publishers area? 9780727890375 Pub Date: 5/4/21 Nothing about this case seems to add up. As each theory as to what might have happened leads to yet more $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD questions, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts decides to call on the help of criminologist Dr Will Traynor. Hardcover with dust jacket Traynor knows that it's the small, easily missed details that will crack the case, but not even he could suspect 240 Pages just where those seemingly insignificant details will lead . . . Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022020 A.J. Cross is a forensic psychologist with over twenty years' experience in the field. She lives in Birmingham Series: A Will Traynor with her jazz-musician husband. As well as the Will Traynor series, she is the author of five Kate Hanson Cold forensic mystery Case mysteries. 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Curse of the Cherry Pie, The Amy Patricia Meade

When Tish Tarragon's friend pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. As the bake-off gets underway, Tish learns that her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, has played a deadly role in the previous two competitions. Is the curse o...

Summary A sharp and tangy culinary mystery featuring Tish Tarragon. Can Tish beat the curse of the cherry pie to win first prize at the Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off?

When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, be up to the grade? Severn House Publishers 9780727890559 As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the Pub Date: 5/4/21 previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket making their bakes.

224 Pages Amid bitter rivalries, simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & the cherry pie about to strike again? Detective FIC022130 Contributor Bio Series: A Tish Tarragon Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY. Now residing in Bristol, England, Amy spends her time mystery writing mysteries with a humorous or historical bent, and is a member of Sisters in Crime and The Crime 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Writers Association.

Flat White Sandra Balzo

Maggy Thorsen has taken on a new barista, Christy Wrigley, to fill in at her Wisconsin coffee house. When the new love of her life turns up unexpectedly on the coffee shop's doorstep, Christy is shocked - but what happens next is even more incredible, and Maggy is soon drawn into a deadly blend of b...

Summary Coffee and romance - the perfect way to warm a freezing winter at Uncommon Grounds! Until Maggy Thorsen's new barista's beau turns up on the doorstep, bringing a deadly chill with him...

Maggy Thorsen and her business partner Sarah Kingston have taken on a new barista at their Wisconsin coffee house, Uncommon Grounds, to fill Amy Caprese's boots while she takes a much-needed vacation. Unfortunately Christy Wrigley's barista skills are as underwhelming as her love life, but is her luck about to Severn House Publishers change with her new beau? 9780727890573 Pub Date: 5/4/21 Christy gushes about her long distance, online relationship with Barry Margraves from Denver, leading Maggy $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket to urge caution. When the new love of her life turns up unexpectedly on the coffee shop's doorstep on a snowy winter morning, Christy is shocked - but what follows next is even more staggering, and Maggy is soon 208 Pages Carton Qty: 0 drawn into a deadly blend of betrayal, deception and lies. Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022130 Sandra Balzo built an impressive career as a public relations consultant before authoring the successful Series: A Maggy Thorsen 'Maggy Thorsen' coffeehouse mysteries, the first of which, Uncommon Grounds, was published to stellar Mystery reviews and nominated for an Anthony and Macavity Award. She is also the author of the 'Main Street 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Murders' mystery series published by Severn House.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS The Stud Barbara Delinsky

Jenna McCue wants a baby. Not something that the president of a large chain of successful department stores is used to asking for - and certainly not from Spencer Smith, her best friend's older brother. But Spencer knows that if he agrees, it won't be with test tubes or doctor's offices, as Jenna ex...

Summary "She had something to ask of Spencer Smith. A favor of sorts. A proposition of sorts. A personal, very personal request. An unusual one, for sure."

Jenna McCue wants a baby. Not something that the president of a large chain of successful department stores is used to asking for - and certainly not from her best friend's older brother.

