Pre-Order THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR for 99p

THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR by bestselling British author Mel Sherratt is out on 27 October and you can preorder the ebook for only 99p.

This is a new series with a new lead character, Detective Sergeant Eden Berrisford, but for anyone who has read THE ESTATE SERIES, it is set in the same fictional city, Stockleigh, so some of the old characters pop up here and there.

One warm spring evening, five teenagers meet in a local park. Only four will come out alive.

Six months after the stabbing of sixteen-year-old Deanna Barker, someone is coming after the teenagers of Stockleigh, as a spate of vicious assaults rocks this small community. Revenge for Deanna? Or something more?

Detective Eden Berrisford is locked into a race against time to catch the twisted individual behind the attacks – but when her own niece, Jess Mountford, goes missing, the case gets personal.

With the kidnapper threatening Jess’s life, can Eden bring back her niece to safety? Or will the people of Stockleigh be forced to mourn another daughter…?

A terrifying, compelling, police procedural which will thrill fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Rachel Abbott.

Praise for Mel Sherratt

‘Sherratt is a unique voice in detective fiction.’ Mail on Sunday

‘A writer to watch out for.’ Mandasue Heller

‘Mel’s vivid imagination really brings her characters to life.’ Kerry Wilkinson

You can preorder THE GIRLS NEXT DOOR from Amazon here.

New Release Mysteries and Thrillers by British Authors

Before I Let You In by Jenny Blackhurst
Karen is meant to be the one who fixes problems. It's her job, as a psychiatrist - and it's always been her role as a friend. But Jessica is different. She should be the patient, the one that Karen helps. But she knows things about Karen. Her friends, her personal life. Things no patient should know.
And Karen is starting to wonder if she should have let her in . . .
More about Before I Let You In at Amazon

A Suitable Lie by Michael J Malone
Some secrets should never be kept… Andy Boyd thinks he is the luckiest man alive. Widowed with a young child, after his wife dies in childbirth, he is certain that he will never again experience true love. Then he meets Anna. Feisty, fun and beautiful, she’s his perfect match … and she loves his son like he is her own. When Andy ends up in the hospital on his wedding night, he receives his first clue that Anna is not all that she seems. Desperate for that happy-ever-after, he ignores it. A dangerous mistake that could cost him everything.
More about A Suitable Lie at Amazon

A Deadly Thaw by Sarah Ward
Autumn 2004: In Bampton, Derbyshire, Lena Fisher is arrested for suffocating her husband, Andrew.
Spring 2016: A year after Lena's release from prison, Andrew is found dead in a disused mortuary.
Who was the man Lena killed twelve years ago, and who committed the second murder? When Lena disappears, her sister, Kat, sets out to follow a trail of clues delivered by a mysterious teenage boy. Kat must uncover the truth - before there's another death . . .
More about A Deadly Thaw at Amazon

The Dead Don't Boogie by Douglas Skelton
A missing teenage girl should be an easy job for Dominic Queste - after all, finding lost souls is what he does best. But sometimes it's better if those souls stay lost. Jenny Deavers is trouble, especially for an ex-cokehead like Queste. Some truly nasty characters are very keen indeed to get to Jenny, and will stop at nothing...including murder. As the bodies pile up, Queste has to use all his street smarts both to protect Jenny and to find out just who wants her dead. The trail leads him to a vicious world of brutal gangsters, merciless hitmen, dark family secrets and an insatiable lust for power in the highest echelons of politics.
More about The Dead Don't Boogie at Amazon

Killer Women Crime Club Anthology
Blade-sharp and pared to the bone, these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers will lure you to the dark side. Fifteen perfectly twisted tales with a measure of evil, a dash of horror, and a dose of humour. Expect the unexpected…
Fifteen original stories by Jane Casey, Tammy Cohen, Sarah Hilary, Alison Joseph, Erin Kelly, Alex Marwood, Kate Medina, Colette McBeth, Melanie McGrath, D. E. Meredith, Louise Millar, Kate Rhodes, Helen Smith, Louise Voss and Laura Wilson, with a foreword by Val McDermid.
More about Killer Women Crime Club Anthology at Amazon

New Release: Killer Women Crime Club Anthology

Blade-sharp and pared to the bone, these original stories by bestselling, award-winning female crime writers will lure you to the dark side. Fifteen perfectly twisted tales with a measure of evil, a dash of horror, and a dose of humour. Expect the unexpected…

The Killer Women Crime Club Anthology is available in ebook, paperback and audio editions.

