Murder at the Bookshop

16/01/2024

My review of ‘Murder at Lake Garda’ by Tom Hindle

One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of Castello Fiore - surrounded by the glittering waters of Lake Garda - the illustrious Heywood family gathers for their son Laurence's wedding to Italian influencer Eva Bianchi. But as the ceremony begins, a b

05/01/2024

I thought you guys might be interested in my review for ‘Beirut Station’ by Paul Vidich which is a spy thriller set in Lebanon during 2006.

Here is my review - it was 5 🌟 for me!

A stunning new espionage novel by a master of the genre, Beirut Station follows a young female CIA officer whose mission to assassinate a high-level, Hezbollah terrorist reveals a dark truth that puts her life at risk. Lebanon, 2006. The Israel–Hezbollah war is tearing Beirut apart: bombs are rain...

05/01/2024

Here is my review for ‘The Dirty Dozen’ by Lynda La Plante which is the 5th book in the series. I never watched Prime Suspect but I am loving getting to know Jane Tennison from the beginning!

Jane Tennison has worked hard to become the first female detective ever post to the infamous Flying Squad, or 'the Sweeney'. But the Dirty Dozen is a notorious boys' club, and Jane's new colleagues make it clear that they don't think a woman is up to the dangers of the job. Dealing with some of Lo

02/01/2024

I was lucky enough to be approved for ‘The Trials of Marjorie Crowe’ by Craig Robertson on Netgalley and I adored it! Here is my review;

How do you solve a murder when everyone thinks you're guilty? Marjorie Crowe lives in Kilgoyne, Scotland. The locals put her age at somewhere between 55 and 70. They think she's divorced or a lifelong spinster; that she used to be a librarian, a pharmacist, or a witch. They think she's lonely, or i

25/07/2023

Since it is my birthday I am offering 10% off all orders on the website with promo code BDAY10! It will be valid until 11.59pm tomorrow!

Fill those baskets up!

www.MurderAtTheBookshop.com

Online indie crime fiction bookshop. We are passionate about crime books.

12/06/2023

Do you know that we do subscription boxes? The first one I want to highlight is our Agatha Christie subscription box.

For £8.99 per month I will send you a lovely paperback Harper Collins edition of one of Christie's famous works. They can be personalised in a few ways;

A) A random book every month
B) A Marple book which will be sent in chronological order from the beginning
C) A Poirot book which will be sent in chronological order from the beginning
D) Explore the more unknown like the Tommy and Tuppence series, or even the non crime books under the name Mary Westmacott

I love Christie and her books and I hope this can help you start an obsession as well!

11/06/2023

I am pleased to announce that our 'Scottish Book of the Month' for June is 'A Blind Eye' by Marion Todd.

£8.99

I adore this series but if you are a new reader to it don't worry as you can easily read this as a standalone!

Can DI Clare Mackay unravel a dead man's secrets?Harry Richards, a local solicitor, is found in his car, throat slit. DI Clare Mackay is on the case. She soon learns that Harry was not the upstanding man he seemed to be.

Finding the killer should be easy. Then the wife of one of Harry's colleagues is discovered dead in her car, and Clare realises there is something more sinister at play... Can she find out who's behind the murders before they turn their attention to her?An utterly gripping addition to the bestselling crime series by much-loved Scottish author, Marion Todd.

Perfect for fans of Alex Gray, Caro Ramsay and the Karen Pirie series.

09/05/2023

Maigret’s Christmas by Georges Simenon - published 1976

A collection of short stories. Contents can be seen on one of the attached photos.

09/05/2023

Maigret Victorious by Georges Simenon - Sixth Omnibus 1975

Contains three stories;
Maigrets Memoirs,
Maigret and the Headless Co**se
Maigret and the Saturday Caller.

£9.99 plus postage. DM me if interested.

09/05/2023

Maigret and the Concarneau Murders by Georges Simenon - published 1980

Maigret, assigned for the past month to Rennes to reorganize the Flying Squad [Brigade Mobile], is called to Concarneau, where Mr. Mostaguen, Concarneau's biggest wine dealer, was shot after leaving the Admiral Café. Circumstances make it appear that it was only chance that made him the victim. When Maigret arrives at the Admiral Hotel, and is drinking with the other members of Mostaguen's group, Ernest Michoux, a non-practicing doctor and real estate dealer, notices powder in the drinks which turns out to be strychnine. The next day, Jean Servières, another member, disappears, his blood-stained car found abandoned. Journalists descend on Concarneau, and a vagrant is arrested, a giant bear of a man, but he breaks free. Apparently it is his yellow dog which has been noticed around since the first shooting. Maigret arranges with his assistant, Leroy, to watch a room across the street, where they see the escaped man meet with Emma, the waitress at the hotel. Meanwhile Maigret has had Michoux arrested, apparently to protect him: Yves Le Pommeret, another member of the group, had been found poisoned in his home.
£9.99 plus postage. DM me if interested.

09/05/2023

Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard by Georges Simenon

Louis Thouret is found stabbed in a cul-de-sac off the Boulevard Saint-Martin, wearing light brown shoes and a garish tie his wife had never seen before. Each day he left his home to travel to Paris, his family believing that he worked as a storekeeper for a firm in the city. But Maigret discovers that the firm closed down three years earlier. So why had Louis concealed this from his wife and what did he do in Paris through the day...?
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1st Printing 1975

£8.99 plus postage of £3.49
DM me if interested.

09/05/2023

I have these vintage Georges Simenon books from Penguin Crime available.

£4.50 plus postage.

DM if interested.