Crime

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Shilling & Florin Book One: The Jack of Hearts Murders
Kate Haley
Crime & Thrillers
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Meet your new favorite detective…
Cozy charm joins Victorian mystery as scruffy sleuth Charlie Shilling teams up with brilliant doctor Amelia Florin to solve crime… and maybe catch a few feelings as well as some nasty crooks. New cozy mystery series with the cutest cinnamon-roll characters!

Rachel And The Mischievous Thieves
Rutendo Shadaya
Children's Books
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The third book in the “The Enchanted Gang” series.

For the Love of Mary
Carne Maxwell
Crime & Thrillers
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A quest for innocence uncovers secrets that destroy the lives of those involved in this psychological thriller.

Witchy Awakening
C. A. Phipps
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Crime & Thrillers
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Who knew a talking cat would be the least surprising thing about a midlife crisis? Jessica Lavender thought her life as a baker was bland, but her mother’s death changed everything. Inheriting her childhood home and her mom’s quirky little shop, she’s thrust back into the nosy town of Good Fortune—a place far stranger than she remembers.

Sergeant Kelly's Quest
Terry Carson
Historical Fiction, Crime & Thrillers
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An 1870 visit by Armed Constabulary Sergeant Patrick Kelly to the rugged Great Barrier Island turns into investigating a shipwreck, and a brush with pirates. Later in the Northern gumfields, Kelly finds himself alone facing a murderer, who tries to hunt him down and kill him.

Sergeant Kelly's Elephant
Terry Carson
Historical Fiction, Crime & Thrillers
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In disgrace with his superiors, Sergeant Patrick Kelly, is not impressed to be put in charge of Tom, the baby elephant, accompanying Prince Alfred on a visit to New Zealand. However, when Fenians from the Thames goldfields decide to assassinate the Prince, Kelly finds himself in the thick of the action receiving some unexpected help from Tom.

Life Size Bites - A collection of short fiction
Terry Carson
Adult Fiction
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Life Size Bites is a collection of short stories and flash fiction looking at a wide range of subjects. The first two stories in the collection, comprise the winning entries in the 2025 Te Tauihu Short Story Competition and the 2026 Cambridge Autumn Festival Short Story Competition.