Severn House

26/05/2026

A prestigious prep school.
A murder on campus.
And decades of secrets that were never supposed to come out 👀

📖 WHILE WE WERE SILENT by Alex Myers

💥 OUT JUNE 2ND

This is the kind of dark academia thriller that completely pulls you in 😮‍💨

If you loved I Have Some Questions For You or dark academia with sharp, messy secrets, you NEED this on your TBR.

12/05/2026

Important Notice: Scam & Phishing Emails

07/05/2026

‘Enriched by historical data, this spellbinding police procedural has a vicious sting in its tail’ – Kirkus Reviews Starred Review

How can you get away with murder in a city full of cameras? London’s DSI Grace O’Malley must solve a puzzling case in this highly addictive blend of gritty police procedural and creepy historical horror by dynamic father-daughter duo Richard and Bernadette O’Rawe.

OUT NOW!

05/05/2026

It’s ! 📚✨
Check out these seven new releases available in hardback and ebook now — your TBR pile is about to get stacked (literally 😉):

📖 False Relation by Veronica Heley
Bea Abbot discovers that secrets are never safe in a small village . . .

📖 Reverse by Steven F. Havill
A joy ride turned fatal and a community rocked by loss. For Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, the road to retirement is paved with drama in this intricately plotted, warm-hearted Posadas County Mystery, set in small-town New Mexico.

📖 Cousins from a Distant Sun by Tamar Myers
An archaeologist is drawn into a mission to save a mysterious community of supernatural beings hiding deep within the Andes in this humorous, offbeat novel.

📖 Witch Hunt by Richard & Bernadette O’Rawe
How can you get away with murder in a city full of cameras? London’s DSI Grace O’Malley must solve a puzzling case in this highly addictive blend of gritty police procedural and creepy historical horror by dynamic father-daughter duo Richard and Bernadette O’Rawe.

📖 For Better or Murder by Simon R. Green
It’s wedding season with a spooky twist! The Holy Terrors are trying to tie the knot while solving a ghostly murder in the latest witty, creeptastic paranormal mystery from New York Times bestselling British fantasy author Simon R. Green.

📖 The Watch by Emily Smith
Has Kaya entered a safe haven from catastrophe, or somewhere much darker?

📖 Deadly Force by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
A police officer is murdered, found washed up on the banks of a canal in this gritty, page-turning mystery set in London and featuring DCI Bill Slider – “one of Britain’s most engaging coppers” (Booklist)

Which one are you picking up first? 👀

03/05/2026

🔍 Find your next read… before it finds you.
From haunted paint stores to shadowy secrets and seaside sleuthing, this carousel is booked and busy with mysteries you won’t want to put down (seriously—these deals are criminally good 😏).
📚 Featuring:
✨ All Spooked Up by E. J. Copperman: https://geni.us/all-spooked-up
✨ Cast, in Order of Disappearance by Simon Brett: https://geni.us/cast-disappearance-ml
✨ Augusta Hawke by G. M. Malliet: https://geni.us/augusta-hawke
✨ A Conspiracy of Wolves by Candace Robb
✨ Don’t Say a Word by David Mark: https://geni.us/dont-say-a-word
✨ In the Presence of Evil by Tania Bayard: https://geni.us/in-the-presence-evil
✨ Multiple Exposure by Ellen Crosby: https://geni.us/multiple-exposure
✨ Out of the Dawn Light by Alys Clare: https://geni.us/out-of-the-dawn-light
✨ The Woman Who Spoke to Spirits by Alys Clare: https://geni.us/woman-spoke-to-spirits
💥 All just $0.99 (US only!)
Go on… treat your shelf (and your shelf-control issues 😉).

05/03/2026

We have a big stack of signed copies of AS THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER to give away to you lucky lot💝

Our giveaway closes tonight at midnight in the UK! Don’t miss your chance to enter, more details on our page✍️

AS THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER is out *now* in paperback, hardback, and ebook, and is perfect for fans of Heather Morris, Kristin Hannah, and Anna Stuart❤️�
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“Will enthrall readers from the first page to the last” Booklist

“An author to follow . . . highly recommend to readers of all ages and genders” Heather Morris
�May 1915. Nineteen-year-old German-American Ilse Stahl experiences the tragedy of war firsthand when a German U-boat attacks the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing more than a thousand passengers, including her parents. Somehow, she survives and conceals her German heritage to become a nurse on the front line in Ypres, Belgium.��In New York City, young Roland Hawkins loses his father in the notorious Black Tom explosion. Impatient and full of anger, he journeys to England to enlist and is soon in the trenches in Ypres, seeking revenge.� �War tests Ilse and Roland in unexpected and harrowing ways. But when their worlds collide, they are also transformed by the unlikely bond they find with each other. Is the love that blossoms between them strong enough to survive the darkest days that lie ahead?
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26/02/2026