Fifteen original stories by Jane Casey, Tammy Cohen, Sarah Hilary, Alison Joseph, Erin Kelly, Alex Marwood, Kate Medina, Colette McBeth, Melanie McGrath, D. E. Meredith, Louise Millar, Kate Rhodes, Helen Smith, Louise Voss and Laura Wilson, with a foreword by Val McDermid.

Get your copy from Amazon today.

Cover Reveal and Pre-Orders

Paul Finch's new crime novel, Strangers, is published on 22 September.

Dark, gritty and always edge-of-your-seat: the NO.1 BESTSELLER is back with a standout new heroine…

Unknown, alone, and fearing for your life. As PC Lucy Clayburn is about to find out, going undercover is the most dangerous work there is. But, on the trail of a prolific female serial killer, there's no other option – and these murders are as brutal as they come. Lucy must step into the line of fire – a stranger in a criminal underworld that butchers anyone who crosses the line.

And, unknown to Lucy, she's already treading it…

Pre-Order Strangers from Amazon

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Daniel Pembrey's new e-book edition of The Harbour Master is published on 22 September.

Henk van der Pol is a 30 year term policeman, a few months off retirement. When he finds a woman's body in Amsterdam Harbour, his detective instincts take over, even though it's not his jurisdiction. Warned off investigating the case, Henk soon realises he can trust nobody, as his search for the killer leads to the involvement of senior police officers, government corruption in the highest places, Hungarian people traffickers, and a deadly threat to his own family...

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Look out for the cover reveal for The Girl Who Had No Fear, the fourth book in Marnie Riches' George McKenzie series, on Sunday 18th September at 7pm on the Avon/HarperCollins' Twitter and Facebook feeds.  An edge-of-your-seat thriller, The Girl Who Had No Fear is available to pre-order now.

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Bitter Moon, the fourth book in Alexandra Sokoloff's Thriller Award-nominated Huntress Moon series, is now available for pre-order. A haunted FBI agent is on the hunt for that most rare of killers... a female serial.

FBI agent Matthew Roarke has been on leave, and in seclusion, since the capture of mass killer Cara Lindstrom—the victim turned avenger who preys on predators. Torn between devotion to the law and a powerful attraction to Cara and her lethal brand of justice, Roarke has retreated from both to search his soul. But Cara’s escape from custody and a police detective’s cryptic challenge soon draw him out of exile—into the California desert and deep into Cara’s past—to probe an unsolved murder that could be the key to her long and deadly career.

Following young Cara’s trail, Roarke uncovers a horrifying attack on a schoolgirl, the shocking suicide of another, and a human monster stalking Cara’s old high school. Separated by sixteen years, crossing paths in the present and past, Roarke and fourteen-year-old Cara must race to find and stop the sadistic sexual predator before more young women are brutalized.

If you're new to the series, start with Huntress Moon!

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The Girls Next Door, the gripping new thriller from Mel Sherratt, will be released on 27 October.

One warm spring evening, five teenagers meet in a local park. Only four will come out alive.

Six months after the stabbing of sixteen-year-old Deanna Barker, someone is coming after the teenagers of Stockleigh, as a spate of vicious assaults rocks this small community. Revenge for Deanna? Or something more?

Detective Eden Berrisford is locked into a race against time to catch the twisted individual behind the attacks – but when her own niece, Jess Mountford, goes missing, the case gets personal.

With the kidnapper threatening Jess’s life, can Eden bring back her niece to safety? Or will the people of Stockleigh be forced to mourn another daughter…?

A terrifying, compelling, police procedural which will thrill fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Rachel Abbott.

