Severn House

18/07/2025

Woohoo! A fantastic ⭐️ Booklist Starred Review ⭐️ just in for Alys Clare's THE SKELETON IN THE ROSE BED – the latest instalment in her deliciously gothic World's End Bureau Victorian mystery series!

“Perfect for fans of gothic thrillers and historical mysteries” –Booklist

When ancient bones are found in the garden of an old house tucked away behind Tower Hill in London, it's up to private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham to uncover the sinister secrets buried in the rose bed... 🌹💀

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17/07/2025

For fans of , and comes a gripping, creepy mystery inspired by ‘s Measure for Measure, set in eerie Appalachia 🐍⚖️

HOLLOW BONES hits the shelves on the 6th August 2025!

“Creepy, suspenseful, and dark” BOOKLIST
“An incredibly rich work of literature” NASHVILLE SCENE

An eerie Appalachian town. A fatal fire. Three women whose fates intertwine . . .

Essa Montgomery and her brother Clyde were brought up in New Hope, a serpent-handling church in Vintera, West Virginia, until the shocking deaths of both their parents closed the church down. Now twenty, reclusive Essa lives alone in her childhood home in the shadow of New Hope, which to her horror has been taken over by a new charismatic, unsettling pastor who continues the dangerous practice. So when the church burns down, she’s glad – until she learns that two people died in the blaze, and her brother’s the prime suspect . . .

Life has made Juliet Usher, who scratches a living as a psychic medium, both assertive and ruthless. With a baby on the way, it’s the worst possible time for her partner Clyde to be arrested. She’ll do anything to survive and keep him out of prison – no matter what it takes!

Merrit Callahan has always been ambitious. A striving news reporter, she’s willing to go the extra mile and break the rules to get the big scoop. And in small-town Vintera, she thinks she might have found the story that will be the making of her career.

16/07/2025

Anyone else longing for a Mediterranean summer? 🌞

Take a trip to Italy with THE PIAZZA MURDERS by Michael Jecks⛱️🍉

“A big part of the fun is the nicely drawn setting with its vivid descriptions of local art and architecture. Fans of the series will enjoy Nick’s usual clever deductions” BOOKLIST

Artist-turned-amateur sleuth Nick Morris is back, and this time he’s swapped the English countryside for beautiful Italy. Only it’s not long before another dead body (or two) lands in front of him! This witty mystery is perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz.

11/07/2025

🔊 Sound on for an audio preview of WHERE SHE LIES by Caro Ramsay, the latest in the gritty and gripping thriller series!

When a lifestyle influencer is found dead at the foot of a cliff in the Scottish highlands, it's up to DCI Christine Caplan to unpick a web of lies and curated social media facades to uncover the truth of what happened.

A gripping Scottish meets twisted that will have you turning the pages late into the night.

WHERE SHE LIES is out in hardback and ebook on 5 August 2025. Preorder yours now.

09/07/2025

"If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to read a Hallmark Mystery movie in book format, wonder no more"
COZY CRIME MYSTERY

Newly retired mystery writer Charley James returns to her small hometown only to find herself amidst a real-life murder mystery in this first book in the brand new Cozy Bookshop mystery series by award-winning and national bestselling author T.C. LoTempio.

MURDER ON THE BOOKS by T. C. LoTempio is available in hardback and ebook NOW!

08/07/2025

We're so delighted to continue to publish the beloved Owen Archer series by the incomparable Candace Robb!

If you love perfectly researched medieval mysteries that drip with atmosphere, this series is for you! Start reading now with book one, THE APOTHECARY ROSE, and get ready for the latest instalment: A LION'S RANSOM, coming January 2026!

I’ve been away from this blog for a long stretch, so before I dive into musings about life in medieval York in my next post I am here to bring you up to date on what is happening on my publis…

05/07/2025

"A must-read thriller" BOOKLIST

Jessie Madison joins an FBI dive mission in the Mediterranean, where she encounters deadly threats and dangerous secrets.

