New Releases - December 2025

I'm still a bit behind but here is what I've got on my database for December 2025. January 2026 will follow soon. I am currently working on February 2026.  

Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known.

Further to my post about writers of colour and the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year, I have identified the writers of colour (that I know of) with a *** 

 

Ace, Cathy - The Case of the Devious Daughter #12 A Wise Enquiries Agency Mystery
Adams, Jane - Murder at the Folly #11 Rina Martin, Actress
Ashkanani, Tariq - The Night Watcher #1 Callie Munro ***
Atkinson, Heather - The Wolf (ebook only) #5 Raven
Baker, Ruth - The Mystery of the Christmas Mince Pies #4 Lady Mildred Ramsay, 1920s
Bassett, Isabella - A Cup Full of Poison #10 Lady Caroline, 1920s
Beckham, Bruce - Murder on the Menu #26 Detective Inspector Skelgill
Berry, Connie - A Grave Deception #6 Kate Hamilton, American antiques dealer
Blake, David - Blackfleet Broad #14 DCI Tanner, Norfolk
Briggs, J C - The Prisoner of Raven's Gaze Hall #4 Gothic House Mystery
Bright, Verity - Murder on a Frosty Night #24 Lady Eleanor Swift, 1920s
Brookes, Dawn - Cruise Fountain Finale #15 Rachel Prince
Brown, Benedict - The Yacht Party
Burke, Darcy - A Whisper of Secrecy #5 Raven & Wren
Carson, John - When Devils Dance With Saints #8 DCI James Craig
Carter, A J - Make Him Leave
Clarke, Georgina - A Kiss from the Devil #4 Lizzie Hardwicke, 1759
Conroy, Vivian - Trouble in the Alps #6 Miss Ashford
Dams, Jeanne M - Terror on the Train #27 Dorothy Martin
Dawson, Mark - Clearwater #26 John Milton
Ellis, Emmy - Random #47 Cardigan Estate
Enright, Robert - A Rush Of Blood #4 DS Jack Townsend
Field, David - The Footlights Murder #12 Esther and Jack Enright
Fitzek, Sebastian - Mimik tr. Jamie Bulloch
Ford, P F - Another Victim (ebook only) #2 Burnham Files
Ford, P F - The Letter (ebook only) #3 Burnham Files
Fowler, Deborah - Missing in St Ives #3 St Ives Mysteries
Galloway, K T - The Final Course #14 O'Malley & Swift
Gatland, Jack - Silver and the Christmas Caper #2 Sebastian Silver
Gatland Jack - His Dead Man's Hand #24 DI Declan Walsh
Giles, Stewart - The Spider #36 DS Jason Smith
Godden, Gillian - The Don #6 The Lambrianus
Golden, Helen - Nobbled at Christmas #14 A Right Royal Cozy Investigation Mystery
Golding, Julia - The Austen Intrigue #4 Regency Secrets
Handley, P L - Death on Barmouth Bridge #5 Nesta Griffiths
Harper, Izzie - Murder at the Christmas Panto #2 Canterbury Mystery
Hathaway, L B - Murder at the Silver Shoes Jazz Club #17 Posie Parker, 1920s
Hicks, Andrea - The Locket Code (ebook only) #2 Ottilie Divine
Higgs, Steve - Old Score to Settle #5 Albert Smith
Hood, D K - Watch Over Me #28 Detectives Kane and Alton
Hurst, Daniel - If He Finds Us (ebook only) #1 Shocking Standalone Short Story Series
Hurst, Daniel - The Body (ebook only) #2 Shocking Standalone Short Story Series
Hurst Daniel - He's My Man (ebook only) #3 Shocking Standalone Short Story Series
Jacobs,  Alina - Peppermint and Poison #4 Christmas in Harrogate
James, Ed - Cuts Both Ways #9 DI Rob Marshall
Kirk, JD - First Among the Dead - Constable Tyler Neish Novella
Kovach, Carla - Their Deadly Truth #18 Detective Gina Harte
Leather, Stephen - Recall: The Man Who Forgot Who He Was
Lynott, R K - Bury the Truth #1 DI Ryan Hale, Chesterfield, Derbys
Mark, David - After the Weeping #14 Detective Sergeant McAvoy of Humberside CID
Mason, Kelly - Poisoned in the Pavilion #7 Lady Ellen Investigates, 1920s
Masters, S R - The Drop
Menuhin, Karen Baugh - The Mystery of the Missing Man #16 Heathcliff Lennox Investigates
Mitchell, Dreda - Say Guilt and Innocence #4 Love and Hate ***
Organ, Emily - The Hyde Park Murder #11 Augusta Peel, 1920s
Penny, David - A Surfeit of Grief #5 Thomas Berrington, Ludlow, Tudor Era
Probyn, Jack - Noughts & Crosses #4 DI Stephanie Broadbent
Pugh,  Hilary - Trouble at Sunny Dell #2 Proudfoot and Handy
Queen, Emily - A Case of Luck & Death #13 Mrs. Lillywhite, 1920s
Randle, V J - Seven Bodies
Rawlins, CM - Death in a Treehouse #9 Maeve Morgan, Scotland, 1920s
Reeves, S A - A Woman in the Weir #5 The Bookshop Mysteries
Rosenberg, Kenneth - Budapest is Burning #6 Nathan Grant
Saywack, Shiv - Death on the Thames #2 Alexandra Raven, 1950
Shapiro, Irina - The Invite
Simpson, Carla - Deadly Revenge #15 Angus Brodie and Mikaela Forsythe, Victorian London
Sinclair, Rob - Burning State #14 James Ryker
Skinner, P J - Poison Politics #11 Seacastle Mystery
Smith, Philip Anthony - The Silent Daughter
Speechley, Ruby - The Daughter You Left
Stratmann, Linda - Sherlock Holmes and the Widow's Key #10 Early Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Strauss, Lee - Murder at the Maharaja's Courts #28 Ginger Gold, 1920s
Strike, Ella - The Twelve Lies of Christmas #4 Kitty Goring, 1920s
Sullivan, Tim - The Basket Case (ebook only) #3 DS Cross short story
Sutton, Ann - Murder Crashes the Christmas Wedding #14 Dodo Dorchester
Tallon, Emma - The Wife's Revenge #2 Capello Family
Unge, Christian - Blood Will Tell tr. George Goulding & Sarah De Senarclens #3 Dr Tekla Berg
Yarwood, Mark - And Then They Were Gone - DCI Peter Moone Novella
Yarwood-Lovett, Sarah - An Ambush of Tigers #7 Nell Ward
Zander-Howell, Peter - The Hospital Murders #5 David Adair,