Pre-Order The Girls Next Door from Amazon for only 99p

Meet BritCrime Authors: September & October Events

Bouchercon World Mystery Convention
New Orleans 15-18 September
Graeme Cameron, Mark Edwards, Susi Holliday, Alex Marwood, Craig Robertson, William Shaw, Helen Smith, Alexandra Sokoloff and Louise Voss will be appearing at Bouchercon this year. For a detailed schedule: http://www.bouchercon2016.com/

Noirwich Crime Festival
Norwich, 15-18 September
Barry Forshaw will be chairing a Brit Noir panel at Noirwich crime festival with Dreda Say Mitchell, Steve Mosby and Angela Clarke on Saturday 17 September.
Details here: https://noirwich.co.uk/

Rye Arts Festival
Rye, 17 September - 1 October
Thomas Mogford will be appearing at Murder in a Seaside Town, 29th September at 3:00pm
Details here: http://www.ryeartsfestival.co.uk/event/murder-in-a-seaside-town/

The Beverley Literature Festival
Beverley, 5-22 October
David Mark, Sarah Hilary, Nick Quantrill and Clare Mackintosh will be appearing at the festival:

8th October (1pm) "I See You"
Nick Quantrill interviewing Clare Mackintosh (£7/£6 - Toll Gavel Church)

8th October (5pm) "The Talented Patricia Highsmith"
Nick Quantrill chairing Sarah Hilary and Jill Dawson (£7/£6 - Toll Gavel Church)
15th October (10am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm) "David Mark and Nick Quantrill : Partners in Crime"
An introduction to crime writing (£18 per session/£30 for both - Treasure House).

Festival details here: http://www.litup.org.uk

Killer Women Festival
London, 15 October
Panels, events and debates from Victorian Crime to modern forensic psychology to How To Solve A Murder with real-life detectives. Masterclasses with Killer Women authors, editors and agents. An exclusive Murder Mystery, Killer Women cocktails, and much more.
For details and tickets: http://www.killerwomen.org/killer-women-crime-writing-festival-2016/

Bristol Festival of Literature
Cally Taylor is running a workshop for the Bristol Festival of Literature on 22nd October. It's called 'How to write a novel so gripping your readers won't want to put it down'. It lasts three hours, costs £40 and there are only twenty places available.
Details here: http://www.novelnights.co.uk/event/write-novel-readers-wont-want-put-novel-nights-masterclass-c-l-taylor/

Exclusive giveaway for newsletter subscribers

We have another exclusive giveaway for BritCrime newsletter subscribers.

We will choose one winner at random to receive a print copy of Cass Green's new thriller, The Woman Next Door, at the end of September.

Two suburban women. Two dark secrets. The almost perfect murder.

Everybody needs good neighbours…

Melissa and Hester have lived next door to each other for years. When Melissa’s daughter was younger, Hester was almost like a grandmother to her. But recently they haven’t been so close.

Hester has plans to change all that. It’s obvious to her that despite Melissa’s outwardly glamorous and successful life, she needs Hester’s help.

But taking help from Hester might not be such a good idea for a woman with as many secrets as Melissa…

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New and existing subscribers are eligible for this giveaway.

New Release: BONE BY BONE by @SanjidaKay

 Bone by Bone by Sanjida Kay
Longlisted for the Crime Writer’s Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award 2016. Out now in paperback.

Laura is making a fresh start. Recently divorced and relocated to Bristol, she’s carving a new life for herself and her nine-year-old daughter, Autumn. But things aren’t going as well as she’d hoped. Autumn’s sweet nature and artistic bent are making her a target for bullies.

When Autumn fails to return home from school one day Laura goes looking for her and finds a crowd of older children taunting her little girl. In the heat of the moment, Laura is overcome with rage and makes one terrible mistake. A mistake that will have devastating consequences for her and her daughter …

A worrying situation quickly escalates into a nightmare … The ending had me holding my breath.
CL Taylor

Bone by Bone is a ‘breakout debut’ and ‘a title you won’t want to miss
Jake Kerridge, Sunday Express

Buy Bone by Bone from Amazon

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