When you are a prisoner of your secrets, the death of shame is the only path to liberty.
Annabel Banks was promised work as a maid with a prestigious Edinburgh family. But on her first day, she’s nowhere to be found. Concerned relatives contact Sarah Fisher to help. Sarah might know her way around the city – its light sides and dark – but soon she’ll discover the plight of dozens of girls ensnared in its many brothels: lured, abused and left ruined in the eyes of the world.
Meanwhile, a prominent society figure throws himself from the Scott Monument. Will Raven is asked to establish whether the death was suicide or if someone else was involved.
Drawing upon real historical events, The Death of Shame takes the Raven and Fisher series into a treacherous labyrinth of shame and the pitfalls of a culture obsessed with moral purity.
Murder, witchcraft, and a race against time – welcome to Pendle Hill.
A young woman is found brutally murdered and mutilated at the foot of Pendle Hill and the local police are in no doubt who the killer is. Newly released from a psychiatric unit, Will Perkins has delusions that the victim is a witch. When DCI Liam Doyle and his team are brought in to investigate, the suspect is already in custody and the case apparently wrapped up. Except for one key detail – evidence.
Is it really possible the origins to this murder lie in Pendle’s infamous past?
Recently returned to work, DS Anna Morgan is battling her own demons. The physical wounds from her last case have healed, but the psychological trauma still haunts her. When another body turns up the investigation is blown wide open and Doyle has to face up to the horrifying possibility that he could have prevented this killing. Can Doyle overcome his own doubts and track down the killer before they strike again? Will Morgan be able to conquer her fear before it destroys her?
Set in and around Lancashire’s legendary Pendle Hill, Witch Hunt is a gripping British crime thriller with dark humour and a nail-biting climax. This fast-paced novel, the second in the series featuring DCI Doyle and DS Morgan, will have readers on the edge of their seats.
Pub. date 07 May 2026 Price £9.99 ISBN-13 9781788425940
Description
Chocks away! as our feline detectives investigate some sticky situations at the local chocolate factory in Catberry-on-the-Brink. Up at the Manor House, the family is at war as dark secrets are uncovered in The Tabby in Black chocolate selection box. Will Hettie and Tilly manage to reach the bottom layer before a murderer strikes? Did Horace Catberry really choke on a Mog Nob biscuit? And will the Goth Band Gums and Noses get to support The Travelling Whoopsies on their next tour? Join Hettie and Tilly as they unwrap the mysteries swirling around the Catberry family in this bitter-sweet assortment of truth and lies
● Genre – sci-fi > space opera ● ISBN hardback – 978-1-80552-029-0 ● ISBN ebook – 978-1-80552-030-6 ● Pricing [USD] $26.95 (HB) / $4.99 (EB) ● Pricing [GBP] £20 (HB) / £4.95 (EB) ● Releases April 21 2026 ● Published by Flame Tree Press ● Distributed by Hachette UK / Simon & Schuster US
SYNOPSIS
A standalone story set in The Fractal universe, which began with the much lauded Fearless.
2121 AD. Three years after the first Mars conflict, the colony is still struggling to recover. Corporations fight to hold on to their investments. Old secrets resurface and new faces appear.
Magnus Sirocco should never have been allowed to come here. He is a vigilante turned revolutionary who has been given a cause. He doesn’t lose. Ever. Peter Iskander leads a new religious mission to deliver the promised land to their people. And after being investigated, exonerated and promoted, Commodore Ellisa Shann returns, but when a ship is stolen, she is drawn into another deadly duel.
Genre – crime & mystery > noir fiction ● ISBN hardback – 978-1-78758-972-8 ● ISBN ebook – 978-1-78758-973-5 ● Pricing [USD] $26.95 (HB) / $6.99 (EB) ● Pricing [GBP] £20 (HB) / £6.95 (EB) ● Releases March 17 2026 ● Published by Flame Tree Press ● Distributed by Hachette UK / Simon & Schuster US
SYNOPSIS
From the world of Raven Burns. The third book in the award-winning Killing series by Faye Snowden, following A Killing Fire and A Killing Rain. Raven Burns owes her life to the kind souls who looked after her while her father, unbeknownst to them, sowed a path of blood and bodies from California to Louisiana as one of the most notorious serial killers ever known, Floyd “Fire” Burns. When Raven was a girl, Floyd brutally murdered one of those kind souls, Miss Ruth Jefferson, when the woman made the fatal decision to open the door to him on a pitch-black 4th of July night.
As Raven learned of her father’s crimes, she vowed to do everything in her power to put men like him away. Decades later Raven’s hunt for a serial killer terrorizing the town leads her right back to that 4th of July night, and a memory that will make her question how much Floyd’s evil has settled in her bones.
Two in the eye of the storm. Two in touch with the end.
Syzenne. A princess? Or a mere bargaining chip in a contest between two powers?
Duna. A teenage girl dragged into a war by a fanatical priest? Or a child who can break mountains?
As blood-thirsty elves sweep the land, as religions crumble and rumours spread of an empire of the dead revived it is two young women who hold the key. As the world spirals down into war, The Last Blade Priest must face the fear and wonder of The Dead Man’s Empire. In The Holy Mountain, W.P. Wiles has created an epic fantasy of incredible richness and originality. A celebration of the genre and breath of fresh air.
My Review
Thanks to the team at Angry Robot for sending me a copy of this book. I have been waiting for this book since I finished reading The Last Blade Priest. Now I have to wait for the next book. There had better be another book, Will!
We join Duna and Elecy after the end of The Last Blade Priest as they travel across the Hidden Land and travel to a neighbouring kingdom to get support. At the same time we follow, Syzenne of Penzique as she arrives in the court of the Miroline Empire as a potential bride for the Emperor, a 16 year old boy. Things do not go well.
In the Hidden Land, things are going badly as Augardine cultists start to influence the leadership of the League army and then something really terrible actions…
Syzenne is a Scourge, who finds a Boon in Miroline, while Duna is a Scourge, who left her Boon in the Hidden Land. There must be more Boons and Scourges out there, and they have to decide whether they should stand together or against each other.
I really enjoyed the development of the story and expansion of the world. The description of the world was lush, while the complex politics of the various groups is engrossing to read. The court of Miroline is grotesque and reminds me of descriptions of the Imperial Roman court by those who hated certain emperors. Syzenne’s disgust is visceral and the conflict between her understanding of the world, and that of those around her, including the snobbery of the Mirolines about anyone not part of their crumbling empire, help her to develop as a diplomat. Her random chaos is enjoyable to read.
The new characters are complex and pushed the narrative forward. I enjoyed following Syzenne’s adventures as she tries to survive the Miroline court and Duna’s qualms about her abilities as she follows the religious fanatics across the continent. Their development as characters was fun to follow and made complete sense.
Duna’s use of her power in battle, entirely under her control, unlike the chaos of her first battle under the influence of the elves, is a magnificent way to defeat the titan and the Miroline Empire. I loved it.
Inar is definitely not safe and Augardine is up to something! I know he is.
I couldn’t put the book down and now I really need to know what happens next. Chop chop Will, get writing!
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