New Releases - October and November 2025

I'm still behind but here is what I've got on my database for October - November 2025. It's a bit patchy, but I have gathered a more complete set of data for December 2025, which will follow shortly. 

Please note that, unless specifically mentioned, when a book has differing print and ebook release date, I use the print release date. Translators' names are included where known.

Further to my post about writers of colour and the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year, I have identified the writers of colour (that I know of) with a *** 

 

Alderson, Jennifer S - Murder in the British Museum #2 Traveler's Tale of Murder
Alexander, Magda - A Murder in Trinity Lane #2 Lady Rosalynd and Wynterbourne
Alexander, Magda - The Case of the Stolen Christmas Angel (ebook only) #5 Kitty Worthington Cozy Capers
Alexander, Tasha - The Sisterhood #19 Lady Emily
Allan, Claire - People Don't Just Disappear
Atkinson, Heather - Fury
Baldwin, Ben - Code Dead #3 Sam Taylor
Beaton M C (with R W Green) - Sugar and Spite #36 Agatha Raisin, Retired PR person, Cotswolds
Bennett, S J - The Queen Who Came in from the Cold #5 The Queen
Binks, Millicent - Murder at the Scottish Ball #3 Opal Laplume
Brook, Lee - The Snow Globe Murders #24 West Yorkshire Crime
Brown, Benedict - Death on the Night Train to Verona #2 Lord Edgington Investigates Abroad
Brown, Benedict - The Alpine Christmas Mystery #3 Lord Edgington Investigates Abroad
Brown, Benedict - The Holly Village Murders #6 Marius Quin, 1920s
Cambridge, Colleen - Two Truths and a Murder #5 Phyllida Bright, housekeeper to Agatha Christie.
Cameron, Will - Murder at the Partick Bunhouse Café (ebook only) #4 DCI Mike Patterson
Chase, Clare - Mystery at Mistletoe Place #15 Eve Mallow, Saxford St Peter
Child, Lee and Andrew - Exit Strategy #30 Jack Reacher, ex MP, USA
Cleeves, Ann - The Killing Stones #9 Detective Jimmy Perez, Shetlands
Dawson, Mark - Exposure (ebook only) #10 Charlie Cooper
Dixon, Helena - Murder at Midwinter Farm #22 Miss Underhay
Ellis, Emmy - Recycle #45 Cardigan Estate
Ellis, Emmy - Rapine #46 Cardigan Estate
Ellis, Hannah - Artful Deceit #6 Lily Larkin
Enright, Robert - Night One - Sam Pope Novella
Ford, P F - The Scarecrow #1 The Nolan Cormac Files
Ford, P F - In the Beginning (ebook only) #1 Burnham Files
Ford, P F - A Body in the Forest #7 The West Wales Murder Mysteries
Forsyth, Frederick and Tony Kent - The Revenge of Odessa #2 Odessa
Gatward, David J - How Grimm Saved Christmas - DCI Harry Grimm Novella
Gatward, David J - Grave Omens #4 DI Gordy Haig
Giuliani, C P - The Man From Morocco #7 Tom Walsingham
Golden, Helen - A Husband is Hushed Up #2 Duchess of Stortford, 1890s
Greene, Morgan - The Carrier #4 Solomon Church
Greene, Morgan - The Widow #5 Solomon Church
