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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? #NationalCrimeReadingMonth #NCRM #CWA #CrimeWritersAssociation #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeWriters #CrimeAuthors #CrimeReaders #CrimeReading #CrimeFictionLover #CrimeSeries #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFictionUK
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? #NationalCrimeReadingMonth #NCRM #CWA #CrimeWritersAssociation #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeWriters #CrimeAuthors #CrimeReaders #CrimeReading #CrimeFictionLover #CrimeSeries #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFictionUK #BookoftheMonth #BOTM
It’s National Crime Reading Month and we are so It’s National Crime Reading Month and we are so excited! This month we will be showcasing our finest crime series from the Allison & Busby bookshelves. Each week, we will be spotlighting a different crime series and bringing you exclusive content from the authors themselves. National Crime Reading Month aims to bring crime writing, old and new, to the forefront of bookshops and libraries throughout the month of June. We are thrilled to be taking part in such a pivotal initiative in the crime writing world! We’re kicking off the celebration with an array of the best A&B crime fiction, swipe to see our top picks ➡ Tell us your favourite crime series in the comments below ⬇ #NationalCrimeReadingMonth #NCRM #CWA #CrimeWritersAssociation #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeWriters #CrimeAuthors #CrimeReaders #CrimeReading #CrimeFictionLover #CrimeSeries #AllisonandBusby #CrimeFictionUK
The latest addition to Sarah Hawkswood’s Bradeco The latest addition to Sarah Hawkswood’s Bradecote and Catchpoll series is here! 🤩 Too Good to Hang transports the reader to April, 1145. Thorgar the Ploughman is found by the bloodied body of Father Edmund, a village priest in Ripple, and is summarily hanged for being caught in the act, despite his pleas of innocence. When his sister goes to Worcester to seek justice for Thorgar, the lord Sheriff sends Hugh Bradecote, with Serjeant Catchpoll and Underserjeant Walkelin, to discover the truth. They soon expose strong motives for placing the blame on the ploughman’s shoulders, some unpleasant secrets festering among the villagers, as well as the whisper of a treasure long lost and now rediscovered. The shadow the noose casts is a long one, but the Sherrif’s men will need to plumb the darkness to uncover the true killer. Now available to purchase! #TooGoodtoHang #MedievalMystery #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeReads #CrimeWriters #CrimeAuthors
Don’t miss out on our Ebook of the Month for jus Don’t miss out on our Ebook of the Month for just 99p! 🔍📖 Death in Shetland Waters by Marsali Taylor will take you on a wild ride full of murder, mystery and deceit … Head to the link in our bio to purchase! #Ebook #EbookoftheMonth #KindleDeal #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeReads #CrimeWriters #AllisonandBusby
The Camden Murder by Mike Hollow is now available The Camden Murder by Mike Hollow is now available in paperback! November 1940. As dawn begins to break, blackout regulations are rendered pointless by a car burning fiercely near the Regent’s Canal in Camden Town, north London. In the burnt-out vehicle police find the charred remains of a body. The victim is Les Latham, a commercial traveller for the Baring and Sons confectionery company. He liked to be known as Lucky Les, but it seems his luck has finally run out. Detective Inspector John Jago discovers a mysterious photograph and some suspicious-looking petrol ration books among Latham’s belongings. These lead him off on a murky trail of deceit, corruption and murder. It seems that the Blitz Detective will have to make his own luck to bring to light an unexpected killer. Head to our website to read a blog post from Mike Hollow 💻 #TheCamdenMurder #MikeHollow #BlitzDetective #TheBlitzDetective #WorldWarTwo #Blitz #Camden #London #1940s #CrimeFiction #CrimeBooks #CrimeWriters
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