As If By Magic edited by Martin Edwards – review

Published  by The British Library Publication date – 10 September 2025 Source – review copy Impossible crime stories have delighted readers since the invention of detective fiction as puzzle-lovers sought more cerebral entertainment. Following on from Miraculous Mysteries, CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning crime writer Martin Edwards brings together a whole new casebook of mystifying locked…

Secrets in the Snow, edited by Matthew Booth – review

Published by Mantle Publication date – 4 September 2025 Source – review copy When snow falls and darkness comes early, it’s the perfect setting for murder and intrigue. And when family and friends gather in country houses for jolly festivities, they’re certainly not expecting guests and priceless jewellery to go missing. But it’s fertile ground…

The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie – review

Published by Various Publication date – originally 1931 Source – own copy Mystery and suspense surround a seance in a snowbound house on the edge of Dartmoor, where the prediction of a grisly murder is only the precursor to an ingenious deadly crime and one of Agatha Christie’s most gripping thrillers… In a remote house…