'Fabulous' JANICE HALLETT'Great fun...clever and wickedly funny' THE SUN'Deliciously funny' MARTINA COLEA headmistress is dead. The circumstances are suspicious.And as every parent knows, being on the school group chat can be murder...As educators go, Claudia Stitchwell makes Miss Hannigan look like Miss Honey.But when the reviled headteacher drops dead in the sc...

Readers are loving Daphne St Clair:'I couldn't put this book down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A fresh and witty take on the whodunnit' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I was drawn in from the first few pages and couldn't put it down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'The author's wry voice sings through this modern and feminist murder mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Meet Daphne St Clair:✅ Glamorous ninety-year-old grandmother✅ Care home resident

'What a cracking read! I had an absolute blast reading it ' - Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Jo Jakeman is something of a canny secret for those readers in the know. Join the club. Buy this book... join me in the queue for the next one.' - Amazon reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐----------Welcome to Aberfal Boys High School. Independent jewel of academic and sporting excellence in the South-west... until the headmaster is murdered in his stu...

Shortlisted for the CWA Whodunnit Dagger Award 2026!The charming and heartwarming mystery about searching for treasure and finding redemption. Perfect for fans of Richard Osman and AJ Pearce.'Funny, touching, fabulous' The Mail'Entertaining, intriguing and sometimes poignant' Jill MansellOld enough to know better. Young enough not to care...There are three things Jennifer ...

They can't even agree on what to read, so how are they going to solve a murder?St. Tredock Book Club disagree on everything, from the books they read to the biscuits they eat. For book club organiser Nova Davies, who's new to the Cornish seaside village, the digestive vs shortbread debate is just the start of her problems...Under Nova's watch, £10,000 is stolen from the much-loved community centre. When book club member Mic...

Seven guests. Three courses. One evening they'll never forget…Seven strangers meet at Serendipity's for an anonymously hosted dinner party. As the evening reaches its close, small black envelopes are placed in front of the diners… revealing the age at which each will die.Spooked, but not wholly shaken, the group disperses into the rainy night with the hope of forgetting the ghoulish stunt.But two weeks later, one dinner guest dies at the age foretol...

Brought to you by Penguin.When Kansas sweetheart Maggie Lathrop is crowned the winner of America’s most popular dating show, her life is transformed overnight.Suddenly, Maggie has it all: a gorgeous husband, an immaculate Los Angeles mansion, and an entourage of glamorous friends.Despite picture-perfect appearances, the world Maggie has created is shattered after she’s found murdered in a desolate warehouse.As her sister, Emma, attempts to u...

'Compelling, creepy and cool . . . a Thelma & Louise for our times'PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train'Fierce, fun, wild and enraging'CHRIS WHITAKER, author of All The Colours of the Dark'Razor-sharp writing, frenzied pace, twists and turns - prepare for impact!'BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons In Chemistry

TO GET TO THE TOP, YOU NEED TO SNAP A FEW NECKS'I LOVED this! Devoured in one sitting' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''If Selling Sunset met Desperate Housewives and got wrapped up in a murder mystery' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I was just blown away by this book' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'So funny it should be illegal' MAZ EVANS'A whip-smart, hilarious whodunnit!' BETH REEKLES'Darkly fun' EMILY-JANE CLARKEMeet...

“A beautiful novel, suffused with fondness and wit. . . . A real triumph!”—Alexander McCall SmithRetired nurse, avid gardener, and renowned cake maker Miss Hortense has lived in Bigglesweigh, a quiet suburb of Birmingham, England, since she emigrated from Jamaica in 1960. She takes great pride in her home, starching her lace curtains bright white, and she can tell if she’s being shortchanged on turmeric before she’s taken her first bite of a beef patty. A ca...

Welcome to the idyllic village of Pudding Corner. Tea is poured, secrets simmer, gardens hide more than just weeds - and murder is blooming once again...Pudding Corner is abuzz: the enigmatic Lord Hugh Darlington has returned to his crumbling ancestral home after years away. With his fiancée, he plans to revive the grand Darlington Hall - and who better to help than vintage aficionado Daphne Brewster?Daphne is enchanted by the estate's stained-glass windows...

*A SUNDAY TIMES PICK OF THE MONTH*'Agatha Christie, with a thrilling modern twist' DAILY MAIL'Pacy and tense - I loved it!' CLARE MACKINTOSH'Superb ... A riveting read' SUNDAY TIMES'Updates Agatha Christie with contemporary ingenuity' IAN RANKIN_______________TEN STRANGERS.Investigative journalist Lauren never dr...