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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 10

Pel and the Paris Mob

Mark Hebden

Pel faces interference from Paris colleagues, along with violent crime from out-of-town gangs.

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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 15

Pel and the Missing Persons

Mark Hebden

Brigade Criminelle is mobilised when a fatal stabbing, an anticipated delivery of lethal drugs from Marseilles, and the discovery of a thirty-year-old corpse in an ancient turreted tower in the town of Puyceldome coincide with a frantic search for two murderous hitchhikers – all on Chief Inspector Pel’s patch.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Classic Canning 9

The Aberdyll Onion

Victor Canning

The collected short stories of great writer Victor Canning, originally first published in the 1950s and 1960s

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Humorous Mystery and Crime Benbow and Wingate 4

The Peanut Butter Murders

Corinne Holt Sawyer

Gray-haired sleuths Angela Benbow and Caledonia Wingate investigate the death of a new neighbour, who fell or was pushed into the path of an oncoming train

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Humorous Mystery and Crime The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency 16

The Tabby in Black

Mandy Morton

Our feline detectives unwrap murder and secrets at a chocolate factory.

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Satirical Comedy A Serge Storms Adventure 6

Cadillac Beach

Tim Dorsey

Serge Storms launches an offbeat travel service and explores a 40-year-old mystery.

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Social comedy A Miss Seeton Mystery

The Miss Seeton Series

Heron Carvic

Enjoy three more stories from this classic series of cosy mysteries.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency 8

The Ice Maid’s Tail

Mandy Morton

Hettie and Tilly are called in to investigate as the town's kittens disappear into the snowbound woods...

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Romantic Comedy

Odd Bird

Lee Farnsworth

Simon Selwood is an expert on the mating behaviour of birds – but he has a lot to learn about humans…

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Miss Seeton Mystery 16

Starring Miss Seeton

Hamilton Crane

It’s the annual Christmas pageant. But the real drama is behind the scenes…

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Dolly Mystery 5

Roman Nights

Dorothy Dunnett

Ruth finds herself at the centre of a case in Rome involving a stolen camera and a headless corpse - the fifth book in a classic suspense mystery series, with an ending always sure to surprise!

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