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Crime so cosy it should be illegal

Murder, but with tea and a nice village. The backlist is a crime scene of bargains.

The body count is high, the stakes are somehow low, and everyone is home by supper. Cosy crime backlists run deep and cheap — the best kind of organised crime.

The Marlow Murder Club

Robert Thorogood

A 77-year-old crossword setter who swims in the Thames solves a murder. From the Death in Paradise man.

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99p~~was £8.99~~

Magpie Murders

Anthony Horowitz

A whodunnit inside a whodunnit. Two murders for the price of one, and the price is small.

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£1.99~~was £9.99~~

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Agatha Christie

Poirot's first case, a hundred years old and still sharper than everything on the telly.

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