Murder in Oxford…
Crime series coming from British writer Cara Hunter, the DI Adam Fawley is taking us in the quiet Oxford streets for some thrilling investigations.
As the title suggests it, the stories are about the work of Detective Inspector Adam Fawley and his team as they track killers of women and children.
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Julie Pottinger, better known by her pen name Julia Quinn, is a best-selling American author of historical romance, and the woman behind the wildly popular Bridgerton books, now a Netflix original series produced by Shondaland Media.
She sold her first book, Splendid, at the age of 24 and has been working with the same editor and publishing house for her entire career. Her books have been translated into 37 languages. In the United States alone, there are over 10 million copies of her books in print.
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Fantasies of magic—and mischief.
Written by Canadian author Victoria Goddard, Greenwing & Dart is a fantasy series about Jemis Greenwing and Mr. Dart, two young men of impeccable breeding and excellent education. Well–Mr. Dart is. Jemis was named after his grandfather’s favourite racehorse, and his father is the subject of an unfortunately popular melodrama.
Ragnor Bella, their home town, is known as the most boring town in the whole continent–which just means its inhabitants are very good at keeping their secrets. Or were, anyway. For Jemis and Mr. Dart learned a few surprising things at university…
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Ready for some Detroit Mysteries?
Coming from American author Cheryl A. Head from Detroit, Charlie Mack Motown Mystery series is about a PI in Detroit and her crack team.
Born and raised in the city that America forgot, Charlene “Charlie” Mack has built a highly respected private investigations firm through hard work, smart choices, and relentless ambition. Her team of investigators are highly skilled and trustworthy, but she secretly struggles with her sexual orientation and a mother with early-onset Alzheimer’s.
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From a young age Elizabeth Strout was drawn to writing things down and spent hours in the local library. In 1982, she graduate and received a law degree and had her first story published in New Letters magazine.
She rose to prominence in 1998 with her book Amy and Isabelle, adapted into a television movie of the same name in 2001. In 2009, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction with her third novel, Olive Kitteridge (who will later become an HBO miniseries). She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization.
By the author of the famous Lewis Trilogy.
Written by Scottish television screenwriter, novelist, and crime writer Peter May, the Enzo Macleod series – also known as “The Enzo Files” – is presented as a mix of whodunit, investigation, thrills, suspense and humour.
Here is how Peter May described his character: Enzo is in his early fifties, half-Scottish, half-Italian. Formerly one of Scotland’s top forensic scientists, he now lives in France and works as a university professor in Toulouse. Divorced in Scotland, and widowed in France, he has an estranged Scottish daughter, and another in France whom he has had to raise on his own. Enzo is a complex character who deals with tragic loss and a broken heart by covering it up with bluff and bluster, and his bravado often gets him into difficult situations.
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John Gwynne is an award-winning British (but born in Singapore) author of fantasy series, but also a Viking re-enactor! He studied and lectured at Brighton University, he’s been in a rock ‘n’ roll band, playing the double bass, traveled the USA and lived in Canada for a time. He is married with four children and lives in Eastbourne, running a small family business rejuvenating vintage furniture.
He is mostly known for his The Faithful and the Fallen series, and the Of Blood and Bone series. His last series is The Bloodsworn Saga.
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Elena Ferrante is the well-known pseudonym of an Italian writer born in Naples. She chose to keep her identity secret, and by extension, we know almost nothing about her. Except that she is a bestseller author.
Her Neapolitan Series has sold over 10 million copies in 40 countries and Time magazine called Ferrante one of the 100 most influential people in 2016.