🚨GIVEAWAY ALERT!🚨

We’ve got something very special in store to celebrate the release of the paperback edition of AS THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER this week... 🌧️🌧️🌧️
 
That’s right! We’ll be giving away five SIGNED hardback copies of this “poignant, riveting” (Booklist) historical WW1 novel by the fantastic ‼️

This one’s perfect for fans of Heather Morris, Kristin Hannah, and Anna Stuart❤️

To enter:

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Entries close on March 5, 2026 at 11.59 p.m. GMT, and we will aim to notify our lucky winners by March 9. This giveaway is open only to UK residents aged 18+. This giveaway is in no way endorsed or sponsored by Instagram. Good luck, everyone!

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About AS THE STORM CLOUDS GATHER:

In a world full of darkness, can love prevail?

“Will enthrall readers from the first page to the last” Booklist
 
“An author to follow . . . highly recommend to readers of all ages and genders” Heather Morris

May 1915. Nineteen-year-old German-American Ilse Stahl experiences the tragedy of war firsthand when a German U-boat attacks the RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing more than a thousand passengers, including her parents. Somehow, she survives and conceals her German heritage to become a nurse on the front line in Ypres, Belgium.

In New York City, young Roland Hawkins loses his father in the notorious Black Tom explosion. Impatient and full of anger, he journeys to England to enlist and is soon in the trenches in Ypres, seeking revenge.
 
War tests Ilse and Roland in unexpected and harrowing ways. But when their worlds collide, they are also transformed by the unlikely bond they find with each other. Is the love that blossoms between them strong enough to survive the darkest days that lie ahead?
 
         
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24/02/2026

Hope all our followers in the northeastern US are staying safe and warm!

If you’re looking for the perfect book for while the temperature drops 🥶 and the snow falls outside 🌨️ check out one of these ice-cold thrillers in snowbound settings!

Which of these would make your reading list?

BITTERFROST by
A former hockey player awakens in a pool of blood...with no memory. Could he really be guilty of a brutal double homicide?

A COLD, COLD WORLD by
A local sheriff races to solve a shocking homicide as a deadly snowstorm descends on her small town.

THE COLDEST CASE by
News of a missing social media influencer brings Senior Investigator Shana Merchant to a frozen island community of just eight people.

CATCH YOUR DEATH by
Cold Case Detective Lauren Riley is trapped in a hotel during a snowstorm with the suspects of an unsolved murder seventeen years earlier . . . and her partner is one of them.

A COLD WHISPER by
When social worker Rose takes on a disturbing new case, she is confronted with dark secrets from her own past surrounding her sister, who disappeared in a snowstorm twenty-five years ago.

COLD FIRE by
Suspected of murder she didn’t commit, a young woman is in hiding in the midst of a blizzard. As Grey & Villere head north into the storm, the real murderer is also hot on their trail.

02/02/2026

”I have family in law enforcement. I was in the police academy. So, it’s the people that I encountered and the stories that they told me…It’s the stories that I was told, the experiences of other Black officers.”

Aaron Philip Clark on his latest Trevor Finnegan novel, THE BLUEST NIGHT, available now.

Bestselling crime fiction author, screenwriter, professor and podcast host Aaron Philip Clark has seen his character Trevor Finnegan evolve in the first two novels in his detective series. With his newest thriller “The Bluest Night,” Clark continues to delve into the ways that Finnegan, a private investigator, is challenged by his cases.

Read more at https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/arts_and_events/a-developing-character-bestselling-author-aaron-philip-clark-releases-newest-novel-in-trevor-finnegan-series/article_246861cb-0a9f-4b84-a80c-b5bd201bb9c1.html.

📸: A. V. Quitain

30/01/2026

Congratulations to Gwen Florio’s A SENIOR CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON THE RUN, which has been nominated for the Lilian Jackson Memorial Award at the Edgars!⁠
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A thrilling, heartwarming thriller following retired-septuagenarian-with-a-mysterious-past, Alice, as she and her band of senior friends attempt to solve the murder of a neighbour while evading the law!⁠
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Grab your copy from yoru library, local bookstore, or online now!⁠
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07/01/2026

Bea Abbot is back! Don’t miss the latest in Veronica Heley’s beloved Abbot Agency cozy mystery series, coming May 2026!

When a body is found in a billionaire’s garden in a small English village, it’s up to Bea (and her faithful canine sidekick) to unravel the truth. And when the billionaire in question goes missing, things take an even more puzzling turn!

Fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman won’t want to miss FALSE RELATION!

Let us know your favourite cozy mystery authors in the comments 👇

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