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We are delighted to reveal the paperback cover of #ATrialInThreeActs by Guy Morpuss ⚖️

‘A trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day no-one gets murdered’

A brilliant and twisty legal thriller, A Trial in Three Acts follows a dramatic court case after star actress Alexandra Dyce is murdered live on stage 🎭

🩸‘Fun and admirably ingenious’ The Times
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We are delighted to reveal the paperback cover of #ATrialInThreeActs by Guy Morpuss ⚖️

‘A trial is rather like a play. We wear our costumes. We perform to the audience. And on a good day no-one gets murdered’

A brilliant and twisty legal thriller, A Trial in Three Acts follows a dramatic court case after star actress Alexandra Dyce is murdered live on stage 🎭

🩸‘Fun and admirably ingenious’ The Times
🩸‘Rather splendid’ Financial Times
🩸‘A delicious mystery’ Daily Mail

Paperback coming March 2026

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#HellesHound by Oskar Jensen is out today in paperback 🐾

A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog.

Eminent art historian Dame Charlotte Lazerton is dead. Her body was found at the foot of her stairs, guarded by her Irish wolfhound. The police believe that she died of natural causes, but Torben Helle - Danish academic and amateur sleuth - is convinced that his beloved mentor was murdered. After all, Charlotte had a knack for making enemies.

Aided by his old friend Leyla, Torben’s investigation uncovers plenty of people who might have wanted Charlotte dead, from old adversaries from her time with MI6 to her rivals for a prestigious academic presidency. But Torben is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it...

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Tom Hindle, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.

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#HellesHound by Oskar Jensen is out today in paperback 🐾

A dead art historian. Cold War skulduggery.
A reluctant Danish sleuth. And an extremely hungry dog.

Eminent art historian Dame Charlotte Lazerton is dead. Her body was found at the foot of her stairs, guarded by her Irish wolfhound. The police believe that she died of natural causes, but Torben Helle - Danish academic and amateur sleuth - is convinced that his beloved mentor was murdered. After all, Charlotte had a knack for making enemies.

Aided by his old friend Leyla, Torben’s investigation uncovers plenty of people who might have wanted Charlotte dead, from old adversaries from her time with MI6 to her rivals for a prestigious academic presidency. But Torben is woefully unqualified to catch a killer, and the killer knows it...

This witty murder mystery puts a modern spin on the classic Golden Age whodunnit. A must-read for fans of Tom Hindle, Richard Osman and Janice Hallett.

#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out today! 🏞️

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One girl escaped. But the forest took another...

A young girl wanders into the small town of Koraha, her hands stained with blood. She won’t speak, but her path is tracked through New Zealand’s unforgiving wilderness to a cabin - and the scene of a double murder.

The townsfolk know this cabin; it has a violent history. Twenty years ago, another girl was forced to flee, leaving her siblings and father behind. But now that her family’s secrets have led to more victims, Effie has no choice but to return to the bush and face the truth of what happened there... and why she ran.

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#TheVanishingPlace by Zoë Rankin is out today! 🏞️

🌟 THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 🌟

One girl escaped. But the forest took another...

A young girl wanders into the small town of Koraha, her hands stained with blood. She won’t speak, but her path is tracked through New Zealand’s unforgiving wilderness to a cabin - and the scene of a double murder.

The townsfolk know this cabin; it has a violent history. Twenty years ago, another girl was forced to flee, leaving her siblings and father behind. But now that her family’s secrets have led to more victims, Effie has no choice but to return to the bush and face the truth of what happened there... and why she ran.

🔔 For whom does the bell toll…? 🔔

London, 1774. Susan Bell – daughter of the kindly Dean of Westminster – enjoys a pleasantly uneventful life within the confines of the abbey. That is until a group of scholars from the Society of Antiquaries comes armed with a letter from King George III, giving them permission to exhume Edward I and examine his body. What follows is a story of secrets, murder and ghostly goings-on, all within the dark, twisting passages of Westminster Abbey…

A Times Historical Fiction Book of the Year, #TheBellsOfWestminster by Leonora Nattrass is a must-read for fans of Andrew Taylor, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S.J. Parris. OUT NOW in paperback! 📖

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London, 1774. Susan Bell – daughter of the kindly Dean of Westminster – enjoys a pleasantly uneventful life within the confines of the abbey. That is until a group of scholars from the Society of Antiquaries comes armed with a letter from King George III, giving them permission to exhume Edward I and examine his body. What follows is a story of secrets, murder and ghostly goings-on, all within the dark, twisting passages of Westminster Abbey…
 
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#TheExaminer is a Waterstones Paperback of the Year for 2025 🎉🦂✏️

‘A joy to read’ Sunday Times

‘Janice Hallett serves up another winner’ India Knight

🩸 Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now... 🩸

The mature students of Royal Hastings University’s new art course have been nothing but trouble. From accusations of theft and setting fire to one another’s artwork, to a rumoured extramarital affair and a disastrous road trip. With six students who have nothing in common except their clashing personal agendas, what could possibly go wrong? The answer is: murder. Only a close examination of the evidence will reveal the truth. Your time starts now...

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#TheExaminer is a Waterstones Paperback of the Year for 2025 🎉🦂✏️

‘A joy to read’ Sunday Times

‘Janice Hallett serves up another winner’ India Knight

🩸 Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now... 🩸

The mature students of Royal Hastings University’s new art course have been nothing but trouble. From accusations of theft and setting fire to one another’s artwork, to a rumoured extramarital affair and a disastrous road trip. With six students who have nothing in common except their clashing personal agendas, what could possibly go wrong? The answer is: murder. Only a close examination of the evidence will reveal the truth. Your time starts now...
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