Severn House Publishers And yet, when you think about it, is it really such a big favor? Spencer Smith's a professional adventurer - he 9780727890658 might look on this as one. After all, he'd be doing something he's never done before and it would only take a Pub Date: 5/4/21 few minutes of his time with a test tube in a doctor's office. $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Spencer's not sure he wants to father a baby. But if he agrees, it won't be with test tubes or doctor's offices. 224 Pages It will be the old-fashioned way . . . Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Romance FIC027020 This is a first-time regular print hardcover edition of a title previously available as a mass market 9 in H | 5.9 in W paperback. Contributor Bio A lifelong New Englander, Barbara Delinsky earned a BA in psychology at Tufts University and an MA in sociology at Boston College. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, more books than she'll ever be able to read, two tennis rackets and enough electronic devices to keep in touch with her children and their families.

Secret Mischief Robin Blake

April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a case where nothing is as it first appears. As he attempts to track down a mysterious contract signed by the dead man, Titus realizes that if he does not find an...

Summary The discovery of a body in a pigsty, shot to death, leads Coroner Titus Cragg and Dr Luke Fidelis into a complex and baffling murder investigation.

April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a bizarre and complex case where nothing is as it first appears. As he questions those who knew the victim, it becomes clear that not everyone is telling him the whole truth. Severn House Publishers 9780727890702 Could the motive for the murder lie in a dangerous contract the dead man had signed more than twenty years Pub Date: 5/4/21 before, a so-called tontine agreement? Just what does the victim's enigmatic lawyer, Ambrose Parr, know that $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket he's not revealing? As he and Dr Luke Fidelis attempt to track down the six other signatories to the contract, Titus realizes that if they do not find answers - and fast - more violent deaths will surely follow. 256 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Contributor Bio Fiction / Mystery & Detective Robin Blake is the author of six previous Cragg & Fidelis Mysteries, as well as acclaimed works on the artists FIC022060 Van Dyke and Stubbs. He has written, produced and presented extensively for radio, and is widely published Series: A Cragg and Fidelis as a critic. He lives in London. Mystery 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Company, The Sally Spencer

Bristol, 1991. On his way to a meeting with several members of Conroy Enterprises, Rob Conroy - black sheep of the family - is the only one to walk away alive when the hire car crashes. As Rob struggles to make sense of it all, one thing becomes clear: the crash was not an accident, so the intended ...

Summary In this hard-hitting standalone thriller from Sally Spencer, a crash survivor discovers dark family secrets as he tries to stay alive.

Bristol, 1991. Crammed into a hire car, on their way to a vital appointment, five representatives of Conroy Enterprises are running very late. Rob Conroy, the black sheep of the family, is torn between spiteful amusement at his Uncle Tony's irritation and anxiety for the future. If Conroy Enterprises fails, it will bring Severn House Publishers Rob's own small publishing company down with it. 9780727890948 Pub Date: 5/4/21 But in the space of just two hours, everything changes. The car crashes, leaving Rob the only survivor. And $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket almost simultaneously, Charles Conroy, the elderly family patriarch - who holds control of the company in his iron fist - dies of old age. 272 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Thrillers As Rob and his few remaining relatives struggle to make sense of it all, one thing becomes painfully clear: the FIC031010 crash was not an accident. Which means, Rob soon realises, the intended victim might not be dead . . . 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Contributor Bio Sally Spencer worked as a teacher both in England and Iran - where she witnessed the fall of the Shah. She now lives on the Costa Blanca with her partner, one rescue cat, two rescue dogs and innumerable fruit trees. Having once been an almost fanatical mahjong player, she is now obsessed with duplicate bridge. As well as the Jennie Redhead mysteries, Spencer is also the author of the successful DCI Monika Paniatowski series, the Chief Inspector Woodend mysteries and the Inspector Blackstone series.

Prophet, The Martine Bailey

Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory's perfect life is shaken when a girl is slaughtered beneath the Mondrem Oak on her family's forest estate. Nearby, enigmatic Baptist Gunn is convinced that a second messiah will be born, amid blood and strife, close to the oak on Midsummer's Day. Could the...

Summary Destiny, prophecy and murder weave an intricate web in this beguiling historical mystery. Could a dark prophecy spell danger for Tabitha De Vallory and her unborn child?