Gustawsson, Johana - The Scars of Silence tr. David Warriner #2 Lidingö Mysteries
Hannah, Sophie - The Last Death of the Year: The New Hercule Poirot Mystery #6 Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard
Harper, Izzie - Murder at Bramhurst Chapel #1 Canterbury Mystery
Higgs, Steve - The Truth Will Out #3 DS Tony Heaton
Holland, Jane - The Spiritualist's Daughter #1 Savage and Cook, Victorian Era
Horst, Jorn Lier - The Lake tr. Anne Bruce #18 Chief Inspector William Wisting, Larvik
Hunter, Evie - Dirty Secrets #3 Frenchurch Falls
James, Ed - Our Debts to the Past #8 DI Rob Marshall
James, Peter - The Hawk Is Dead #22 Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, Brighton
Johnston, Anthony - The Dog Sitter Detective's Christmas Tail #4 Gwinny Tuffel, Dog sitter
Jonasson, Ragnar - Fadeout tr. Larissa Kyzer- Ari Thor prequel (novella)
Kelly, Vanessa - Murder at Donwell Abbey #2 Emma Knightley
Khan, Vaseem - Quantum of Menace ***
Kirk, JD - The Woman Downstairs
Lindqvist, John Ajvide - The Writing in the Water tr. Michael Meigs #1 Bloodstorm
Maslen, Andy - Goodbye Aziz (ebook only) - Novella
McDermid, Val - Silent Bones #8 Karen Pirie
McEwan, Lynne - The Winter Dead #6 DI Shona Oliver, Dumfries
McKenna, Clara - Murder at Cottonwood Creek #7 Stella and Lyndy, 1905
Menuhin, Karen Baugh - The Murder of Viscount Montcrief #15 Heathcliff Lennox Investigates
Middleton, Jo - Not Another Bloody Christmas #2 Anna
Mitchell, Dreda Say - Secrets and Lies #3 Love and Hate ***
Morris M S - The Raven's Call #10 DCI Tom Raven
Mukherjee, Abir - The Burning Grounds #6 Captain Sam Wyndham, Calcutta, 1919 ***
Pine, Alex - Cold Blooded Killer #6 DI James Walker, Cumbria
Pugh, Hilary - Buried in the Brambles #1 Proudfoot and Handy
Rämö, Satu - The Shadow of the Northern Lights tr. Kristian London #3 Detective Hildur Rúnarsdottir, West Coast of Iceland
Rawlins, CM - Death in a Red Suit #8 Maeve Morgan, Scotland, 1920s
Richards, J J - The Castle #5 DCI Walker, Lancashire
Richards, S J - Behind the Ivy #10 Ex-DCI Luke Sackville
Rose, Alex - The Threat
Russell, Alan - The Dead Detective
Sandler, Rosie - Murder Bears Fruit #4 The Gardener Mysteries
Scarr, Louisa - Broken House #3 PC Lucy Halliday
Sigurdardottir, Lilja - Black as Death tr. Lorenza Garcia #5 Arora
Sigurdardottir, Yrsa - The Wake tr. Victoria Cribb #2 Policeman Týr and forensic pathologist Iðunn
Speechley, Ruby - Stolen
Sten, Viveca - Hidden in Memories tr. Marlaine Delargy #3 The Åre Murders
Stone, Alex - The Missing Boyfriend
Tuomainen, Antti - The Winter Job tr. David Hackston
Ward, Sarah - The Death Lesson #4 Mallory Dawson, Wales
Watson, Sue - Wanting Daisy Dead
Wilder, L G - Operation Mantis #2 Max Voronin
Williams, Lana - The Cursed Divination #5 Field & Greystone
Wood, Michael - Worse Than Murder #13 DCI Matilda Darke

