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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Mrs Pollifax Mystery 3

The Elusive Mrs Pollifax

Dorothy Gilman

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

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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 A Flaxborough Mystery 9

One Man’s Meat

Colin Watson

A charming conman has more than dodgy dog food on his plate when ruthless villainy and murder break out in Flaxborough. 

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The Rooks 3

Home Sweet Hell

Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

It's New Year's Eve and the Rooks are at odds with each other as their hometown receives an unexpected visitor: Death.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 23

Pel and the Death of the Detective

Juliet Hebden

Dry humour is raised to a fine art by Inspector Pel, the heir to Simenon’s Maigret

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Yellowthread Street Mystery 2

The Hatchet Man

William Marshall

DCI Harry Feiffer investigates a series of apparently motiveless murders…

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Yellowthread Street Mystery 15

Nightmare Syndrome

William Marshall

As the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese approaches, detective Harry Feiffer faces a battle with evil incarnate.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime A Miss Seeton Mystery 24

Watch the Wall, Miss Seeton

Hamilton Crane

Miss Seeton foils a murderous gang of professional smugglers operating on the Kent coast.

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Humorous Mystery and Crime An Inspector Pel Mystery 6

Pel and the Bombers

Mark Hebden

A terrorist group plans to assassinate the President on his visit to Burgundy – it's down to Pel to stop them.

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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 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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Social comedy Classic Canning 3

Mr Finchley Takes the Road

Victor Canning

Mr Finchley takes a house-hunting trip in a horse-drawn caravan – what else will he find along the way?

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