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A publisher devoted to producing, uncovering, and revitalizing good books.

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THE SECRET DRAWER: Scotland Yard New Year's Card, 1917.
New Year's Greetings from Basil Thomson, the First World War Spy-catcher! #BasilThomson
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THE SECRET DRAWER: Scotland Yard New Year's Card, 1917.
New Year's Greetings from Basil Thomson, the First World War Spy-catcher!
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January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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State of the TBR January 2026! librofulltime.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/s... Some judicious purchasing of books for Emma means I can shift some books onto the Reading Together pile ... Thanks to @summersdalebooks.bsky.social and @britishlibrary.bsky.social for the new review copies. #booksky 📚💙💡
Three shelves of books with one double-stacked and two with horizontal piles in front of the other books
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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I always like to do a panto post over Christmas, and this years's features also the predecessor to Ballet Shoes, a bit of Petrova too, a modern stage show - and 'tiger country'. clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/pant...
Panto, and why Petrova & Tania are the best
The Whicharts  by  Noel Streatfeild published 1931   [ excerpts ] Tania was the only member of the family working in pantomime that Ch...
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January 2, 2026 at 8:48 AM
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I was a guest on the Shedunnit Show podcast. The conversation was about green and white crime Penguins - but then we got on to the Puffin Club.... clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/shed...
Shedunnit, Green Penguins and the Puffin Club
Regular readers of the blog will know that Caroline Crampton’s Shedunnit   is a favourite podcast, and one I have been a guest on.  ...
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December 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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From the archive, my thoughts on LOLLY WILLOWES by Sylvia Townsend Warner, @joiedevivre9.bsky.social’s current #NYRBWomen26 group read. (Anyone can join in.)

