British Magic

STAND-ALONE MURDER MYSTERY, #5 IN THE SERIES. MEET MAVERICK BRITISH DETECTIVE DI SKELGILL... "MAD, BAD AND JUST A LITTLE BIT COZY." A SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACKS upon valuable Herdwick sheep, the sudden disappearance of a foreign hiker, and the unexplained drowning of a woodland hermit – a series of apparently unconnected events – draw Detective Inspector Daniel Skelgill to the white-knuckle passes and isolated dales of deepest Lakeland. Straws in the wind suggest there is sorcery afoot – and a connection to an equally sinister trade in human traffic – Skelgill and his team risk dire ...

"If there was one piece of advice Olive Crisp always followed, it was that “one should never attempt to solve a crime on an empty stomach..."' 1970s. Cambridge, England. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT MIDNIGHT: When a student falls from the turrets of King’s College, Cambridge and the police rule his death as accidental, Olive consults her tarot cards - which confirm her suspicions of murder - and decides to take the investigation into her own hands. A COSY COMMUNITY: Fortunately, the college porter is a loyal customer of Olive’s cafe, The Biscuit Tin, and when she plies him with his ...

“Steven Pacey’s performance brings the story to life. Listeners will be on the edge of their seats.”—Booklist (starred review) “Full of easy banter, dry humor delivered with excellent comedic timing, and tender moments of sapphic romance, this audiobook's memorable characters are...

An orphan girl fights to save the inhabitants of a magical house in this first book in the rollicking middle grade magical adventure series perfect for fans of Nevermoor and Greenwild! Nine is an orphan pickpocket determined to escape her life in the Nest of a Thousand Treasures where she’s...

“Before I can begin my tale, you need to know about the king's panties.” So begins the epic adventure of 14-year-old Nigel, digger of latrines, shoveler of poop, and the single greatest threat to all the humans, elves, and halflings of Esteria. Nigel needs to escape from military school. Who can blame him? After all, the king just declared war on the gorks, and he's pretty sure his latrine-digging skills aren't going to be much good on the front lines.

Book 2 in the Alderwick Witches series The Alderwick Food, Folk & Folklore Festival is in full swing, and for the first time since coming home from Italy, Pippa Penrose has stopped feeling like a visitor. Her grandmother Bee's tearoom, Honey and Husk, hasn't had an empty table all week. Then the festival's much-avoided consultant, Jack Williams, turns up dead in Ernest Hargreaves's cider barn. Pippa is the one who finds him. Lying on the floor beside the body is a sheet of paper covered in her mother's handwriting. Ruth Penrose is a precise, composed accountant who never takes off her ...

In this spirited sequel to the acclaimed novel The Rook, Myfanwy Thomas returns to clinch an alliance between deadly rivals and avert epic—and slimy—supernatural war. When secret organizations are forced to merge after years of enmity and bloodshed, only one person has the fearsome...

Impossible crime stories have delighted people 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 room mysteries and impossible crimes. Featuring more great stories by John Dickson Carr, Julian Symons and Margery Allingham alongside newly rediscovered writers, this selection of stories will bring you more insight into one of the most celebrated and dazzling sub-genres of detective fiction.

Gertie Goodspell is settling into village life – mild magic, an intermittently enchanted manor and a talking cat with aristocratic opinions. She’s even hoping for a peaceful week involving scones… and perhaps a hint of romance. But when Maud Stibbons drops dead at the summer fete – face-first in a gooey gateau – everything changes. A cryptic note found in her handbag points directly to Margrave Manor – and by extension, to Gertie. Now the villagers are whispering, Maud’s terrifying twin is staging an inquest and even the cat seems quietly delighted by the drama. Gertie never ...

Enter the mysterious world of Welsh mythology and folklore, where goblins haunt the mines, fairies dwell beneath enchanted lakes, and the supernatural is never far away. Drawn from Wirt Sikes's classic 1880 work British Goblins: Welsh Folk-Lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions, this...

Midnight is the most bewitching hour of them all… From Paula Brackston, the New York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter and The Winter Witch, comes a magical tale that is as dark as it is enchanting. Set in high society Edwardian England, The Midnight Witch is the story of a...

Arthur is King, but treachery runs rampant throughout the beleaguered Isle of the Mighty. Darkest evil descends upon Britain's shore in many guises. Fragile alliances fray and tear, threatening all the noble liege has won with his wisdom and his blood. His most trusted counselor—the warrior...

When life hands you a haunted manor, a talking cat and a corpse, you make tea. And try not to panic. Newly divorced Gertie Goodspell inherits crumbling (and possibly sentient) Margrave Manor—complete with ley lines, botanical drama and a cat who insists she’s a countess. She’s barely unpacked when a pompous actor drops dead during a village play rehearsal. Poisoned. In her ballroom. With her teacup. The house seems cursed, the locals are a bit murdery, and the detective is annoyingly handsome and full of himself. Armed only with sarcasm and a deeply judgmental cat, Gertie must ...

From the magical moments on set as Draco Malfoy to the challenges of growing up in the spotlight, get a backstage pass into Tom Felton’s life on and off the big screen in this #1 New York Times bestseller. Tom Felton’s adolescence was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame in beloved...

A ruthless tycoon Savage ambition has brought common-born Rhys Winterborne vast wealth and success. In business and beyond, Rhys gets exactly what he wants. And from the moment he meets the shy, aristocratic Lady Helen Ravenel, he is determined to possess her. If he must take her virtue to...

Be gay, solve crimes! “I loved this book! Havelock and Sebastian are such great company, brilliant, approachable, fascinating, their relationship is real and touching and relatable. And the mystery is riveting.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author LOUISE PENNY Meet Havelock Harper...

The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London. There is a world hidden underneath this great city. The London Silver Vaults—for well over a...

Bloomsbury presents Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore, read by Anna Wilson-Jones. "Rich and lively."—New York Times Book Review A vibrant look at an unsettled and strangely familiar time that overturns our assumptions about the history of magic. Imagine: it’s the year 1600 and you’ve lost...

The hotly anticipated sequel to The Silverblood Promise continues the incredible new epic fantasy series perfect for fans of Scott Lynch. This program is read by actor Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls) and features a conversation between O'Connor and author James Logan. Winter...

Nine and the other inhabitants must find a way to stop their magical house from uncontrollably bouncing from world to world in this wacky and whimsical follow-up to the middle grade adventure The House at the Edge of Magic. Nine and her friends have broken the curse on their marvelous, magical...