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Humorous Mystery and Crime

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Satirical Comedy The Transplant Tetralogy 1

Heart Seizure

Bill Fitzhugh

Spence will go to any lengths to save his dying mother, but what happens when the president needs the same heart transplant? Why, steal it of course!  

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Social comedy The Company of Fools 1

Love and Miss Harris

Peter Maughan

Their home theatre in the East End of London having been bombed during the war, The Red Lion Touring Company embarks on a tour of Britain.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 11

Mrs Pollifax Pursued

Dorothy Gilman

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

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Assassin Bugs 2

The Exterminators

Bill Fitzhugh

'Wild and clever fun.' Carl Hiaasen

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Assassin Bugs 1

Pest Control

Bill Fitzhugh

'One of the funniest, most off-beat thrillers... an action-packed plot stuffed with streetwise lines and larger than life characters.' The Times

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mathematical Mystery 4

Bad Day in Minsk

Jonathan Pinnock

A witty, fast-paced thriller set in Belarus, 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 9

A Pocket Full of Pie

Mandy Morton

Hettie and Tilly are called in to investigate the murder of a radio DJ, in another claw-biting case for The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 10

Mrs Pollifax and the Second Thief

Dorothy Gilman

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

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Social comedy A Serge Storms Adventure 23

Tropic of Stupid

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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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Tom Knight Mystery 2

Live Bait

Charlie Hodges

Nothing is as it seems, as private investigator Tom Knight finds himself taken in by someone with a secret.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 9

Mrs Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish

Dorothy Gilman

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

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Social comedy The Stockwell Park Orchestra Series 3

Continental Riff

Isabel Rogers

An orchestral tour of Europe doesn’t go quite as planned!

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