It’s a magical novel in more ways than one! #BookSky 💙📚

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Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Lolly Willowes – the debut novel of the English writer Sylvia Townsend Warner – was an instant success on its publication in 1926. Now regarded as something of an early feminist classic, it tells t…
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January 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Happy New Year to all our followers! 🙏📚🥂🥰#HappyNewYear2026
Fireworks (study for Midland Hotel, Morecambe mural) by Eric Ravilious
January 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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If you’ve never read this brilliant book, now’s the time to do it! #NYRBWomen26 #BookSky 💙📚
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LOLLY WILLOWES is celebrating its 100th birthday(!!) & this STW classic will be our first book for #NYRBWomen26, starting January 3! Details here: www.joiedevivre9.com/nyrbwomen26....
LOLLY WILLOWES by Sylvia Townsend Warner Page guide for LOLLY WILLOWES Schedule for #NYRBWomen26
January 1, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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My thoughts on The Case of the Heavenly Twin, reissued by @deanstpress.bsky.social #CrimeFiction #BookReview #booksky
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The Case Of The Heavenly Twin
A review of The Case of the Heavenly Twin by Christopher Bush – 251111 A series that started out with The Plumley Inheritance way back in 1926 has now reached its fifty-eighth iteration and there a…
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January 1, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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"Don't judge a book by its cover" - but one of the 16 #nonfiction books I'm planning to read this year I'm buying in large part for its title. "A City of Sin and Splendour" is such a cool title that I'm actually buying A PAPER BOOK😱 to learn more of my grandfather's birthplace #Reading #Booksky
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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Best Books Read in 2025 by Rating
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Best Books Read in 2025 by Rating
This year I had a one book I gave a full 5 star rating and read others that received a 4.25 or 4.5. Those are VERY rare ratings from me. 4.0 is usually my highest.  My reviews are linked. The Full …
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December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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2025 in covers. Ending the year with titles we’re proud of, and beginning the next with more on the way. Thank you for reading, sharing and supporting independent publishing. #HappyNewYear2026 🙏📚✨🎇🎉
Covers from our titles from 2025. Happy New Year from Dean Street Press!
December 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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This week’s #murdereverymonday is day and night 🌞🌛
Not sure what #MurderEveryMonday is?
Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/m...
Cover of The Night of Fear by Moray Dalton featuring a lady, dressed in red, posting a letter in the snow. Cover of Fear by Night by Patricia Wentworth featuring a boy holding a rope with a stars behind him. Cover of Night's Cloak by E R Punshon with a silhouette of a policeman in front of stylised ribbon design. Cover of The Monday Murders by Christopher Bush with a stylised yellow strip and a fingerprint overlaid with a body outline.
December 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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This week's free Kindle: A House on the Rhine by Frances Faviell 
#FreeTillFriday #FurrowedMiddlebrow #booksky
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A House on the Rhine
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December 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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For #MurderEveryMonday this week my entries, including the ever-reliable @deanstpress.bsky.social, tell a tale. Opening Night can be for those involved The Night of Fear, and not infrequently becomes a Fatal Night for the show #Booksky #Mystery
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Cover of ebook edition of 'Opening Night' by Ngaio Marsh. Central image shows a boot sole in a room with a theatrical poster on the wall. Cover of the Dean Street Press edition of 'Night of Fear' by Moray Dalton. Image shows a woman putting something in a post box on which is the DSP logo Cover of 'A Fatal Night' by Faith Martin, showing above the tile a broken champagne bottle on which is the skull image often used to denote poison
December 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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On the blog today, my contribution to #deanstreetdecember25 is an entertaining crime debut! @deanstpress.bsky.social More here: kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/a...
An entertaining mystery debut – for #DeanStreetDecember25
For the last couple of years, lovely Liz from Adventures in reading, writing and working from home has hosted an event focusing on the books released by the indie publisher, Dean Street Press. They…
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December 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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My final two reads for #DeanStreetDecember2025 - Winifred Peck - "Arrest the Bishop?" and Patricia Wentworth - "The Red Lacquer Case" librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/28/t... #booksky @deanstpress.bsky.social 📚💙
The Red Lacquer Case and Arrest the Bishop on Kindles
December 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Verbal and Literal Bombs.
 December 28, 2025
Book Review for “Table Two” by Marjorie Wilenski.
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Verbal and Literal Bombs.
Book Review for “Table Two” by Marjorie Wilenski. Summary: “Marjorie Wilenski’s only novel, as biting and funny as Barbara Pym at her crankiest, follows an office of women translators at the …
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December 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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FRIDAY’S FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE MURDERS NEAR MAPLETON BY BRIAN FLYNN
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Friday’s Forgotten Book: The Murders near Mapleton by Brian Flynn
Celebrating the Christmas season with a double murder! Nothing is more festive than a host who walks out during dinner, a maid screaming in the library, and Scotland Yard at the front door. Brian F…
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December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Voting for the 2025 Classic Crime Reprint of the Year is in full swing. To see a list of this year’s qualifying books and to vote, visit Kate Jackson's blog, Cross Examining Crime here: crossexaminingcrime.com/2025/12/02/c.... 📚⚡️ 📚💙
Classic Crime Reprints 2025: A List
Here as promised is a list of the classic crime stories that have been reprinted during 2025. This list is here to help fill your TBR piles to bursting and it might also aid you in any nominations …
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December 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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A Boxing Day children's party from nearly 100 years ago - during 2025 I have been enjoying comfort tosh from O Douglas. This one is Priorsford. clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ch...
A Children's Party on Boxing Day
Priorsford by O Douglas    (aka Anna Buchan)  published 1 932 [ excerpt ] [ A Boxing Day party, aimed primarily at children ] Mirren S...
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December 26, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us at Dean Street Press! 🎄📚❤️✨
#Christmas2025
Christmas tree with some Dean Street editions amongst the gifts underneath.
December 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Two more Furrowed Middlebrow books for #DeanStreetDecember2025 Susan Scarlett – “Love in a Mist” and D. E. Stevenson – “Green Money” librofulltime.wordpress.com/2025/12/24/t... #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #amreading @deanstpress.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙
Paperback copies of Love in a Mist and Green Money on a yellow patterned background.
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Just because I have issues with a book, it doesn't mean I can't enjoy a Christmas scene there.... The Matchmaker by Stella Gibbons - a book that stopped me reading the author for years clothesinbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-ma...
A Matchmaking Christmas
The Matchmaker by Stella Gibbons published 1950, sometimes listed as 1949         Faint unearthly light and a deep hush lay over...
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December 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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This week's free Kindle: The Draycott Murder Mystery by Molly Thynne #FreeTillFriday
LINK HERE: bit.ly/4eszdag
#freebook #goldenage #murdermystery #crimefiction
The Draycott Murder Mystery: A Golden Age Mystery
Amazon.com: The Draycott Murder Mystery: A Golden Age Mystery eBook : Thynne, Molly: Kindle Store
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December 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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It's #MurderEveryMonday and this week's theme is a crime fiction title which hints that something has disappeared or is not visible. @puzzledoctor.bsky.social
Not sure what #MurderEveryMonday is? Here's the link: crossexaminingcrime.wordpress.com/2023/02/05/m...
Cover of Invisible Death by Brian Flynn featuring a death's head hawkmoth. Cover of The Invisible Host by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning featuring a ghastly red skeleton climbing over stylistic skyscrapers. Cover of Where There Was Smoke by Brian Flynn featuring a man surrounded by smoke with his hand over his mouth.
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM