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Gumshoe Books is your independent mystery and crime fiction specialist. We stock a wide range of murder mysteries, from the classics and Golden Age, historical mysteries, international crime fiction, some thrillers and espionage novels and more...

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Gumshoe Book of the Month September 2025

The Killer Question

By Janice Hallett.

Published on .
Viper, 416 pages.
Hardcover, ISBN: 9781800817197

Can you solve the mystery of the local village pub? Janice Hallett's latest whodunnit is told in her trademark epistolary format, using WhatsApps and pub quiz sheets to tell the story...

Mal and Sue Eastwood were once the kindly landlords of a local village pub, The Case is Altered. They ran a weekly pub quiz and were well liked by their customers and colleagues alike, always happy to lend a helping hand.

But now The Case stands empty, its windows boarded up. What could have happened to Mal and Sue?

£16.99 GBP £18.99

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The best new mystery and crime fiction books, due to be published over the next six weeks or so in the UK, and available to pre-order from Gumshoe Books.

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  • The Red Shore by William Shaw - Hardcover
    Signed by the Author

    William Shaw

    The Red Shore

    Eden Driscoll 1

    £18.99 GBP
  • Dead as Gold by Bonnie Burke-Patel - Hardcover book
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    Bonnie Burke-Patel

    Dead as Gold

    £16.99 GBP
  • Traitor’s Legacy by S.J. Parris - Hardcover
    Signed by the Author
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    S J Parris

    Traitor’s Legacy

    £14.99 GBP £20.00
  • Murder Below Deck by Orlando Murrin - Hardcover
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    Orlando Murrin

    Murder Below Deck

    Paul Delamare 2

    £16.99 GBP
  • Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton - Paperback
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    L.M. Chilton

    Everyone in the Group Chat Dies

    £9.99 GBP
  • Big Bad Wool by Leonie Swann - Hardcover
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    Leonie Swann

    Big Bad Wool

    £19.99 GBP £22.00
  • Murder on the Marlow Belle by Robert Thorogood - Hardcover book
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    Robert Thorogood

    Murder on the Marlow Belle

    The Marlow Murder Club 4

    £14.99 GBP £16.99
  • Susie Dent Guilty by Definition signed
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    Susie Dent

    Guilty by Definition

    £12.99 GBP £16.99
  • Don't Swipe Right by L.M. Chilton - Paperback
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    L.M. Chilton

    Don't Swipe Right

    £9.99 GBP
  • Murder at the Colosseum by Jim Eldridge - Hardcover
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    Jim Eldridge

    Murder at the Colosseum

    Museum Mysteries 11

    £19.99 GBP £22.00

From the blog

  • The Golden Age of Detective Fiction

    The Golden Age of Detective Fiction is usually defined by the interwar period, with most books written in the 1920s and 1930s. The formation of The Detection Club falls into this era,...

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    UPDATE 23 August 2025 Owing to the uncertain situation regarding tariffs, it is impossible to calculate the cost and delivery times of posting to the USA at the moment. The...

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Bibliomysteries - Gumshoe Books exclusive

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Bibliomysteries


The Bibliomysteries Series is published for and by the legendary Mysterious Bookshop in New York. These short stories feature books and those who write them, buy them, read them, collect them, sell them or are in some way involved with them.

Most are in now stock at Gumshoe Books.

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  • The Book of Virtue by Ken Bruen - Paperback

    Ken Bruen

    The Book of Virtue

    Bibliomysteries 1

    £7.99 GBP
  • The Book of Ghosts by Reed Farrel Coleman - Paperback

    Reed Farrel Coleman

    The Book of Ghosts

    Bibliomysteries 2

    £9.99 GBP
  • The Scroll by Anne Perry - Paperback

    Anne Perry

    The Scroll

    Bibliomysteries 3

    £9.99 GBP
  • The Book Case by Nelson DeMille - Paperback

    Nelson DeMille

    The Book Case

    Bibliomysteries 4

    £9.99 GBP
  • Pronghorns of the Third Reich by C. J. Box - Paperback

    C. J. Box

    Pronghorns of the Third Reich

    Bibliomysteries 5

    £7.99 GBP
  • Death Leaves a Bookmark by William Link - Paperback

    William Link

    Death Leaves a Bookmark

    Bibliomysteries 6

    £9.99 GBP