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Leo doesn’t want anything for Christmas. His mum died during the year and he is determined to keep the festive spirit in her honour. However, things don’t go to plan and time is running out… The Boy Who Slept Through Christmas is a children’s book written by Matt Lucas. I think it is probably aimed […]

The body of a man is found among the rubbish, his own severed finger in his mouth. Then more bodies are discovered with the same mutilation. Smith and his team are met with a vow of silence from the suspects… The Creed is the 30th book in the DS Jason Smith series of police procedurals. […]

This week we said a final goodbye to my great uncle Roy. He was awarded an OBE for being an MOD languages lecturer for over 40 years and received the Order of the Rising Sun (the third highest honour in Japan, for his languages skills that promoted international relations). It’s that time of year again […]

Christmas 1924 is rapidly approaching and Lady Eleanor Swift and her fiance are looking forward to a quiet romantic festive period to plan their future together. But plans go awry when they are summoned to a shooting party by the Duke of Auldwyke and their host’s secretary is murdered within minutes of their arrival… A […]

Detective Chief Superintendent Kat Frank returns to work after the death of her husband and is put in charge of a pilot scheme into the use of AI. Will this new technology have a positive or negative effect on solving crimes…? In the Blink of an Eye is a police procedural with a difference due […]