The Petrona Award 2026 - Submissions welcome

The Petrona Award 2026 has now opened for submissions. If you have an eligible title and have not yet heard from me then please leave a comment below and I'll be in touch.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the 2026 Petrona Award the following rules apply to all submissions: 

The Award is for adult fiction only. 

The submission must be in translation and published in English in the UK during the preceding calendar year ie 1 January – 31 December 2025. 

The author of the submission must either be born in Scandinavia* or the submission must be set in Scandinavia*. 

The submission must have been published in its original language after 1999. 

 (E-books that meet the above criteria may be considered at the judges’ discretion (does not include self-published titles))

*in this instance taken to be Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Publishers must send a copy of the submission to each of the judges and the administrator. 

More than one submission per author can be made. 

There is no fee for entering a submission for the Petrona. 

All submissions must be received by 6 March 2026. 

The publisher agrees to receive the trophy on behalf of the winning author and to arrange for subsequent delivery to the winning author.  (new for 2026)

Favourites of 2025

A belated welcome to the blog in 2026. As you can see from my Goodreads montage below I did not have a great reading year in 2025, in terms of quantity. As I've alluded to, circumstances at home have not been conducive to reading, and so I turned to children's books in the main to keep me going. I'm hoping this year will see a return to form!

What I have been enjoying enormously are the British Library Crime Classics. Three of my top reads were their reissues of Cat and Mouse by Christianna Brand, The Ten Teacups by Carter Dickson and very recently Death in Ambush by Susan Gilruth (I hope we see more of hers reprinted).

Another top read (listen) was A Death in Damonds by S J Bennett read by Samantha Bond. I'm only a couple of weeks away from getting the next book on the series via the library's Borrowbox app.

It's a long way off but I'm really looking forward to the new Marple story by Lucy Foley: Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel.

Also, please note, the Petrona 2026 will be opening for business shortly. 

Euro Crime's read-in-2025 

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