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It all starts with stealing from the cookie jar. Crime books of all shapes and sizes. One of them will be the culprit for a good evening’s read.

MURDER ON OXFORD LANE by Tony Bassett

The peace of a Midlands village is upset when local businessman Harry Bowers doesn’t return from choir practice.

More concerned than the man’s own wife, it would seem, investigating officer Detective Sergeant Sunita Roy becomes convinced he has been done away with.

But there is no trace of the man, just a litany of evidence of an ailing marriage and a nose-diving business venture.
In charge of her first serious case, DS Roy will struggle to win the respect of her colleagues – in particular her Brummie boss, DCI Gavin Roscoe. All that whilst fighting off the intentions of an increasingly desperate suitor.

Who had it in for the budding chorister? And is Roy tough enough to break down the defences and prejudices of Middle England?

MURDER ON OXFORD LANE is the first book in a series of crime fiction titles by Tony Bassett.

The full list of books, all available on Kindle Unlimited and in paperback from Amazon, is as follows:

  1. MURDER ON OXFORD LANE
  2. THE CROSSBOW STALKER
  3. MURDER OF A DOCTOR
  4. OUT FOR REVENGE
  5. HEIR TO MURDER
  6. IT NEVER RAINS

If you like fiction by Cheryl Rees-Price, Val McDermid, John Dean, Pete Brassett and Faith Martin, you’ll love this absolutely gripping mystery.

All books published by THE BOOK FOLKS are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback from Amazon.

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RUSE by Pete Brassett

Detectives are led up the garden path when a clever scam turns fatal

Down-on-his-luck businessman Tam McDonnell thinks he may have rescued his ailing pub when a local man comes good on his promise to fill the venue with punters in exchange for a percentage of the takings. That’s until he discovers a newly hired barmaid dead in the toilets…

DI Charlie West’s team struggle to find a motive. Clearly murdered, if the corkscrew in her neck is anything to go by, the victim was loved by all who knew her and apparently led a squeaky-clean life – cleaner than the toilet, at any rate.

Whilst they are puzzling over the case and trying to track down witnesses, the detectives are presented with a new problem. A string of unusual robberies have been occurring in the Scottish coastal town of Ayr. Shop owners have suddenly passed out only to come round and find that luxury goods have gone walkabout.

With the pressure on, West makes some good calls. But it is only when sagacious retired DI James Munro adds his tuppence worth that the penny will finally drop.

RUSE is the thirteenth book in this bestselling murder mystery series set on the west coast of Scotland. It can be enjoyed as a standalone or alongside the other books.

The full list is as follows:

1. SHE
2. AVARICE
3. ENMITY
4. DUPLICITY
5. TERMINUS
6. TALION
7. PERDITION
8. RANCOUR
9. PENITENT
10. TURPITUDE
11. HUBRIS
12. PENURY
13. RUSE

All these books are FREE with Kindle Unlimited and available in paperback! If you like classic British murder mysteries with a sprinkling of dark humour, you’ll love these books!

 

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LETHAL MINDS by Robert McCracken

Stymied in her pursuit of ruthless killers, a detective risks what she holds dearest

The murder of gang leader Ryan Boswell suggests a drugs feud has broken out on a notorious Liverpool housing estate.

When a hunch leads investigating officer DI Tara Grogan to Belfast, she realises there’s much more to the case than a turf war.

Yet the recovery of the body of a missing person from the Irish Sea will throw her a potentially deadly curve ball.

Having locked horns with a chief inspector, under threat from members of Belfast’s criminal underworld, and finally within the reach of a career-long nemesis, Tara is in no uncertain trouble.

She has a theory, and a plan, but if her gambit fails it’ll be the last move she makes…

LETHAL MINDS is the sixth standalone book in the bestselling DI Tara Grogan crime fiction series. The full list is as follows:

1. AN EARLY GRAVE
2. THE DARING NIGHT
3. THE SILENT VOICES
4. LETHAL DOSE
5. LETHAL JUSTICE
6. LETHAL MINDS

If you like thrillers and mysteries full of action and suspense, you’ll absolutely love these full-length novels.

Available FREE with Kindle Unlimited and in paperback!

 

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THE MUNRO & WEST MYSTERIES by Pete Brassett

Stop what you are doing and download this super value box set containing the first four books in Pete Brassett’s bestselling crime fiction series…

Great for fans of Elly Griffiths, Ann Cleeves, Val McDermid and Joy Ellis.

DISCOVER PETE BRASSETT’s unique style of crime fiction storytelling now, and you’ll be hooked.

SHE – Book 1
With a serial killer on their hands, Scottish detective Munro and rookie sergeant West must act fast to trace a woman placed at a crime scene. Yet discovering her true identity, let alone finding her, proves difficult. Soon they realise the crime is far graver than either of them could have imagined.

AVARICE – Book 2
A sleepy Scottish town, a murder in a glen. The local police chief doesn’t want a fuss and calls in DI Munro to lead the investigation. But Munro is a stickler for procedure, and his sidekick Charlie West has a nose for a cover up. Someone in the town is guilty, will they find out who?

ENMITY – Book 3
When it comes to frustrating a criminal investigation, this killer has all the moves. A spate of murders is causing havoc in a remote Scottish town. Enter Detective Inspector Munro to catch the red herrings and uncover an elaborate and wicked ruse.

DUPLICITY – Book 4
When a foreign worker casually admits to the murder of a local businessman, detectives in a small Scottish town guess that the victim’s violent death points to a more complex cause. Money appears to be a motive, but will anyone believe that they might be in fact dealing with a crime of passion?

Exclusive to Kindle, FREE with Kindle Unlimited. Also available as separate titles on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, paperback and audio.

 

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The Deadening by Kerry Peresta

Olivia Callahan’s quiet, orderly life is shattered when she regains consciousness in a hospital and discovers she is paralyzed and cannot remember a thing. The fragmented voices she hears around her help her piece together that an apparent assault landed her in the hospital, but nobody knows who attacked her, or why. After a chilling struggle to survive, she awakens from a coma unable to remember what happened to her or anything at all, except she has been told she is an entirely different person. Or is she?

Now, in spite of a brain injury that has rewired her personality, Olivia is on a mission to reclaim her life. As clarity surfaces and she starts to understand who she was, she is shocked. Had she really been that person? And if so, does she want her old life back?

 

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