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Read of the month

The Devil’s Banquet by Phil Lecomber

30th June 2026

Four years after bringing the infamous child-killer known as the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice – and still haunted by the brutal vengeance exacted by the psychopath’s ruthless allies – Cockney private eye George Harley is finally back in bu…

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Featured author

Karen Menuhin

Author of the Heathcliff Lennox series. 1920’s, Cozy crime, Traditional Detectives, Downton Abbey – I love them, along with my family, my friends, my dog, and my cat. I’ve lived an itinerant life, always on the move having grown up in the military. My two sons are Jonathan and Sam Baugh and…