Cheshire. May Day, 1753. Tabitha De Vallory believes her life is perfect: she has an imposing home with all the comforts she has ever desired, and is expecting her first child with doting husband Nathaniel De Vallory. But Tabitha's happiness is shaken when a girl is slaughtered beneath the Mondrem Oak on the family's forest Severn House Publishers estate. Recognizing the victim from her former scandalous life, Tabitha vows to find the killer. 9780727891037 Pub Date: 5/4/21 Nearby, enigmatic Baptist Gunn and his followers are convinced that a second messiah will be born, amid $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket blood and strife, close to the oak on Midsummer's Day. Could the girl's murder be linked to Gunn's cryptic prophecy? Do his wild claims of a second saviour spell danger for Tabitha and her unborn child? 288 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & As Midsummer's Day draws closer, Tabitha soon learns the destiny that threatens her and those she holds Detective most dear... FIC022060 Series: A Tabitha Hart mystery Has Tabitha's fate been decided? Beautifully crafted and alluring, full of dark decepti... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Martine Bailey is the author of two previous mysteries: An Appetite for Violets, selected by Booklist as one of their Top Ten crime fiction debuts, and A Penny Heart was one of the The Sunday Times Top Summer Reads in 2015. She lives in Cheshire, England. @MartineBailey | martinebailey.com

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Man Who Wasn't All There, The David Handler

Celebrity-ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag hopes a stay at his ex-wife's idyllic farmhouse will give him inspiration for his new novel - but when oddball neighbor Austin threatens him, he and his basset hound Lulu will need their wits about them, if they're to stay alive.

Summary The latest installment of David Handler's Edgar Award-winning Stewart Hoag mystery series, set in 1990s' New York, sees the ghostwriter-sleuth and his faithful basset hound Lulu inadvertently make a dangerous enemy.

After six glorious weeks of hard work on his long-overdue second novel, celebrity-ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag has hit a crossroads in his plot. He thinks a change of scenery will do him good - and he knows just the Severn House Publishers place. His ex-wife, the actress Merilee Nash, has offered him the use of her idyllic Connecticut farmhouse, 9780727892485 while she's away shooting a movie in Budapest. Pub Date: 5/4/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Hoagy and his beloved basset hound Lulu settle in for a few days' rest and relaxation. Hoagy expects fall splendor, long walks and crisp night air. He doesn't expect Merilee's eccentric, unwelcoming neighbor. Austin 208 Pages Talmadge warns Hoagy not to get on his bad side, but what harm can a country oddball like Austin do? Carton Qty: 0 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Quite a lot, it turns out. All Hoagy wants to do is relax and clear his head, but soon he's caught up in a FIC022110 strange, complex mystery - and he'll need all his wits about him, and Lulu's unerring no... Series: A Stewart Hoag mystery Contributor Bio 9 in H | 5.9 in W David Handler was born and raised in Los Angeles and published two highly-acclaimed novels about growing up there, before resorting to a life of Edgar and American Mystery Award-winning crime fiction. David has written twelve novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his faithful, neurotic basset hound Lulu, and is also the author of the Berger & Mitry and the Benji Golden mystery series. David was a member of the original writing staff that created the Emmy Award-winning sitcom Kate and Allie, and has continued to write extensively for television and films. He lives in a 200-year-old carriage house in Old

Skeleton Tree, The Diane Janes

From the moment Wendy Thornton first laid eyes on The Ashes, she knew she had to live there. The house may seem neglected on the outside, but Wendy is convinced it's the ideal place to raise her young family. But as she moves into her dream home and sets about uncovering its past, Wendy soon learns ...

Summary Is Wendy's dream house about to turn into her worst nightmare?

From the moment Wendy Thornton first laid eyes on number 37, The Ashes, she knew she had to have it. It may seem neglected on the outside, but Wendy is convinced it's her perfect family home. It just needs to be loved. It needs her.

