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Are you basking in the sun at home ☀ or heading

Are you basking in the sun at home ☀ or heading off on holiday ✈?
In either case, it's the perfect time to pick up The Second Lady Silverwood by @emmaorchardbooks for just 99p in Kobo's sale!

It is 1814 and she is the talk of the town

Sir Benedict Silverwood needs a new wife. Kate Moreton, an impoverished spinster and Italian teacher, is an outlandish suggestion, but one that grows on Benedict, alongside his attraction to Kate. Kate has been hopelessly in love with him for years so the idea of marriage when he doesn't reciprocate her feelings is appalling, but so very tempting at the same time. Sparks fly and passion flares after the wedding, but it becomes clear that incendiary secrets threaten Kate and Benedict's fragile new life together. The question is, will he be able to love and trust the second Lady Silverwood?

'If you're girding your loins for Bridgerton, you may want to indulge in this Regency romp' - THE TIMES

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We’re giving one of you the chance to win an aud

We’re giving one of you the chance to win an audiobook download for this brilliant book, all you have to do is:

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3) Tell us your favourite crime genre in the comments ⬇

Competition closes at midnight 22/06/2023. For full terms and conditions, visit the Allison & Busby website.

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We are delighted to be sharing an exclusive blog p

We are delighted to be sharing an exclusive blog post from Christina Koning with you today to coincide with our focus on the Blind Detective series this week.

In this blog, Christina reflects upon unexpected detectives within crime fiction, including her protagonist Fred Rowlands, who was blinded at Ypres.

Head to the link in our bio to read the full blog post!

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Of course our eBook of the Month is in keeping wit

Of course our eBook of the Month is in keeping with our focus on National Crime Reading Month!

The stylish wartime whodunnit, Murder at the Ritz by Jim Eldridge, is only 99p on the Amazon Kindle store this month 👀

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city’s skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society continues to enjoy all the glamour and comfort that money can buy during wartime – until an anonymous man is discovered with his throat slashed open.

Detective Chief Inspector Coburg is called in to investigate, no stranger himself to the haunts of the upper echelons of society, ably assisted by his trusty colleague, Sergeant Lampson. Yet they soon face several obstacles. With the crime committed in rooms in use by an exiled king and his retinue, there are those who fear diplomatic repercussions, and would rather the case be forgotten.

With mounting pressure from various Intelligence agencies, rival political factions and gang warfare brewing either side of the Thames, Coburg and Lampson must untangle a web of deception if they are to solve the case – and survive.

Let us know if you’ve read Murder at the Ritz! We’d love to hear you thoughts 📚🤩

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Where better to start our National Crime Reading M

Where better to start our National Crime Reading Month celebrations than with our author of the month, Christina Koning!

Christina Koning is the author of our newest inter-war crime series, the Blind Detective 🕵️‍♂️🔎

In The Blind Detective, Fred Rowlands, injured war veteran, is working as a switchboard operator in the City when an over-heard telephone conversation draws him into a murder case. He is then swept into the whirl of London on the hunt for the killer of a dancer in Murder in Regent’s Park. The glitz and glamour of 1930s aviation tangles Rowlands in a complex web of suspicion, guilt and deceit in Murder at Hendon Aerodrome. Murder in Berlin sees Rowlands immersed in the German film industry and its dark secrets while a country teeters on the knife-edge of war and a man’s life also hangs in the balance in Murder in Dublin.

Rowlands will return later this year, where his sleuthing will take him to Cambridge and Barcelona.

You can get £2 off the first book in the series, The Blind Detective, when you purchase via our website! 🤩

Have you read any of the books in this series?

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Our Books of the Month for June are here! We’ve

Our Books of the Month for June are here! We’ve carefully selected the following to allow you to get a taste for different genres of crime across the A&B roster 🤩

You can get £2 off all these books when you purchase directly through the A&B website. It’s the perfect opportunity to kick start a new series!

📚 The Blind Detective by Christina Koning – The thrilling inter-war mystery with injured war veteran and amateur sleuth, Fred Rowlands, at the centre

📚 Bad For Good by Graham Bartlett – An explosive contemporary crime thriller set in the dark underbelly of Brighton

📚 Dead in Devon by Stephanie Austin – The compelling cosy crime series set in the shady world of antique dealing

📚 Servant of Death by Sarah Hawkswood – A cunningly wrought medieval mystery set in 12th century Worcestershire

What books will you be reading during National Crime Reading Month?

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