Live And Deadly

Source: Review copyPublication: 330 August 2026 from HeadlinePP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1035408306 My thanks to Headline for an advance copy for review A PERFECT COUPLE.BUT ONE OF THEM IS A KILLER. WHICH ONE?Patrick Vanderpool, son of a billionaire media mogul, is destined for power. But the affair he’s having could ruin everything.Vanessa Vanderpool, married to one of America’s most influential men,…

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 July 2026 from Michael JosephPP: 400ISBN-13: 978-0241644744 My thanks to Michael Joseph for an advance copy for review A BEAUTIFUL RESORTIt looked like the perfect getaway. A luxury resort with endless pools, a gorgeous golden beach, and a kids’ club that is every parent’s dream. But for Amanda, a British detective in desperate need of a break with her young…

Source: Review copyPublication: 16 July 2026 from Orenda BooksPP: 300ISBN-13: 978-1917764452 My thanks to Orenda Books for an advance copy for review DCI Jack Parker is BACK…Death is stalking the streets of Newcastle. An anonymous killer is offering the terminally ill a dignified escape. Mercy to some. Murder to others. KILLERDCI Jack Parker doesn’t want the case. He has a secret of his own –…

Source: Review copyPublication: 23 July 2026 from ZaffrePP: 384IBN-13: My thanks to Zaffre for an advance copy for review Bestselling crime author Marian Lane is surrounded by adoring readers when she learns that her husband Dane is dead.Marian returns home in shock to discover a stranger on her doorstep. A woman who not only claims she’s Marian’s biggest fan but says that she comforted Dane in…

Source: Review copyPublication: 16 July 2026 from Bantam PressPP: 3652ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0857508713 My thanks to Bantam Press for an advance copy for review If these walls could talk, they’d scream…When Ellie moves into 1 Delaney Row, all she has to her name is the house, a small suitcase and the terrible secrets she’s desperate to keep. But what she doesn’t know is that her new home is already…

Source; Review copyPublication: 16 July 2026 from Hemlock PressPP: 336ISBN-13: 978-0008702304 My thanks to Hemlock Press for an advance copy for review. Someone is dead. Someone is a killer. Someone is lying.A woman is found in bloodstained clothes on the lonely coast of County Mayo. At first, she won’t speak. Then a name comes: Ruth. And a story about her missing friend: Maura. Ruth says she…

Source: Review copy and purchased copyPublication: 9 July 2026 from HarvillPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1787305618 My thanks to Harvill for an advance copy for review Every school has its scandals. This one could be fatal.Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St Cordula’s Catholic boarding school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin.Legend…

Source: Review copyPublication: 9 July 2026 from MacmillanPP: 400ISBN-13: 9781035041992 My thanks to Pan Macmillan for an advance copy for review Tuscany. Winter, 1540.Travelling north into the hills above Florence, investigator Cesare Aldo seeks answers about his past. The trail leads him to Ospedale de’ Pazzi, a secure institution for the criminally insane.Soon after arriving a blizzard…

Source: Review copyPublication: 2 July 2026 from BaskervillePP: 352ISBN-13: 978-1399819718 My thanks to Baskerville for an advance copy for review New York, December 1941.Joseph Gunner, former soldier, is off the front lines and on the streets of New York, tasked with helping tip America into the Second World War.Working for a section of the British Secret Service, Gunner spends his days…

Source: Review copyPublication: 2 July 2026 from SpherePP: 400ISBN-13: 978-1408722022 My thanks to Laura Sherlock and Sphere for an advance copy for review Mark Billingham is back with the third instalment in the excellent DS Declan Miller series. The Shadow Step takes his eccentrically brilliant detective to a whole new level. The novel opens with a classic Billingham hook: a ballroom dancing…

Source: Review copyPublication: 2 July 2026 from WildfirePP: 384ISBN-13: 978-1472298935 My thanks to Wildfire for an advance copy for review Festival season. The streets are filled to bursting with tourists, and Edinburgh is gripped by a stifling heatwave. Not the best time for one of the most violent murders the city has witnessed in years.The victim of the murder cannot be identified; its…

Source: Review copyPublication : 18 June 2026 from Harper CollinsPP: 416ISBN-13: 978-0008771133 My thanks to Harper Collins for an advance copy for review Welcome to North Falls―a small town with big secrets.The house at 1601 Iris Drive looks like any other in the quiet, residential street. But rumours are rife about the Vickery family, and what goes on behind closed doors. Then one afternoon…

Source: Review copyPublication: 18 June 2026 from Hemlock PressPP: 448ISBN-13: 978-0008645731 A BRUTAL MURDERSheffield detective DI Diana Walker is called to a gruesome scene – the charred remains of a man have been discovered, showing signs of torture. The body was abandoned on the wild moors of the Peak District, but he wasn’t killed there.A LIFE GONE UP IN FLAMESAn arson fire in Sheffield…

Source: Review copyPublication: 18 June 2026 from HarvillPP: 432ISBN-13: 978-1787302747 My thanks to Harvill for an advance copy for review Every floor has its secrets…Washed-up American heart-throb George Abercrombie hates India, even from the rarified heights of his apartment on the 68th floor of the Pinnacle, Mumbai’s grandest luxury skyscraper. He hates the noise, he hates the heat and…