Severn House Publishers When Wendy receives an unexpected sum of money from her aunt's will, her dream of buying The Ashes 9780727850195 becomes a reality. But as Wendy moves in with her young family and starts uncovering its past, she soon Pub Date: 6/1/21 learns that The Ashes is hiding a number of dark secrets. $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Is Wendy's dream house about to become her worst nightmare? As she is drawn further into The Ashes' dark 224 Pages history, Wendy's own life starts to unravel in the most spectacular and devastating way . . . Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022000 Born and brought up in Birmingham, Diane Janes spent many years in the north of England and now lives in 9 in H | 5.9 in W Devon. She is the author of five previous crime novels and several non-fiction investigations into real-life historical mysteries. Her debut, The Pull of the Moon, was shortlisted for the CWA's John Creasey Award for the best first crime novel of 2010.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Hardcastle's Secret Agent Graham Ison

August, 1939. As war looms, DI Walter Hardcastle is summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard. Walter learns that he has been promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the homes o...

Summary Detective Inspector Walter Hardcastle is following in his father's footsteps, but is his rapid rise about to be threatened by a spate of disturbing break-ins linked to the war effort

August, 1939. As war looms, Detective Inspector Walter Hardcastle is following in the footsteps of his father, Ernest, and progressing through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police. Summoned to the office of Charles Marriot, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of CID at New Scotland Yard, Walter learns that he has been Severn House Publishers promoted to a senior role at V Division, and is plunged into a top secret case when burglaries occur at the 9780727850348 homes of those working on a new type of war submarine. Pub Date: 6/1/21 $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Could a German spy be behind the break-ins? When one of the burglaries ends with a double murder, the stakes get higher for Walter. Can he track down an enemy agent on the streets of London while also resolving 208 Pages Carton Qty: 20 another disturbing case? Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022060 During Graham Ison's thirty-year career in Scotland Yard's Special Branch he was involved in several Series: A Hardcastle & Marriott historical mystery espionage cases. He also spent four years at 10 Downing Street as Protection Officer to two Prime Ministers. He is an honorary agent of the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. 9 in H | 5.9 in W

Mystic's Accomplice, The Mary Miley Theobald

Chicago, 1924. When pregnant young widow Maddie Pastore is invited to help a fake medium, she seizes the chance. She needs the money, and while she's not proud of her work investigating Madam Carlotta's clients, she's proud of how well she does it. But when she unearths evidence of a dark crime, she...

Summary The first historical mystery in award-winning author Mary Miley's 1920s Chicago-set series introduces reluctant sleuth Maddie Pastore and takes readers into a dark and dangerous world of mobsters, speakeasies and seances.

It's 1924, and Maddie Pastore has it made. A nice house, a loving husband with a steady job - even if it is connected to Chicago's violent Torrio-Capone gang - and a baby on the way. But then Tommy is shot dead,

Severn House Publishers and she learns her husband had a secret: he was already married . . . and everything he owned now belongs 9780727850423 to his first wife. Pub Date: 6/1/21 $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Penniless and grieving, Maddie is only sure of two things: that she will survive for the sake of her baby, and Hardcover with dust jacket that she'll never turn to the mob for help. So when she's invited to assist a well-meaning but fraudulent 224 Pages medium, she seizes the chance. She's not proud of her work investigating Madam Carlotta's clients, but she's Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & proud of how well she does it. Detective FIC022060 When Maddie unearths potential evidence of a dark crime, however, she faces a terrible dilemma: keep quiet Series: A Maddie Pastore mystery and let a murderer go unpunished, or follow the trail and put herself and her ba... 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Mary Miley grew up in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Virginia, and worked her way through the College of William and Mary in Virginia as a costumed tour guide at Colonial Williamsburg. As Mary Miley Theobald, she has published numerous nonfiction books and articles on history, travel and business topics. As Mary Miley, she is the author of the award-winning Roaring Twenties mystery series. The Mystic's Accomplice is the first in the brand-new 1920s Chicago-set Maddie Pastore mystery series.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Forest of Secrets Fiona Buckley

May, 1586. Etheldreda Hope, a simple countrywoman, has come to Ursula Blanchard with tales of strange goings-on in her rural village. Fearing that her reports of mysterious forest rites indicate a possible conspiracy to overthrow Queen Elizabeth, Sir Francis Walsingham orders Ursula to travel to Eth...

