PJ McIlvaine
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery, Noir, Political, Psychological, Suspense
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Gwenillian Williams
Type of books: Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: The Conjuror’s Apprentice
Frazer Douglas
Type of books: Espionage
Most recent publication: The Cassandra Complex
Tim Coulton
Type of books: Action, Gangster, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
Most recent publication: Storm from the North
Charlie Cochrane
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Romantic
Most recent publication: The Case of the Undiscovered Corpse
Malcolm Noble
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Procedural
Emma Melville
Type of books: Fantasy, Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Morgan’s Miscellany
Jamie West
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: Death on the Pier
Anita Neilson
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Fantasy, Humour, Mystery, Noir, Romantic, Science Fiction, Scripted works, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Fix
Kate Evans
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological
Most recent publication: Drowning Not Waving
Phil Eastwood
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery, Suspense
Scott Hunter
Type of books: Action, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Closer to the Dead
Daniella Bernett
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: A Mind To Murder
Chauhan CV
Type of books: Action, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Dance of Death
David West
Type of books: Action, Espionage, Historical, Mystery
Liz Fielding
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery
Most recent publication: Redeemed by Her Midsummer Kiss
Liza North
Type of books: Psychological
Katherine Futers
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour, Mystery
Mark Griffin
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: When Evil Wakes
Amanda Cassidy
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: Breaking
Sue Cook
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: Tara’s African Adventure
D.M. Austin
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Supernatural
Most recent publication: A Christmas Murder of Crows
MJ Williams
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Velocity of Blood
Victoria Goldman
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Redeemer
Scarlett Brade
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: THE HIVE
Tony McKenna
Type of books: Biography, Fantasy, Gangster, Historical, Literary criticism, Mystery, Noir, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Face of the Waters
Dan Malakin
Type of books: Action, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Box
JK Ellem
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Gangster, Medical, Mystery, Noir, Political, Procedural, Psychological, Science Fiction, Suspense
Most recent publication: Murder School – New York City
John Reid
Type of books: Action, Espionage, Gangster, Legal, Mystery, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Abduction
Adam Lyndon
Type of books: Procedural
Most recent publication: Devil’s Chimney
Angela Edgar
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological, True Crime
Most recent publication: What’s Left Behind
Michael Wood
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Lost Children
James Andrew
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological
Most recent publication: Where Wolves Prowl
Jan Edwards
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Espionage, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Procedural, Scripted works, Supernatural
Most recent publication: Listed Dead
Alex Willis
Type of books: Biography, Mystery, Romantic, True Crime
Most recent publication: The Jockey’s Wife
Jerry Aylward
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, True Crime
Most recent publication: The Scarlet Oak
Erik Meyers
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery
Most recent publication: Caged Time
T.M. Stretton
Type of books: Fantasy, Gangster, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Julia Stone
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Accident
Karin Nordin
Type of books: Noir, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Last One Alive
Simon Van de Velde
Type of books: Action, Gangster, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Silent Brother
Claire Allan
Type of books: Psychological, Scripted works, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Nurse
Tony Forder
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Gangster, Mystery, Noir, Political, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Darker Days to Come (DI Bliss #9)
Liza Costello
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Crookedwood
Joy Kluver
Type of books: Procedural
Most recent publication: Left For Dead
Howard Matthews
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Humour, Mystery
Most recent publication: The Investigator’s Wedding
Caroline Dunford
Type of books: Amateur detective, Espionage, Humour, Psychological
Most recent publication: Hope for Tomorrow
Hilary Pugh
Type of books: Cosy, Humour, Mystery
Most recent publication: Mystery at Murriemuir
Victoria Selman
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: Truly Darkly Deeply
Sohom Das
Type of books: Biography, Gangster, Legal, Medical, Psychological, Science, True Crime
Michael Lynes
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: The Heretic’s Daughter
Daniel Godfrey
Type of books: Historical, Science Fiction
Most recent publication: The Synapse Sequence
