Philippa went to Harrogate Crime Festival and came back with an alarming number of books. Here is everything she picked up, was given, or had rescued from the ladies' toilets on her behalf.
Out Now
The Angel of Death - Trevor Wood
DCI Jack Parker has a secret early onset dementia diagnosis. When a mercy killer begins targeting the terminally ill in Newcastle, and the killings are traced to a carers group his wife has been attending in secret, Jack faces a question he cannot ignore.
The Fifteenth Man - William Cook
A Cold War thriller hunting the last Nazi war criminal alive to have signed off on the final solution. Rescued from the women's toilets at Harrogate. Out October.
The Man Comes Around - Caimh McDonnell
Smiling Johnny — charming, monstrous, long thought dead — is back in Dublin with scores to settle. Bunny McGarry must find him before he reaches Pamela Cassidy. Also: someone has nicked a bonfire.
Her Last Move - John Marrs
Reissued with a bonus chapter. DS Becca Vincent hunts a killer with the help of a super-recogniser — while the killer watches her every move.
The Museum of Second Chances - Jo Leevers
Evelyn Silver has spent sixty years gathering objects the tide leaves behind. At the heart of her small museum is a fragment of lace found in her blanket when she was abandoned as a newborn. Already out.
The Housewife - Natalie Borelli
Jodie has the perfect life. She is also convinced her husband killed his first wife. Out since June.
Seeing Red - Damien Boyd
Book 16 in the DI Nick Dixon series. A body staged too neatly in a Somerset churchyard. Dixon is certain someone is being silenced. Already out.
Coming Soon
The Domino Man - Helen Jones (January 2027)
Cardiff, 1972. Six bodies, each a decapitated corpse with a different head sewn on. Case never solved. Cardiff, 2022. A cold case unit reopens it. Philippa met the author in the food truck queue.
Bitter Fruit - Tempest Black (March 2027)
A debut. A ritualistically posed body in a Dublin churchyard. A detective. A woman haunted by visions. The publisher handed out branded fruit boxes.
Face First Case - Jeffrey Boakye (February 2027)
Faith Apponsa runs the Met canteen with an iron fist — until a shocking discovery pulls her into the middle of a murder investigation. Sharp and darkly funny. One of Pan Macmillan's big books for 2027.
Extraordinary Correspondence - Robert Hutton (June 2027)
Sycamore Bell answers letters addressed to Sherlock Holmes — until one arrives begging Holmes to save a man on death row. The proof arrives in the shape of an actual envelope you can open.
It Didn't End There - Charlotte Dolman
New Year's Eve 1999. A threat. A decision. Twenty-three years later, six estranged friends are summoned to a manor house and everything buried comes back up. Discovered in the beer tent.
Almost the Whole Truth - Robin Stevens (June 2027)
Robin Stevens's debut adult novel. Alice Dearlove's ex is convicted of murdering the woman he left her for. Then a podcast starts pointing the finger at Alice instead.
Confessions of a Crime Writer - Louise Mangos
Crime writer Nigel Inchcock attends a literary festival and things go badly, funnily wrong. Louise signed Philippa's copy with hope you have a laugh.
A Christmas Mystery - Katie Lumsden (November)
December 1884. A country estate. A family. Guests. And a body. 478 pages. Philippa is completely here for it.
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