Summary Ursula travels deep into the New Forest to investigate rumours of a plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in this gripping Tudor mystery.

May, 1586. Ursula and her retinue return home from a lengthy trip to discover she has an unexpected visitor. Etheldreda Hope is a simple countrywoman who has come to Ursula with disturbing tales of strange goings-on in her rural village. Fearing that Etheldreda's reports of mysterious forest rites indicate a possible conspiracy

Severn House Publishers to overthrow Queen Elizabeth in favour of her cousin, Mary Stuart, the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis 9780727850508 Walsingham, orders Ursula to travel to Etheldreda's home to find out what's really going on. Pub Date: 6/1/21 $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD On reaching Chenston village, deep in the New Forest, Ursula discovers an isolated, suspicious community; Hardcover with dust jacket the locals deeply in thrall to the old pagan traditions and beliefs. But are these ancient customs harmless - or 240 Pages are they part of a genuine conspiracy against the queen? And, if so, who is behind it? Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Detective It's not until the night of Halloween that Ursula will discover the shocking truth. FIC022060 Series: An Ursula Blanchard Contributor Bio mystery Fiona Buckley is the author of eighteen previous Ursula Blanchard mysteries, and a historical saga, Late 9 in H | 5.9 in W Harvest. Under her real name, Valerie Anand, she is the author of numerous historical novels, including the much-loved Bridges Over Time series. Brought up in London, she now lives in Surrey.

Constant Man, The Peter Steiner

Former Munch detective Willi Geimeiser is a wanted man, now hiding in a cabin deep in the Bavarian forest. But when his friend, Lola, is savagely attacked, Willi rushes back to Munich in disguise and under a new identity - Karl Juncker - determined to find the perpetrator. Can he catch a deranged mu...

Summary Former Munich police detective Willi Geismeier is drawn out of hiding to find a deranged serial killer.

Former Munch detective Willi Geimeiser is a wanted man. He sacrificed his career and put his life on the line by exposing a high-ranking Nazi official as a murderer, and is now in hiding in a cabin deep in the Bavarian forest.

Severn House Publishers But when his friend, Lola, is savagely attacked, Willi returns to Munich in disguise and under a new identity - 9780727890740 Karl Juncker - determined to find the perpetrator. Meanwhile, the discovery of the body of a woman in the Pub Date: 6/1/21 River Isar leads Willi's old colleague and friend, Detective Hans Bergemann, to uncover similar disturbing $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket murders stretching back years. A serial killer who preys on young women is running loose on Munich's streets. Could they be responsible for the attack on Lola, and can Willi catch a deranged murderer before the 192 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Gestapo catches him? Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022060 Peter Steiner is the author of the critically acclaimed Louis Morgon series of crime novels. He is also a Series: A Willi Geismeier cartoonist for The New Yorker and is the creator of one of the most famous cartoons of the technological age thriller which prompted the adage, 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mr Campion's Coven Mike Ripley

East coast of England, 1971. Albert Campion is invited to assist Harvard student Mason Clay on a research trip to Wicken-juxta-Mare. But Wicken is already firmly on Campion's radar thanks to Dame Jocasta Upcott's beached luxury yacht, its captain very stuck - and very dead - in the mudbank. Was it a...

Summary Albert Campion is in the bleak, remote and very muddy village of Wicken on the Essex coast on a mission to rescue Dame Jocasta's dog, but soon finds himself sinking into something far more dangerous.

East coast of England, 1971. Harvard student Mason Clay is writing a thesis on a group of settlers who travelled to America from the remote Essex coastal village of Wicken-juxta-Mare 300 years ago. Clay plans to Severn House Publishers visit Wicken as part of his research, and who better assist him with all things Essex than Albert Campion? 9780727890832 Pub Date: 6/1/21 But Wicken is already firmly on Campion's radar thanks to Dame Jocasta Upcott's luxury yacht found beached $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket on a mudbank close to the village, its captain very stuck - and very dead - in the mud. Was it a bizarre accident or something more sinister? Agreeing to Dame Jocasta's request to recover her beloved pet pooch, 256 Pages Robespierre, Campion finds himself in Wicken, surrounded by suspicious locals and tales of witchcraft, and Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & soon discovers its past is linked to a number of current disturbing events . . . Detective FIC022060 Contributor Bio Series: An Albert Campion Mike Ripley is the author of the award-winning 'Angel' series of comedy thrillers which have twice won the Mystery CWA Last Laugh Award. Described as 'England's funniest crime writer' (The Times), he is also a respected 9 in H | 5.9 in W critic of crime fiction, writing for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, The Times and Shots Magazine. Ripley first learned of the final unfinished Campion novel when he was a guest speaker at the Margery Allingham Society's annual convention. He offered - and received the Margery Allingham Society's blessing - to complete the manuscript on the adventures of Albert Campion, who Ripley describes as 'one of the brightest stars in the rich firmament of British crime writing'.

Murder at Beaulieu Abbey Cassandra Clark

February, 1390. When rumours fly that distant Beaulieu Abbey may turn traitor and support the anti-pope Clement, Hildegard's prioress summons her with a mission she can't refuse: travel to the isolated royal abbey and spy out their true allegiance. But little does Hildegard know, death and danger wa...

Summary Death and danger await intrepid nun Hildegard of Meaux when she undertakes a secret mission for the good of her Order, in this eleventh action-packed installment of the medieval mystery series.

February, 1390. The Church seethes with rebellion. Newly elected Pope Boniface faces a challenger: the anti-pope Clement, who sows discord from his power base in France.

The quarrel threatens the very survival of the Cistercian Order. So when suspicions grow that distant Beaulieu Severn House Publishers 9780727890894 Abbey may turn traitor, Hildegard's prioress summons her with a mission she can't refuse: travel to the Pub Date: 6/1/21 isolated royal abbey and spy out their true allegiance. $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket The public reason for Hildegard's trip is more prosaic. A young Cornish heiress, promised in marriage to the 256 Pages son of local aristocrat Sir William, needs escorting to her new home. It's not often Hildegard joins a betrothal Carton Qty: 20 party, and she's looking forward to meeting the girl. Fiction / Mystery & Detective FIC022060 But little does Hildegard know, death and danger wait at Beaulieu - and even the protection of her travelling Series: An Abbess of Meaux companions, the monks militant Brother Gregory and Brother Egbert, may not be enoug... mystery 9 in H | 5.9 in W Contributor Bio Cassandra Clark is an award-winning scriptwriter for theatre, radio and television, and the author of nine previous novels in the Hildegard of Meaux medieval mystery series. Running wild near the ruins of the Abbey of Meaux in the East Riding as a child became her inspiration for the series while the discovery in a dusty archive of the Chronicle of Meaux written in 1395 is the secret source for her research.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Cages David Mark

Washed-up author Rufus Orton has bills to pay. A gig teaching creative writing to prison inmates seems like easy money. Plus, the prison guard who invited him, Annabeth Harris, is a big fan. Convicted criminal Griffin Cox is a big fan too - and not just of Rufus. Griffin has a plan. And it's only wi...

Summary A dark past. A terrifying secret. A deadly game is about to begin . . .

Washed-up author Rufus Orton needs money. It's the main reason he takes the gig teaching creative writing to inmates at HMP Holderness. That, and the flattery of prison officer Annabeth Harris, who contacted him out of the blue and begged him to take the job.

