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Humorous Mystery and Crime

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 13

Pel and the Picture of Innocence

Mark Hebden

An extravagant, big time gangland criminal is ambushed and assassinated; the only witness a ten-year-old-boy.

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Satirical Comedy The Transplant Tetralogy 4

A Perfect Harvest

Bill Fitzhugh

The new, darkly comic thriller by the acclaimed author of Pest Control.

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Social comedy

Starstruck

Beth Miller

Perfect for fans of Carol Wyer, Gail Honeyman, and Jane Fallon, Starstruck is the laugh-out-loud story of a life swap between two performers of contrasting fame.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 12

Pel and the Touch Of Pitch

Mark Hebden

When Chief Inspector Pel accepts a drinks invitation at the house of a big shot, Deputy Claude Barclay, he doesn’t realise how compromised he will become by his acceptance.

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The Smiler Trilogy 2

Flight of the Grey Goose

Victor Canning

Canning's classic children's trilogy continues as fifteen-year-old Smiler, still on the run from the police, hitches a ride to Scotland.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 12

Mrs Pollifax and the Lion Killer

Dorothy Gilman

The most lovable and unlikely of international spies! – perfect for fans of Miss Seeton.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 11

Pel Among the Pueblos

Mark Hebden

A double shooting of two ageing crooks leads Chief Inspector Pel all the way to Mexico to discover why they were murdered.

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Satirical Comedy The Transplant Tetralogy 3

The Organ Grinders

Bill Fitzhugh

Big Pharma, a sociopathic billionaire and genetically-engineered primates come up against eco-terrorists with hilarious and outrageous results!

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The Smiler Trilogy 1

The Runaways

Victor Canning

A fast-moving and compassionate adventure story, The Runaways is the first book in Victor Canning's classic children's trilogy.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Follet Valley Mystery 1

Death and Croissants

Ian Moore

Unputdownable mystery set in rural France, by TV/radio regular and bestselling author Ian Moore – perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Janice Hallett, or M.C. Beaton.

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Satirical Comedy The Transplant Tetralogy 2

Human Resources

Bill Fitzhugh

'No writer this side of Carl Hiaasen combines humour, homicide, and thrills like Fitzhugh. Human Resources is a humdinger, a darkly comic gem.' Paul Levine

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Science Fiction and Fantasy The Darkwood Series 3

Glass Coffin

Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

The final book in the acclaimed Darkwood trilogy – a modern fairy tale series to bewitch grown-up fans of Terry Pratchett and younger readers alike.

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