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Orenda Books
@orendabooks.bsky.social
Indie publisher of bold, unforgettable international fiction, half in translation. Shortlisted IPG Best Newcomer 2015/16. CWA Crime & Mystery Publisher of the Year 2020. Nibbies Finalist Small Press of the Year. Visit us at www.orendabooks.co.uk.
A must-attend event!

20/11 acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov will be at University of Manchester, where he will be discussing his books, inc. the third volume of his war diaries #ThreeYearsOnFire

#OpenBordersPress #AuthorEvent #LiteraryEvent #Manchester #BookSky
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In R.W.R McDonald's #Mystery #Debut #TheNancys 11yo Tippy’s teacher is found dead she teams up with her uncle & his boyfriend to form a secret #Detective club inspired by old #NancyDrew stories

A camp, chaotic & tender exploration of belonging.

🚦 bit.ly/4mHDbiE

#BookSky #NewZealand #CrimeFiction
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The CHILLING #Mystery that EVERYONE is be talking about!

Johana Gustawsson's #ScarsOfSilence t David Warriner out 20/11

Ritualistic murders.
Bodies left like offerings in the forest.
Are the silenced striking back?

📖 https://bit.ly/4lxacgo

*#Bookshop exclusive sprayed edges*
##BookSky
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📖 What Readers are Saying 📖

Next week we publish R.W.R McDonald's award-winning heartwarming & gripping new #Mystery #TheNancys and just LOOK at what early readers have said!

We can't WAIT for you to meet the Nancys.

Pre-order your copy today!
🚦 bit.ly/4mHDbiE
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Johana Gustawsson's haunting #Gothic #Mystery #ScarsOfSilence t David Warriner out 20/11

Police procedural meets dark #Thriller which unearths devastating truths about #Consent #Justice & the corrosive power of silence.

📖 bit.ly/4lxacgo
📱 bit.ly/3I5NoGx

*Sprayed edges EXCLUSIVE to #Bookshops*
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The WHOLE #Skelf #Series (so far) in ONE PLACE?!
Yes please!

Get the FIRST SIX books in @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's addictive, darkly funny and unmissable the Skelfs series in one GREAT-VALUE #Boxset NOW!

Pick up your eBook box set today: bit.ly/4hUV3VM

#BookSky #PublicationDay
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
When a Finnish mushroom entrepreneur discovers that he has been slowly poisoned he sets out to find his would-be murderer… with dark and hilarious results🍄

Antti Tuomainen's #TheManWhoDied t David Hackston is on #sale at 0.99 EVERYWHERE!

🍄 bit.ly/3NuyVmP

#BookSky
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
❄️ Ari Thór is BACK & a killer is on the loose…

Celebrate 10 years of Ragnar Jonasson's #Snowblind with a BEAUTIFUL hardback edition, inc. the FIRST #DarkIceland #Mystery in FIVE YEARS #Fadeout!

AND #Bookshop exclusive spredges! 😱

T Q Bates & L Kyzer
❄️ bit.ly/4kvDgER
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
ANOTHER brilliant, must attend @NewcastleNoir 2025 event for you today!

The fabulous Kate Rhodes & Mari Hannah will be discussing their crime fiction novels, including #DeadmansPool & #HerSistersKiller AND MORE!

Grab your tickets today: bit.ly/43rA9rm

#BookSky
November 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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A desperate father's Christmas promise sparks a wild Finnish road trip involving an antique sofa, unexpected passengers, and danger … ⠀⠀
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The Winter Job, the NEW standalone darkly funny, poignant and uber-tense thriller from Antti Tuomainen is out NOW!

📖 bit.ly/46q4TLE
📱 bit.ly/4op1JxC
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Schoolteacher found dead!

R.W.R McDonald is (almost) live from the scene of the (fictional) crime. Find out more about this heartwarming gripping #Mystery, and of course our new favourite trio, this November!

🚦 bit.ly/4mHDbiE

#TheNancys #BookSky #Readers #NancyDrew
November 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Will Carver's EXHILARATING #Thriller #HintonHollowDeathTrip is 99p!

Narrated by Evil itself, Hinton Hollow Death Trip recounts 5 days in the history of this small rural town, when darkness paid a visit...

Kobo: bit.ly/49DxC15
🍏 apple.co/4olqPO1

#BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger will be attending #BloodyBarnes, a brand-new festival of #Crime in Feb 2026!

