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  The Mystery at Rake Hall - CS...

  Maureen Paton

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  'Satisfyingly violent'The Times, Best Crime Fiction of 2025 So Far
  'Sprightly and elegantly written mystery'The Daily Telegraph
  'A marvellous literary thriller' Clare Chase
  'A clever and refreshing take on the mystery novel' Jo Silva
  In post-war Oxford, secrets lie behind every door.
  In 1947, with rationing still biting and the black market thriving, university don C.S. 'Jack' Lewis finds himself pulled into a mystery straight from one of his friend Dorothy Sayers' novels. Susan Temple, his brightest student, has hidden herself away at Rake Hall — a hostel for unmarried, outcast mothers – and hasn't been heard from since.
  With no experience beyond catching the occasional student plagiarist, Lewis is hardly a detective. But when Susan's absence continues to haunt him, he teams up with her concerned friend Lucy and together they delve into the disturbing rumours of a nasty racket at Rake Hall. Can Lewis's nose for the truth separate fact from fiction?
  In The Mystery at Rake Hall, Maureen Paton – whose mother lived at the real-life Rake Hall while pregnant with Maureen – brilliantly recreates a post-war Oxford world, as well as imagining an alternative life for one of its most famous residents.
  RAVE READER REVIEWS
  
  - 'An homage to post war Oxford ... an entertaining read with a mystery to solve'
  - 'Blends historical authenticity with a compelling "whodunit"'
  - 'Very easy to read, a page-turner and a real sense of Oxford'
  - 'I loved this mystery .. the author brought to life the time beautifully … I cannot wait to see what she offers for her second book but this one will be hard to top'
  - 'An enjoyable, atmospheric and very cosy read'
  - 'A famous real-life writer solving a mystery … I really enjoyed it'

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  Lord Peter Views the Body - The...

  Dorothy L. Sayers

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  In this thrilling short story from Lord Peter Views the Body, Dorothy L. Sayers presents another gripping adventure featuring the sharp-witted aristocratic detective, Lord Peter Wimsey. "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers" unfolds as Lord Peter is drawn into a bizarre case involving a peculiar and unsettling figure—an artist with a sinister reputation and mysterious copper-coated fingers. When the artist's dark obsessions lead to murder, Lord Peter must unravel the clues hidden in the shadows of high society and the world of the avant-garde to reveal the truth.With Sayers' characteristic blend of wit, keen psychological insight, and intricate plotting, this story showcases Lord Peter's impeccable skills as a detective and a gentleman. Rich in atmosphere and intrigue, it offers readers a captivating mystery with a chilling edge.

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  Direct Legacy - A Cold War Spy...

  James Stejskal

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  At the height of the Troubles, a young American Special Forces soldier must find and stop his vengeful former comrade-in-arms before he carries out a devastating terrorist strike for the IRA. Once friends, they are now pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war.It is the height of the Troubles and Northern Ireland lies under a shadow…  When Neil Fitzpatrick, a rogue Green Beret soldier, is recruited by the Irish Republican Army to help prepare a terrorist attack, Paul Stavros, his former teammate, is sent to stop him and bring him home alive. Fitzpatrick, the American son of an Irish rebel who was forced to flee his birthplace, is a Special Forces demolitions expert. Fitzpatrick knows his trade and has a personal agenda with the IRA.  Alarm bells erupt when the US government learns that Fitzpatrick has gone over to the IRA. The American public can’t find out that one of its elite soldiers is involved in terrorism and the US government won’t rely on the British to find him. They need someone who knows Fitzpatrick and how he operates. Who better than one of his former teammates?  Paul Stavros is also a Special Forces veteran. He knows little of the Irish Troubles but is about to learn. What he does know is how to fix problems and Neil has just become his biggest headache. But before Stavros can go operational, he must endure an arduous and hazardous selection process to be accepted by the joint SAS-intelligence cell that will back him up. The British aren’t happy with Stavros on their turf; they’d rather do the job themselves—quickly, cleanly, and terminally.  Once, Fitzpatrick and Stavros were comrades and friends. Now they are pawns on opposite sides of an ugly war where all is fair and no one is innocent. The British want to kill one, the IRA wants to kill the other. It’s a race to see who will be first.