Frank Malley
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Espionage, Historical, Humour, Mystery
Most recent publication: The 13th Assassin
Jonathan Wilkins
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Gangster, Historical, Medical, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Romantic
Most recent publication: Poppy Blossoms Amongst The Dead
Elizabeth Ducie
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Espionage, Gangster, Historical, Humour, Medical, Mystery, Political, Science, Suspense
Most recent publication: Villainy at the Village Store
D.L. Marshall
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Biography, Espionage, Historical, Scripted works, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: Black Run
Jacqui Black
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: FATHOM
Sharon Dempsey
Type of books: Literary criticism, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Midnight Killing
Liza Miles
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery
Most recent publication: Murder By Stealth
Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour, Mystery, Procedural, Romantic
Most recent publication: A Murder of Crows
P.N. Johnson
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: Killer in the Crowd by PN Johnson
Ann Bloxwich
Type of books: Procedural
Most recent publication: What Goes Around (DI Alex Peachey book 1)
Steven Savile
Type of books: Action, Fantasy, Political, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Black Shepherd
Robert Murphy
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, True Crime
Most recent publication: To Hunt A Killer
Andrew Edwards
Type of books: Psychological, Science, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Psychopath
Susan Grossey
Type of books: Historical, Humour, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: Notes of Change
CE Rose
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Romantic, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The House on the Water’s Edge
Daniel Sellers
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, Suspense
Sarah Walton
Type of books: Historical, Psychological, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: THE SILK PAVILION
Harry Navinski
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Gangster, Historical, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Key to Murder
Fiona Forsyth
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Political
Most recent publication: The Emperor’s Servant
Robin Perrie
Type of books: True Crime
Most recent publication: I’m The Yorkshire Ripper
Catherine Yaffe
Type of books: Action, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Lie She Told
Jane McParkes
Type of books: Cosy
Most recent publication: A Deadly Inheritance –
Katy Watson
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy
Most recent publication: The Three Dahlias
Denise Beddows
Type of books: Espionage, Historical, Noir, Procedural
Most recent publication: Shearwater Point
Edie Baylis
Type of books: Action, Gangster, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: Vendetta
Penny Batchelor
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Her New Best Friend
Cassandra Clark
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Political, Romantic, Scripted works, Suspense
Dawn Brookes
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: Corporate Cruise Murder (A Rachel Prince Mystery Book 11)
Bryan J Mason
Type of books: Historical, Humour, Mystery, Noir, Political
Most recent publication: Shaking Hands with the Devil
Lynne McEwan
Type of books: Procedural
Most recent publication: DEAD MAN DEEP
Liz Webb
Type of books: Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Daughter
Femi Kayode
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Lightseekers
Rachel Amphlett
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Legal, Mystery, Noir, Political, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: A Silent Truth
Connie Berry
Type of books: Mystery
Robert Chandler
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery, Procedural, Romantic, Supernatural
Most recent publication: Rosary Road
Jacquie Rogers
Type of books: Archaeology, Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: The Carnelian Phoenix
Helen Cooper
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Other Guest
Stephen Timmins
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Gangster, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Fortieth Step, Volume Three: Promise
Holly Seddon
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Woman on the Bridge
Martina Murphy
Type of books: Procedural
Most recent publication: The Branded
Mark Wightman
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Noir, Political
Most recent publication: Waking the Tiger
Amer Anwar
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Gangster, Humour, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
Most recent publication: Stone Cold Trouble
Inga Vesper
Type of books: Amateur detective, Historical, Noir
Most recent publication: This Wild, Wild Country
Louise Mumford
Type of books: Action, Psychological, Science Fiction, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Safe House
Alison Morgan
Type of books: Humour, Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Over Her Dead Body
Bryony Pearce
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Little Rumours
Antony Dunford
Type of books: Action, Suspense
Most recent publication: Hunted
Stephen Bentley
Type of books: Action, Biography, Gangster, Legal, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: Operation George: A Gripping True Crime Story of an Audacious Undercover Sting
