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Social comedy

Social comedy

Take a trip to days gone by and enjoy the scrapes and high-jinks of our twentieth-century heroes and heroines. 

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mathematical Mystery 6

The Code of the Vavasors

Jonathan Pinnock

A witty, fast-paced thriller, with a dash of mathematics and a large dose of danger.

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Social comedy The Company of Fools 2

Miss Harris in the New World

Peter Maughan

A collection of theatrical misfits goes on tour across the Atlantic in this nostalgic post-war novel sure to delight fans of PG Wodehouse and Jerome Jerome.

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Social comedy

The Complete Short Stories of A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

The first complete collection of A.A. Milne’s short stories, including several never published before.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mathematical Mystery 5

Last Chance in Vegas

Jonathan Pinnock

A witty, fast-paced thriller set in Las Vegas, with a dash of mathematics and a large dose of danger.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency 10

The Cat and the Pendulum

Mandy Morton

Hettie and Tilly are called in to investigate Agatha Crispy’s stolen manuscript in another claw-biting case for The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Battlestar Suburbia 3

Sashay to the Centre of the Earth

Chris McCrudden

Welcome to Battlestar Suburbia, a uniquely subversive science fiction series that will delight fans of Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett and Jasper Fforde.

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Social comedy A Serge Storms Adventure 24

Mermaid Confidential

Tim Dorsey

If you like your humour dark and twisty, then you’ll love Tim Dorsey’s outrageous Serge Storms series of crime novels.

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Social comedy The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series 4

The Prize Racket

Isabel Rogers

With a huge reward on the line, the Stockwell Park Orchestra will need to play on a whole new scale to win big

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Humorous Mystery and Crime DJ Rick Shannon 2

Highway 61 Resurfaced

Bill Fitzhugh

Fitzhugh treats us to a tragicomic tour of regional black-and blues history... and unsavoury business.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime DJ Rick Shannon 1

Radio Activity

Bill Fitzhugh

Fast and funny, Fitzhugh's new series follows FM rock DJ Rick Shannon who, in taking one final job before a career change, suddenly finds himself on an unexpected track...

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Humorous Mystery and Crime

Fender Benders

Bill Fitzhugh

In the music industry, everybody plans to make a killing — one way or another. It’s murder on Music Row, where things don’t always turn out as planned.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime

Cross Dressing

Bill Fitzhugh

Fitzhugh tightens his grip on a reputation for absurdist black comedy in this farcical tale of fraud and fidelity.

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