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New: the February issue of the Dead East newsletter is now available, a free monthly email covering new releases, extracts, events, news and other information from across the crime genre.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Out now: my short story "Wrong Notes", where recollections of Les Dawson help solve a murder. Published in Black Cat Weekly Magazine. Available from blackcatweekly.com/b/5RDQo
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February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Follow Ster McCaffrey, a retired detective, as he walks the streets of Portland, Oregon trying to find the origins of a mysterious boy left alone on his front porch. Don't miss this page-turning gem!
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February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Keep and eye out for Cindy Brown's new mystery novel ECHOES OF THE LOST! In book stores May 12, 2026!

Link in the Bio!

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February 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Why do cozy mystery towns feel so comforting… even with all the murder? ☕🏘️
I wrote a new post about building cozy small-town worlds (with a nod to Brightcombe).
link.chrishillsfarrow.com/build-cosy-w...
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February 6, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Ooh... Cover roughs for the first DI Bolam novel. Exciting! It's starting to look like a real book.

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February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
They’re here. My author copies of The Orchid Mystery have arrived.
1977 Cambridge. A body in an old college. A secret society. DCI Rievaulx and DC Carter on the trail.
Out 10 March 2026.

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February 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Arlo the cat has decided that the map of the fictional town where my DI Bolam series is set is the best place to sit when he's come in wet and muddy from the garden.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Interview with: David Cairns – Mystery Reads
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February 4, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The Youth of Today by Nick Guthrie

Short crime fiction by an author fast becoming a regular in the world's top crime fiction magazines.

Full story at: urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/18/t...

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January 30, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The Double-Edged Sword will return - Rhia Bryant will be back.

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January 30, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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January 27, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Secrets unfold after dark in The Night Porter 🌙🔑
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January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Secrets surface when the season ends in Off Season ❄️
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January 24, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Passed 10k words on the second DI Bolam novel this afternoon, which is the target I'd set myself for the end of the week. Bonus words tomorrow! #amwriting #crimefiction #mysteryfiction
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Lovely to have a piece of flash fiction, "The Youth of Today", accepted and very rapidly published by Urban Pigs Press.
urbanpigspress.co.uk/2026/01/18/t...
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The Youth of Today – Nick Guthrie
Blocksberg gang by Ernst Barlach by lacma is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Some people… they’re asking for it really, aren’t they? I watch as the old lady hauls herself out of the car, pauses to check …
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January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Jaclyn Lurker wraps up her"Year of Sherlock" series with a final bow -summarizing 12 months of literary detective analysis and sharing an original mystery comedy.
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The Year of Sherlock - Year’s End 2025 (Wrapping Up - The Last Bow)
As 2025 comes to an end, allow me one last post to wrap up “The Year of Sherlock” in a tidy bow -  His Last Bow , one might say.  (See what ...
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January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Truth bends, secrets surface in A Version of the Truth 🔍 @marshroseauthor.bsky.social
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January 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Wow, we certainly did not expect to pick up 200 followers and receive dozens of submissions on day one. Love it! Feeling excited about this new venture.

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