DEEP DIVE by Terry Shames is available in hardback and ebook NOW!

01/07/2025

Happy Publication Day!

We are super excited to show off these SIX NEW BOOKS from Severn House:

MURDER ON THE BOOKS by T. C. LoTempio
Newly retired mystery writer Charley James returns to her small hometown only to find herself amidst a real-life murder mystery in this first book in the brand new Cozy Bookshop mystery series by award-winning and national bestselling author T.C. LoTempio.

TOIL AND TROUBLE by Wendi Corsi Staub
Double double, toil and trouble . . . Bella Jordan faces ghosts, witches and a very real foe in the new instalment of New York Times bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub’s heart-warming cozy mystery series set in Lily Dale, New York’s Spiritualist home.

THE PIAZZA MURDERS by Michael Jecks
Artist-turned-amateur sleuth Nick Morris is back, and this time he’s swapped the English countryside for beautiful Italy. Only it’s not long before another dead body (or two) lands in front of him! This witty mystery is perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz.

DEEP DIVE by Terry Shames
After a spine-chilling summer in The Bahamas, Jessie Madison jumps at the chance to join the FBI Underwater Search and Evidence Response Team. Seven elite divers are trying to reach a World War II plane stranded at the bottom of the sea, close to the stunning Aeolian Islands north of Sicily. But the mission isn’t going to plan . . .

THE MISPLACED PHYSICIAN by Jeri Westerson
When Doctor John H. Watson is kidnapped while Sherlock Holmes is out of the country, private investigators Timothy Badger and Benjamin Watson must find the missing physician . . .

MURDER IN THE TREMBLING LANDS by Barbara Hambly
Masked balls, duels and murder: musician, sleuth and free man of colour Benjamin January is caught up in a shocking crime in this gripping nineteenth-century mystery set in New Orleans.

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27/06/2025

🚨 COVER REVEAL 🚨

A faded rockstar gets his old band together for one final gig . . . and one daring heist! 🎸

A twisty, laugh-out-loud heist caper from Pushcart Prize-winning author Michael Kardos. FUN CITY HEIST is coming December 2, 2025!

“I flew through the pages”
PETER SWANSON, New York Times bestselling author

"Thrilling, hilarious, and deeply entertaining"
WILLIAM BOYLE, author of Saint of the Narrows Street

“Michael Kardos is a master at ratcheting up the suspense"
LISA SCOTTOLINE, New York Times bestselling author

Join the fun and preorder yours now. 📚

23/06/2025

“100% Copperman, 100% hilarious!”
KIRKUS REVIEWS

A new adoption case sets private investigators Fran and Ken Stein on a tangled and corrupted path in this new installment of the lighthearted and fun cozy mystery series with an intriguing paranormal twist.

SWITCHEROO is available now in hardback and ebook!

19/06/2025

Meet Jesse O'Hara! Unemployed, profane, frequently intoxicated and somehow always stumbling into a mystery . . .

We're so excited to be re-releasing Wendy Church's first two books in the brilliant Jesse O'Hara series in brand new paperback editions AND to reveal the cover for book three: MURDER IN THE GREEK ISLES, coming 5 August 2025!

Books one and two are available now, so get caught up on Jesse's adventures so far and get ready to join her on a trip to Greece, where Jesse gets entangled in a complex world of political espionage!

18/06/2025

A BIG, BIG congratulations to A COLD, COLD WORLD for winning the Foreword Indies Gold Award for Best Mystery 2024!🎉

Join Sheriff Bet Rivers as she attempts to solve a shocking crime while a deadly snowstorm threatens to engulf her small Washington State mountain town.

A COLD, COLD WORLD is out now in paperback and ebook! Grab yours now.

“Riveting”
⭐️Library Journal Starred Review⭐️

“Smart, action-packed suspense. Sheriff Bet Rivers will be your new favorite character”
LISA GARDNER

“A suspenseful and shrewdly plotted story of deadly small town secrets”
JAMES L’ETOILE