TM Logan
Type of books: Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Curfew
Fiona Erskine
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Biography, Mystery, Science
Most recent publication: The Chemical Cocktail
Jonathan Peace
Type of books: Historical, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: From Sorrow’s Hold
Stephanie Harte
Type of books: Gangster
Most recent publication: Rolling The Dice
G. M. Malliet
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: AUGUSTA HAWKE
Bernard O’Keeffe
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Final Round
Glenda Young
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour
Most recent publication: Curtain Call at the Seaview Hotel (set in Scarborough)
Rebecca Millar
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Humour, Legal, Medical, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Romantic, Science, Suspense
Most recent publication: Crime Fiction Editor
John Kennedy
Type of books: Action, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Science Fiction, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Blood Promise
Trish Finnegan
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Blue Sky
Julie Anderson
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Espionage, Mystery, Noir, Political, Psychological, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: Opera
Margaret Murphy
Type of books: Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Before He Kills Again
Jane Bettany
Type of books: Cosy, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Last Seen Alive
Heather Burnside
Type of books: Gangster, Noir
Most recent publication: Blackmail
Paul Waters
Type of books: Action, Historical, Noir, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Blackwatertown
Rob McInroy
Type of books: Historical
Most recent publication: Barossa Street
Sophia Bennett
Type of books: Amateur detective, Biography, Cosy, Humour, Mystery, Political
Most recent publication: Murder Most Royal
H L Marsay
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: A Forgotten Shadow
Jamie Morgan Kane
Type of books: Action, True Crime
Sean Gibbons
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Espionage, Gangster, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
Most recent publication: City of Death
Linda Mather
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Noir
Most recent publication: A Future Murder
Robin Jarossi
Type of books: Gangster, Noir, True Crime
Most recent publication: Murder by the Sea Vol 1
Robin Blake
Type of books: Historical
Most recent publication: Hungry Death
Leslie Scase
Type of books: Action, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Sabrina’s Teardrop
Victoria Dowd
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour, Legal, Mystery
Most recent publication: A Book of Murder
Helena Dixon
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Romantic
Most recent publication: Murder at the Country Club
L J Morris
Type of books: Action, Suspense
Charlie Garratt
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: A Malignant Death
Sarah Linley
Type of books: Amateur detective, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Wedding Murders
Miranda Rijks
Type of books: Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Forget Me Not
Diane Saxon
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological
Most recent publication: My Little Brother
Tom Mead
Type of books: Amateur detective, Historical, Mystery, Psychological
Most recent publication: Death and the Conjuror
Jess Faraday
Type of books: Historical
Sherryl Clark
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Gangster, Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: Dead and Gone
Stephanie Austin
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Suspense
Most recent publication: A devon Night’s Death
Candy Denman
Type of books: Medical, Mystery
Most recent publication: A Police Doctor Investigates: The Sussex Murder Mysteries (Books 1-3)
Gaynor Torrance
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Caerphilly Mountain Killings
Gary Haynes
Type of books: Action, Historical, Political, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Blameless Dead
Ashley Dyer
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological, Science, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Cutting Room
Jane G Harlond
Type of books: Action, Cosy, Espionage, Fantasy, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Political, Procedural, Romantic
Most recent publication: Courting Danger
Alex Chaudhuri
Type of books: Amateur detective, Legal, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Loyal Friend
Eva Cserhati
Type of books: Amateur detective, Historical, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: Pilgrimage to Death
Noelle Holten
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Dead Mercy
Valerie Keogh
Type of books: Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Lodger
Kate Jackson
Type of books: Literary criticism
Jim Eldridge
Type of books: Historical
Most recent publication: Murder at Claridges
Allan Martin
Type of books: Historical, Mystery, Noir, Political, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Tales Murderous and Mysterious
Carla Kovach
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological, Romantic, Suspense
Deborah Lucy
Type of books: Action, Biography, Legal, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: Left For Dead
Louise Burfitt-Dons
Type of books: Action, Espionage, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Political, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Our Man In Kuwait