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  Murder at Arleigh

  Alyssa Maxwell

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  April 1903: Emma and Derrick Andrews have been invited to the wedding of her cousin Reggie Vanderbilt and heiress Cathleen Neilson at the Bellevue Mansion, Arleigh. Their hosts are a popular young couple who are leasing the home for the summer—Harry and Elizabeth "Bessie" Lehr. Known for his practical jokes, Harry is the toast of parties, earning a reputation as the court jester of the Gilded Age. However, as Emma soon learns, behind closed doors he is dead serious. 
   
   
   
  Following the wedding, Bessie comes to Emma for help, insisting that her husband is cruel to her in private, telling her outright he married her only for her money and finds her repulsive. Divorce is unthinkable. Now she believes he is plotting to murder her and make it look like an accident: a broken balcony railing she might have leaned on, a loose stair runner that could have sent her tumbling down a staircase, faulty brakes in the car she uses . . . 
   
   
   
  Some would say being trapped in a loveless marriage is a fate worse than death. Not Bessie—she wants to live! Unsure if these situations are mere coincidences or add up to premeditated sabotage, Emma agrees to investigate and determine if Newport's merry prankster is engaged in a cold-blooded game of life or death . . .

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  Cetus Wedge

  K.A. Bachus

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  After investigation came retribution, vindictive and indiscriminate.It’s the early 1980s and the height of the Cold War when Steve Donovan, despite a checkered past, troubled marriage, and no prospects, lands a job at the very bottom of the intelligence world. He finds a kind of happiness being involved with shady people in unsavory activities until he is suddenly promoted over the heads of fifty-nine colleagues by his Section chief, who is himself being promoted.Steve’s boss, Frank, is handing him responsibility for Charlemagne, the premier freelance specialist team used by Western governments for black operations conducted without fingerprints. The deadly team has filled several drawers at a Chicago morgue and Steve and Frank fly out to investigate why.With three days left until Christmas, their investigation uncovers tragedies, past, present, and perhaps, yet to come into their futures. Frank appears to be the next target, but is Steve also? It is difficult to tell because truth is hard to come by and deception obscures everything and everyone they speak to. Loyalties are hidden, moral codes nonexistent.Cetus Wedge is the second novel in K.A. Bachus’s fast-paced Charlemagne Files series chronicling the lives of a team of deadly Cold War intelligence operatives over three decades.

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  Nexus

  Kate Baucherel

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  Books 4, 5 and 6 of the SimCavalier series in a single omnibus edition 
  The SimCavalier battles for survival in a world teetering on the brink of virtual chaos. 
  Hacker legend Cameron Silvera – the SimCavalier – has never trusted tech billionaire Jack Sladen. When she uncovers a connection between his new Foundation, a dangerous cybercrime syndicate, and a rogue AI locked away in a high-security prison, Cameron and Jack are drawn into an uneasy alliance. They have the skills to take down their foe, but can they destroy her in time? 
  A year later, on the eve of the 2048 Olympics, the stakes rise. A breach in the Games' virtual infrastructure points to rigged betting and systemic corruption, forcing Cameron back into the criminal underworld she knows all too well. The hunter becomes the hunted as she faces her foe in a virtual battle where death is all too real. 
  The balance of global power shifts when the newly-fortified Militia sweeps down the Rockies and takes the United States combined strategic forces by surprise. Machines decide who lives and who dies, but should Cameron believe the simulations or the evidence of her own eyes? As she and her team begin to unravel the truth of a decade-old conspiracy, they become targets themselves. Cameron must call on the unlikeliest of allies to survive.

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