New Releases - January 2026

I am getting more up to date - here is what I've got on my database for January 2026. 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 *** 

 

Ahndoril, Alex - A Play to Kill tr. ??? #2 Private investigator Julia Stark
Alexander, Magda - A Murder on the Thames #3 Lady Rosalynd and Wynterbourne
Areklew, Lina - In the Dark tr. ??? #2 Detective Sofia Hjortén
Baker, Matt - A Taste For Murder
Beckett, Simon - The Bone Garden #7 Dr David Hunter
Bellamy, G J - The Toymaker's Case #1 Starling Hall Mystery
Blake, Sam - Your Every Move
Boland, Shalini - The Ex
Boyd, Damien - Blast from the Past #2 DI Bob Willis
Brooke, Amanda - A Good Liar
Burrowes, Grace - A Gentleman Far From Home #11 The Lord Julian Mysteries
Carlsson, Christoffer - The Living and the Dead tr. Rachel Willson-Broyles
Cartwright, Jack - When Blood Runs Dry #6 Deadly Wolds Murder Mystery
Carver, C J - Never Say a Word
Cole, M G - The White Horse #10 DCI Garrick
Connolly, Rebecca - Mayhem on the Marzipan Express #2 Claire Walker
Doherty, Paul - The Meadows of Murder #24 Brother Athelstan
Durrant, Helen H - Two Wives
Dylan, Rhys - Cross Cut #19 DCI Evan Warlow
Eldridge, Jim - Murder at the Pyramids #12 Former Detective Inspector Daniel Wilson
Elliott, Anna & Veley, Charles - The Valentine Cipher #8 The Homefront Sleuths
Ellis, Emmy - No5 #1 Crawshaw Street
Ellis, Joy - The House of Mystery #3 Ellie McEwan
Ellis, Kate - Killing in the Shadows #6 Detective Inspector Joe Plantagenet, Eborby
Feeney, Alice - My Husband's Wife
Finch, Paul - The Lodge
Ford, P F - The Conspiracy (ebook only) #4 Burnham Files
Goodwin, Sarah - The Alpine Retreat
Hall, Lisa - The Wife Swap
Hannah, Darci - A Spirited Supper at Dundoon Castle #2 Food & Spirits Mystery
Hannah, Sophie - The Opposite of Murder
Hausmann, Romy - Darling Mine tr. Jamie Bulloch
Henry, Steven - Night Flower #1 Coventry Adams, Victorian Era
Hepburn, Holly - The Locked Room #3 The Baker Street Mysteries
Higgs, Steve - Island Life #11 Patricia Fisher: Ship's Detective
Hindle, Tom - A Killer in Paradise
Hood, D K - His Next Wife
Hulse, C E - Vivian Dies Again
Hurst, Daniel - The Doctor #5 The Doctor's Wife
Idov, Michael - The Cormorant Hunt #2 The Cormorant Trilogy
James, Evelyn - A Rose by Any Other Name #38 Clara Fitzgerald
Kara, Lesley - Troublemaker
Karlsson, Ørjan - Into The Dark tr. Ian Giles #2 Jakob Weber, Chief Investigator of Nordland Police
Khan, Vaseem - The Edge of Darkness #6 Inspector Persis Wadia ***
Kuhns, Eleanor - A Murder of Furies #3 Ancient Crete Mystery
Lancaster, Mary - Petteril's Party (ebook only) #9 Lord Petteril
Linskey, Howard - Muse of Fire #2 William Shakespeare
Lynch, Rachel - First Act #1 DI Kelly Porter Prequel
Lynott, R K - Last Take #2 DI Ryan Hale, Chesterfield, Derbys
Macrae, Eva - A Death in Glasgow
Maloney, Anna - The 10:12
Manning, Nina - The Ski Lodge
Markin, Wes - Forgotten Depths #6 Detective Chief Inspector Frank Black, Whitby
Markin, Wes - The York Minster Killings #7 DCI Emma Gardner, Yorkshire
Marrs, John - Dead in the Water
Martin, Faith - A Dangerous Train of Thought #3 Val & Arbie
Mitchell, Caroline - The Ice Angels #1 Detective Elea Baker
Montclair, Allison - Fire Must Burn #8 Sparks and Bainbridge, London, Post WW2
Mosse, Greg - The Chateau Murder #2 French Village Mystery
New, J - On the Wrong Track (ebook only) #6 The Yellow Cottage Vintage Mysteries
North, Ely - Whale Cemetery #12 DCI Finnegan, Yorkshire
O'Sullivan, Darren - Our Daughter is Missing
Parker, Rob - Forbidden Waters #2 Cam Killick, Norfolk
Phifer, Helen - Silenced Sisters #17 Detective Morgan Brookes
Plant, Nigel - The Aztec Pursuit #4 Reed Hascombe
Rawlins, CM - Death in a Green Room #10 Maeve Morgan, Scotland, 1920s
Robb, Candace - A Lion's Ransom #16 Owen Archer
Seymour, Gerald - The Irregular #6 Jonas Merrick
Smith, Alex - Tin Soldiers #19 DCI Robert Kett, Norfolk
Smith, Fiona Veitch - The Berlin Murders #5 Miss Clara Vale, 1929
Stacey, L H - The One Night Stand
Thorogood, Robert - The Mysterious Affair Of Judith Potts #5 The Marlow Murder Club
Tope, Rebecca - The Eskdale Episode #16 Persimmon Brown, Florist, Lake District
Warner, Paul - A Spy in the Blood #1 Mark Wolfe
Watkin, Sean - Better Off Dead #2 DCI de Silva
Welsh, Louise - The Cut Up #3 Rilke
Wilkinson, Kerry - Tag You're It
Woods, Karen - The Hustle

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,