Anne Penketh
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Murder at the Manor
Tony White
Type of books: Mystery, Political, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Fountain in the Forest
Antony Johnston
Type of books: Action, Espionage, Political, Procedural, Science Fiction
Most recent publication: The Patrios Network
Matthew Booth
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Legal, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: A Talent for Murder: An Everett Carr Mystery
Graham Brack
Type of books: Amateur detective, Historical, Humour, Political, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Lying Dutchman
Patrick Hirsch
Type of books: Action, Historical, Mystery
Most recent publication: Hudson’s Kill
Caroline England
Type of books: Legal, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Romantic, Supernatural, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Sinner
Art Taylor
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Literary criticism, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Boy Detective & The Summer of ’74 and Other Tales of Suspense
Chris Curran
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery, Noir, Psychological
Most recent publication: THE GUESTHOUSE (as Abbie Frost)
Katherine Stansfield
Type of books: Amateur detective, Fantasy, Historical, Psychological, Supernatural
Most recent publication: The Mermaid’s Call
Philip G Jones
Type of books: Amateur detective, Humour
Most recent publication: The Venetian Legacy
Anne Coates
Type of books: Amateur detective, Mystery
Most recent publication: Stage Call
Alice Castle
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Cosy, Humour, Noir, Psychological, Romantic, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Murder Mystery
C T Mitchell
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: New Murder Mystery Set On The Tweed Coast
Graham Bartlett
Type of books: Historical, Procedural, True Crime
Most recent publication: Bad for Good
Dea Parkin
Type of books: Scripted works, Suspense
Most recent publication: Music of the Night
Abi Silver
Type of books: Legal, Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Ambrosia Project
Angela Wren
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Suspense
Most recent publication: Dark Paris
Liz Mistry
Type of books: Mystery, Noir, Procedural
Most recent publication: Unjust Bias
Helen Callaghan
Type of books: Amateur detective, Archaeology, Mystery, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Night Falls, Still Missing
Simon Michael
Type of books: Amateur detective, Gangster, Historical, Legal, Noir, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Final Shot
Roger A Price
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural, Suspense
Most recent publication: Hidden
Sam Blake
Type of books: Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Remember My Name
Mike Hollow
Type of books: Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Camden Murder
Lea O’Harra
Type of books: Mystery, Suspense
Most recent publication: Dead Reckoning, Sharpe Books, September 29, 2022
Chris Lloyd
Type of books: Historical, Noir, Procedural
Most recent publication: The Unwanted Dead
Jane A Adams
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Girl in the Yellow Dress
Peter Bartram
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Noir
Most recent publication: The World Cup Mystery
Steve Cavanagh
Type of books: Legal, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Accomplice
Mark Ellis
Type of books: Historical, Noir, Procedural
Most recent publication: Dead In The Water
Susan Wilkins
Type of books: Gangster, Medical, Mystery, Noir, Political, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: Lie Deny Repeat
P.D Viner
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Gangster, Mystery, Noir, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: The Call
David Hodges
Type of books: Action, Mystery, Procedural, Psychological, Suspense
Most recent publication: VENOM ON THE LEVELS
Paul Gitsham
Type of books: Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: DCI Warren Jones: Time To Kill
Jeff Dowson
Type of books: Action, Historical, Humour, Mystery, Political, Scripted works
Most recent publication: The Bristol Thrillers Volume One and The Bristol Thrillers Volume Two
Jason Monaghan
Type of books: Amateur detective, Archaeology, Espionage, Historical, Political, Romantic, Supernatural
Most recent publication: Blackshirt Masquerade
Linda Stratmann
Type of books: Amateur detective, Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Noir
Most recent publication: Sherlock Holmes and the Ebony Idol
Michael Stanley
Type of books: Action, Mystery, Procedural
Most recent publication: A Deadly Covenant
Leo McNeir
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Archaeology, Cosy, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Psychological
Most recent publication: Gospel Truth/Pilgrims
Dirk Robertson
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Biography, Gangster, Historical, Legal, Mystery, Noir, Political, Suspense, True Crime
William Burton McCormick
Type of books: Action, Amateur detective, Espionage, Historical, Mystery, Noir, Psychological, Science Fiction, Supernatural, Suspense, True Crime
Most recent publication: House of Tigers
Angus Marshall
Type of books:
Most recent publication: Digital Forensics: Digital Evidence in Criminal Investigations
Gordon Brown
Type of books: Action, Humour, Mystery
Most recent publication: Six Wounds
Martin Edwards
Type of books: Amateur detective, Historical, Suspense
Most recent publication: Blackstone Fell