We’ll get things going this week with a little bit of amateur sleuth fun – it’s Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder. To be fair, neither have I, although I did figure out which tropical fish in my tank was eliminating the others. (She’s actually a serial killer. I should call her Jaws.) Anyway, getting back to the topic, we’ve also got five further juicy crime novels for you to get your teeth into – mysteries, thrillers, conspiracies, abductions… you name it. Here’s your chance to solve a murder or two – vicariously, at least.
Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder by Jess Mey
Two millennials have a crime to tax them in Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder by American author Jess Mey, arriving on 13 October. Grace is ready for a swift exit after finding the dead body of her boss, Garrett. However his widow, Jo, has other ideas. How would Grace like to be her assistant? There’s a catch, though, because Jo is only looking for assistance with one thing: solving her husband’s murder. They’ve got Jo’s creative ‘crime board’ and various disguises to help the investigation, so what could possibly go wrong? Ha!
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The Building by Kevin G Chapman
He’s best known for New York-based cop stories, but Kevin G Chapman is turning his hand to something new with his standalone techno thriller The Building, published on 10 October. Utopia Tower is a state-of-the-art apartment complex, boasting AI-powered robot butlers and automated laundry. The residents live there free – if they promise to adhere to the Five Pillars of Harmony and maintain the building’s pristine reputation. But when young lawyer Antonio moves in to look after his ailing grandmother, he discovers things are not as perfect as they seem. And when two residents die in suspicious circumstances, it’s time for someone to ask questions…
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Count to Ten by Raúl Quintana Selleras
A killer targeting victims who have things they would rather forget is at the centre of Raúl Quintana Selleras’s psychological thriller Count to Ten, out on 15 October. Evan Morris wakes up in an abandoned warehouse, tied up, disorientated and with no memory of how he got there. It’s the beginning of a nightmare created by The Chaos Killer, who has stalked the people of Dallas unpunished for years. Evan is surrounded by 10 boxes containing relics from his troubled past, and as the clock ticks he must unlock each one and face up to painful memories. Just how far is he prepared to go to be free? Escape rooms will never look the same again.
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Bastion by Mark Grenside
Former film and television producer turned thriller author Mark Grenside uses his behind-the-scenes knowledge to good effect in Bastion, out now. The theft of a classified list of the world’s most heavily insured individuals is just the first plotline in a thriller that also features the kidnap of Hollywood’s biggest action star and the murder of a special effects editor. It’s up to British movie producer Marcus Riley and his partner, Mako de Turris to wade into a conspiracy that reaches from California to the Mediterranean – leading to a secretive vault under the streets of the Maltese capital, Valletta. Â
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The Whitby Protocol by Bernadette Bernson
DC Martha Rowe’s world falls apart after an undercover operation goes badly wrong. She finds herself transferred to Whitby, where life is quieter until she stumbles upon a secret research programme that officially never existed. Files have been redacted, evidence has disappeared and a woman is dead. All roads lead to an organisation known as PALISADE – and to Martha herself. Because unbeknown to her, a neural implant was inserted without her permission. Is she part of the experiment? The Whitby Protocol by German author Bernadette Bernson is out on 15 October.
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Mother May I by Harry Hunsicker
It was 15 years ago that Meg Dalton’s little daughter, Ivy, vanished at a Texas fair, never to be seen again. Since then the former CIA agent has built a reputation as a covert operator –a soldier-for-hire who takes on dangerous black ops missions for the government. But when an assignment in Los Angeles goes wrong, Meg meets a woman wearing her daughter’s distinctive butterfly necklace, and everything she believes unravels. All that matters is finding her child and learning the truth – and Meg doesn’t give a damn about how she achieves that objective. Mother May I by Harry Hunsicker arrives on 13 October.
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