Chatting all things #Scandi crime and their #Nordic #Thriller #SON with chair Harriett Gilbert on 8th Feb.

You DO NOT want to miss this event!

🎟️ https://bit.ly/4oTs7jq
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#USA #Canada 🚨

Books 1 & 2 in Johana Gustawsson's ADDICTIVE #Series are 0.99 t M Jakubowski & D Warriner

Hunt for a serial killer takes Roy & Castells back to the past & some of the most heinous crimes in history…

#Block46 bit.ly/48WcH92
#Keeper bit.ly/4czCQKj
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#LONDON #READERS 📚

Save the date!

10th Nov @ 6:30pm join Georgia de Chamberet at Hatchards Piccadilly for a discussion on Olivier Norek’s #Historical #Thriller #TheWinterWarriors t Nick Caistor

Tickets via BookBlast here: tinyurl.com/4tj7xdjs

Please share!

#BookEvent #BookSky
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Johana Gustawsson & Thomas Enger will be attending #BloodyBarnes, a brand-new festival of #Crime in Feb 2026!

Chatting all things #Scandi crime and their #Nordic #Thriller #SON with chair Harriett Gilbert, on 8th Feb.

You DO NOT want to miss this event!

🎟️ bit.ly/4oTs7jq
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#DEAL ALERT!

A missing boy, ancient curses, and secrets that could destroy the powerful.

Michael J Malone's #Gothic #Mystery #TheHowling is only #99p on Kobo & Apple Books!

What are you waiting for?!
🐺 bit.ly/4lwQAJp
🍏 apple.co/4qKlzoU

#BookSky #Books
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our fabulous @liljawriter.bsky.social and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to Neil McKay!

They'll be discussing their new books #BlackAsDeath & #TheWinterJob

BOOK TICKETS NOW!
https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu
##BookSky #Glasgow #Scotland #CrimeFiction
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Join the #Readalong 📖

This December, join in the read-along for Johana Gustawsson's CHILLING #Mystery #ScarsOfilence t @thewarrinerd.bsky.social

The book that has already sparked debate in France, with themes of #Consent, #Justice and #Power.

🕯️ bit.ly/48Q1HKx

#BookSky #Gothic #MustRead
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
We're excited to reveal that next Feb we'll be celebrating 20 yrs since @dougjohnstone.bsky.social's darkly funny, sharp #Debut #Thriller #Tombstoning with a very special anniversary edition inc. intro by @brookmyre.bsky.social

We can't wait for you to read it!

🌊 https://bit.ly/43835V7
##BookSky
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Spending #TranslatedThursday at the printers with #JohanaGustawsson as she signs 1200 (!!) finished hardback copies of her MOST chilling #Gothic #Thriller yet!

#ScarsOfSilence, t @thewarrinerd.bsky.social is out 20/11!

🖤 geni.us/qJmdRQN

Spredges EXCLUSIVE to bookshops ONLY!

#BookSky
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is not a test. The end is near!

Sarah Sultoon introduces her heart-pounding #Thriller #Blackwater out this December.

Prepare to drawn into a race against time that spirals into obsession, set against the paranoia of #Y2k😱

Pre-order now: bit.ly/3VlCwYe

#BookSky #MillenniumBug #NewBooks
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Join #TheNancys!

We're so excited to announce that this November we'll be organising a very special #Readalong to celebrate the release of #RWRMcDonald’s award-winning #Debut!

To be involved, fill in this form: bit.ly/4hv9KyC

#BookSky #NancyDrew #HowNancyDrewAreYou #BuddyRead
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
'THE WINTER JOB is a corker'

OH MY! What a fabulous review of Antti Tuomainen's new darkly funny, wild ride of a #Thriller #TheWinterJob from Maxim Jakubowski & Crime Time - THANK YOU!

Read it here: www.crimetime.co.uk/to-the-max-o...

Translated by David Hackston
🚗 bit.ly/46q4TLE

#BookSky
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Our fabulous @liljawriter.bsky.social and Antti Tuomainen are coming to Aye Write on Sunday 9th November – 12.45pm – chatting to Neil McKay!

They'll be discussing their new books #BlackAsDeath & #TheWinterJob

BOOK TICKETS NOW!
https://bit.ly/3KCm7wu
##BookSky #Glasgow #Scotland #CrimeFiction
October 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM