SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Hitmen I Have Known Bill James In the 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series, tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men. Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles. He seems at ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police f... Summary Assistant Chief Constable Iles finds himself suspected of murder in the fast-paced 35th installment of the popular Harpur and Iles police procedural series. Tensions in the community are mounting following the gruesome deaths of two men, both of whom were accused yet acquitted of the murder of an undercover police officer. It looks like vigilante justice, but who is responsible? Alarmingly, suspicion falls on Assistant Chief Constable Iles. Severn House Publishers 9781847519900 Matters escalate when a TV show investigating the murders is aired, further implicating Iles. Iles seems at Pub Date: 1/26/21 ease with the accusations, as are his superiors in the police force. But others are not feeling so secure. $17.95 USD/$19.95 CAD Trade Paperback Local crime bosses Ralph Ember and Mansel Shale fear reprisals against Iles will result in their own businesses 192 Pages Carton Qty: 38 suffering. And so they begin to plan how to remove potential troublemakers from their path . Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022020 Critically acclaimed crime writer Bill James is a former journalist who wrote for The Sunday Times, Daily Series: A Harpur and Iles Mirror, Spectator, New Review and Punch. Married with four children, he lives in Wales. Mystery 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Dreams of Fear Hilary Bonner When routine police enquiries reveal evidence indicating that Jane Ferguson’s assumed suicide was actually a murder, her husband becomes the chief suspect. Called in to launch a major inquiry, Detective Inspector David Vogel discovers that nothing connected with the death is as it seems, uncovering ... Summary A young mother’s death leads Bristol detective David Vogel to uncover a shocking series of family secrets stretching back 30 years. Jane Ferguson suffers from horrific nightmares which she claims not to be able to explain. And when her traumatised 6-year-old daughter finds Jane dead, hanging by the neck in the hallway of the family’s seaside home, it is assumed she took her own life. Severn House Publishers 9781780296531 But routine police enquiries reveal evidence indicating that Jane has been murdered, and her businessman Pub Date: 1/26/21 husband Felix, commodore of the local yacht club, becomes the chief suspect. $17.95 USD/$19.95 CAD Trade Paperback Called in to launch a major inquiry, Detective Inspector David Vogel discovers that nothing connected with 256 Pages Jane Ferguson’s death is as it seems. Gradually, he uncovers a deeply disturbing story involving a succession Carton Qty: 28 Fiction / Mystery & of shocking family secrets stretching back over three decades. Detective FIC022020 Contributor Bio Series: A David Vogel Hilary Bonner is the author of fourteen previous crime novels and five non-fiction books. A past Chair of the Mystery Crime Writers' Association, she divides her time between Somerset and London. 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Severn House Jan-June '21 Paperback - Page 1 SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Black Cage, The Jack Fredrickson Exposing a botched murder investigation has left Milo Rigg's reputation and career as a crime-reporting journalist in tatters. But then a second case turns up months later, with disturbing similarities. Are the two cases linked, and could this be Milo's chance to right the wrongs of the past and unc... Summary Crime reporter Milo Rigg must uncover a brutal serial killer to restore his battered reputation in this first in a gripping new mystery series. Exposing the botched murder investigation of three young boys has left Milo Rigg's reputation and career as a crime-reporting journalist in tatters. But when the naked, frozen bodies of two young sisters, Priscilla and Beatrice Graves, are found down a ravine in Chicago months later, there are disturbing similarities. Are the Severn House Publishers two cases linked, and could this be Milo's chance to right the wrongs of the past? 9781780296579 Pub Date: 1/26/21 Restored to his former reporter role, Milo is back – and he’s asking uncomfortable questions again. Confronted $17.95 USD/$19.95 CAD Trade Paperback with deception and corruption at every turn, can Milo uncover the identity of a ruthless serial killer and finally rid himself of the black cage that threatens to consume him? 224 Pages Carton Qty: 32 Fiction / Mystery & Contributor Bio Detective Jack Fredrickson lives with his wife, Susan, west of Chicago. He is the author of seven Dek Elstrom PI FIC022100 mysteries, the first of which, A Safe Place for Dying, was nominated for the Shamus Award for Best First Series: A Milo Rigg mystery Novel, and one standalone, Silence the Dead. 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Death and the Chevalier Robin Blake Lancashire, 1745. The Young Pretender is marching south to claim the English throne. Meanwhile, Coroner Titus Cragg searches for the head belonging to a decapitated body found in a pond. As simmering tensions split the town, Cragg finds himself arrested for murder, and must team up with his old frie... Summary As the Young Pretender and his Jacobite army approach, Coroner Titus Cragg must solve a brutal murder – and prevent himself being executed for the crime. November, 1745. Preston, Lancashire. Rumours abound that Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, has landed in Scotland, intent on marching south to claim the English throne. Meanwhile Coroner Titus Cragg must investigate a headless body discovered in an icy pond. There is evidence to suggest a connection with Severn House Publishers the approaching rebel army – unless someone is deliberately using the Highlanders’ invasion as a cover for 9781780296722 murder. Pub Date: 1/26/21 $17.95 USD/$19.95 CAD Trade Paperback As simmering tensions, conflicting loyalties and open hostilities engulf the town, Cragg finds himself arrested for murder. In order to clear his name and escape execution by firing squad, Titus must team up with his old 288 Pages friend, Dr Luke Fidelis, to expose the real killer. Carton Qty: 26 Fiction / Mystery & Detective Contributor Bio FIC022060 Robin Blake is the author of five previous Cragg & Fidelis mysteries, as well as acclaimed works on the Series: A Cragg and Fidelis artists Van Dyke and Stubbs. He has written, produced and presented extensively for radio, and is widely Mystery published as a critic. He lives in London. 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Severn House Jan-June '21 Paperback - Page 2 SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS Mr Campion's Seance Mike Ripley 1946, London. The crime at the heart of The Bottle Party Murder, the new detective novel from Albert Campion’s godsibling Evadne Childe, bears several striking similarities to a real, recent and unsolved murder in Soho. But Evadne wrote the book before the murder occurred – so is it just a weird coi... Summary The truth is stranger than fiction for Albert Campion in this gripping mystery where murder, detective novels and the supernatural collide. 1946, London. The eagerly anticipated new detective novel from Albert Campion’s godsibling, bestselling author Evadne Childe, is proving to be another runaway success. Unfortunately, it has also caught the attention of Superintendent Stanislaus Oates for reasons that go beyond its superior plotting. Severn House Publishers 9781780297101 The crime at the heart of The Bottle Party Murder bears a number of striking similarities to a very real, recent Pub Date: 1/26/21 and unsolved murder at the Grafton Club in Soho. Evadne wrote the book before the murder occurred, yet $17.95 USD/$19.95 CAD Trade Paperback predicts it remarkably accurately – is it just a weird coincidence, is Evadne getting her information from ‘the other side’, or is something more sinister afoot? 272 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Fiction / Mystery & The repercussions of this extraordinary and complex case will reach out over the next fifteen years, drawing Detective in three of Mr Campion’s favourite policemen – Oates, Yeo and Luke – before finally coming to its violent FIC022060 conclusion in 1962. Series: An Albert Campion Mystery Contributor Bio 8.7 in H | 5.6 in W Mike Ripley has twice won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award, and is the author of twenty-four comedy thrillers and historical novels. He writes a hugely respected monthly review column for Shots Magazine entitled Getting Away With Murder and is also the author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a 'reader's history' of the heyday of British action and spy thrillers, 1953-75, which won the H.R.F. Keating Award for non-fiction in 2017. Hold Your Breath, China Xiaolong Qiu Chief Inspector Chen is assigned to investigate a group of environmental activists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China. The case is supposed to be simple, but it is complicated by Chen having history with the leader of the group. Meanwhile Detective Yu is on the trail of a serial murderer... Summary Inspector Chen is on the case of a serial murderer when he is called away to report on environmentalists trying to tackle the pollution issues in China. Chief Inspector Chen and Detective Yu Guangming are brought into a serial murder case when the Homicide squad proves incapable of solving it. But before Chen can make a start, he is called away by a high-ranking Party member for a special assignment: to infiltrate a group of environmental activists meeting to discuss the Severn House Publishers pollution levels in the country and how to prompt the government into action.