Severn House Publishers Annabeth loves Rufus' work. Genuinely. She loves being a prison officer too. But Annabeth is keeping a secret. 9780727890917 Fifteen years ago she did something bad, and if it ever comes out, her new, perfect life will be destroyed. Pub Date: 6/1/21 $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD HMP resident Griffin Cox has no black marks against his name. He claims he's been wrongly convicted of the Hardcover with dust jacket sex offence that put him in prison. He's lying. He has a plan - and everything hinges on him securing a place 256 Pages in the classroom with Rufus and Annabeth. It's only then that the game can begin . . . Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Thrillers FIC031080 Dark, twisted and gripping, CAGES is an addictive psychological thriller from a "master" of the genre 9 in H | 5.9 in W (Kirkus Reviews). If you enjoy disturbing, charismatic criminals like Hannibal Lector and Patrick Bateman, you'll love Griffin Cox. Contributor Bio David Mark spent seven years as crime reporter for the Yorkshire Post and now writes full-time. The first novel in his DS McAvoy series, Dark Winter, was selected for the Harrogate New Blood panel (where he was Reader in Residence) and was a Richard & Judy pick and a Sunday Times bestseller. Dead Pretty was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger in 2016. He lives in Northumberland with his family. @davidmarkwriter | davidmarkwriter.co.uk/

Murder In Law Veronica Heley

Ellie's absence abroad is disastrous for her daughter, Diana, when her husband is attacked by intruders and left for dead one night. It falls to Ellie's next-door neighbour, Susan, to reluctantly pick up the pieces and take in Diana's children. But was Evan's death really the result of a burglary go...

Summary Severn House Publishers While Ellie's away, murder will play . . . Is the death of Ellie's son-in-law really the result of a 9780727890979 Pub Date: 6/1/21 burglary gone wrong? $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD Hardcover with dust jacket Ellie's absence abroad is disastrous for her daughter, Diana - when her husband is attacked by intruders and 224 Pages left for dead one night, it falls to Ellie's next-door neighbour, Susan, to reluctantly pick up the pieces and take Carton Qty: 20 in Diana's children. Fiction / Mystery & Detective FIC022040 Is Evan's death really the result of a burglary gone wrong? Joining forces with her aunt, police officer Lesley Series: An Ellie Quicke Millard, Susan discovers that Diana lied to the police about her movements on the night of the murder, and Mystery soon finds herself grappling with betrayal, shady business dealings and her own distrust of Diana as she 9 in H | 5.9 in W attempts to solve a chilling conundrum: could Ellie's daughter be a cold-blooded killer? Contributor Bio Veronica Heley has a musician daughter and is actively involved in her local church and community affairs. She lives in Ealing, West London. She is the author of the Ellie Quicke and Bea Abbot mystery series.

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SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Bath Conspiracy, The Jeanne M. Dams

Dorothy Martin's birthday celebrations in Bath are curtailed when she and her husband, Alan Nesbit, discover a curious assortment of loot in their car boot on a trip to Stonehenge. As Dorothy and Alan determine to prove their innocence and catch a thief, they are soon swept into a conspiracy that ru...

Summary American Anglophile Dorothy Martin is celebrating her birthday in the historic city of Bath, but the discovery of a number of stolen artefacts throws her plans awry.

Retired chief constable Alan Nesbit and his wife Dorothy Martin are in the beautiful historic city of Bath to celebrate Dorothy's birthday, enjoying the city's elegant surroundings, sightseeing, shopping - and champagne.

Severn House Publishers 9780727892508 But the celebrations are curtailed when they discover a curious assortment of loot in their car boot during a Pub Date: 6/1/21 trip to Stonehenge - from precious artefacts to cheap jumble sale trinkets. The stolen items are linked to $28.99 USD/$38.99 CAD various historic sites in Bath, but how did they end up in the Martins' car? As Dorothy and Alan seek to prove Hardcover with dust jacket their innocence and catch a thief, they are soon swept into a conspiracy that runs much deeper and darker . . 224 Pages . Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022040 Jeanne M. Dams, an American, is a devout Anglophile who has wished she could live in England ever since Series: A Dorothy Martin her first visit in 1963. Fortunately, her alter ego, Dorothy Martin, can do just that. Jeanne lives in South Bend, Mystery Indiana, with a varying population of cats. 9 in H | 5.9 in W

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