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Blue Flame
Quick ViewQuick View“Trish Finnegan has done it again!”
“Had me gripped from start to finish.”
A darkness stalks the streets. A seething undercurrent of misogyny which threatens to ruin lives.
Constable Sam Barrie is back in this latest explosive instalment of the Blue Bird series.
Blue Flame is published by Burning Chair on 22 May 2025. Pre-order your copy today and be the first to read it!
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The Great Big Demon of Flint Hall
Quick ViewQuick View“A fast paced thriller-cum-horror-cum-snarky-dark-comedy with two of the most interesting protagonists I’ve ever encountered.”
Victorian London’s most incompetent crooks-turned-demon-hunters are back.
When Tess Marchant gets a plea for help from an old childhood friend, The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency finds itself heading out to the countryside, to solve a mystery involving a Manor House and its wealthy family cursed by a malevolent demon.
The Great Big Demon of Flint Hall is the sequel to The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency, and the second book in the Spencer & Bart series.
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Baby Blues
Quick ViewQuick ViewWPC Samantha Barrie has survived her first few years at Wyre Hall police station in the Peninsula. Station politics, sexist colleagues and belligerent busybodies are just some of the things she has to deal with on a daily basis, and that’s before the day job itself.
But now comes her toughest test yet, as a series of cases thrust her right into the heart of the action – but this time Sam, and those close to her, are the ones under investigation.
Baby Blues is the next instalment in the story of WPC Sam Berrie, a gripping story of policing and life in 1970s England.
Baby Blues is published by Burning Chair. Get your copy today!
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The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency
Quick ViewQuick ViewLondon, 1868. The streets are haunted by thieves, murderers… and demons from beyond the Aether.
Spencer and Bart are the city’s most incompetent crooks, and they are in deep trouble. Hunted by both police and their fellow criminals, they are forced to consider the unthinkable —going straight.
Forming The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency, they think their troubles are behind them, but they soon find themselves caught up in a web far more dangerous than they could ever imagine, pitched against demons, criminals and evil magicians.
The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency is the new novel from Peter Oxley, the author of the Infernal Aether series. If you like dark gothic adventures with a light-hearted twist, then you’ll love The Great Big Demon Hunting Agency.
Published by Burning Chair on 2 March 2023 – get your copy today!
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Run to the Blue
Quick ViewQuick View….Breaking News!… TV reporter Tess Anderson is on the run – her husband’s affair has been exposed and a London crime boss has ordered her death. She was last seen in the Greek islands with a mysterious American yachtsman….more follows….
The latest novel from P N Johnson, the author of Killer in the Crowd, Run to the Blue is a fast-moving action thriller set in the world of television news in London, and in the beautiful Greek islands.
Published by Burning Chair on 14 April 2023 – get your copy today!
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Blue Sky
Quick ViewQuick ViewNo longer the fresh-faced new cop in the station, life should be getting easier for WPC Samantha Barrie. She is settled into her job, is well liked on her beats, and is on track to pass her probation and become a fully-fledged police constable.
However, when her colleague and best friend, Steve, is arrested for apparently trying to smuggle drugs into the Isle of Man, Sam is determined to prove his innocence.
Blue Sky is the sequel to Blue Bird and the second book in the WPC Sam Barrie series, described by readers as “Hard to put down,” “Authentic”, and “Move over Lynda La Plante – you have been equalled, if not bettered!”
Blue Sky, by Trish Finnegan, is published by Burning Chair on 22 September 2022 – get your copy today by clicking below!
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The Retribution
Quick ViewQuick ViewA wronged man. A hidden treasure. A secret that could change the world.
England, 1741. When a young farmhand is sent away on The Retribution, flagship of the Stevenson fleet, he must come to terms with the thrills and dangers of life at sea as he finds himself voyaging to the New World, a dangerous place where slavers and pirates stalk the seas. And the most dangerous pirate of all — Jackson Bell, leader of the notorious and feared Scarlets — wants the secret that The Retribution is carrying. A secret so great it could grant the bearer power over the known world.
Wilbur Smith and Clive Cussler meet Bernard Cornwell in this story about the price of freedom, the cost of revenge and the siren song of power and privilege.
The Retribution, by Mike Wardle, is published by Burning Chair on 2 June 2022. Pre-order your copy today!
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The Other Side of Trust
Quick ViewQuick ViewWhen the world is turned upside down, who can you trust?
A series of mysterious deaths, all connected to the Iranian regime, sets in motion an investigation by the British Secret Intelligence Service to seek out who was responsible for these murders, a mission which at first seems deceptively simple. But as with so many things in the shadowy world of espionage, all is not what it seems.
British agent Sebastian Friend finds himself in a battle for survival as he follows the trail from London to Tehran and back, untangling a complex web which could throw the entire established world order on its head.
The Other Side of Trust is published by Burning Chair – buy your copy today!
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Burning Bridges
Quick ViewQuick ViewThe Isle of Sheppey. The discovery of a wounded, unconscious man left for dead sets in motion a series of events where mistakes once thought buried in the past are forced to the surface. With lethal results.
Burning Bridges is the explosive new thriller from Matthew Ross, the author of Death of a Painter and The Red Admiral’s Secret.
Burning Bridges is published by Burning Chair on 5 May 2020 – pre-order your copy now!
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Killer in the Crowd
Quick ViewQuick View**FINALIST – PAGE TURNER AWARDS 2022**
“Utterly compelling. Mystery in the music world.” – Steve Harley – Cockney Rebel – singer, songwriter
“A real escapist page-turner with plenty of plot twists, oodles of drama and a compelling cast. Terrific.” – Nick Crane, author and broadcaster
Live music is in her blood, but as the death threats arrive, she fears there’s a killer in the crowd.
If you love mystery thrillers with a musical twist, then you’ll love Killer in the Crowd, the debut novel from P N Johnson.
Killer in the Crowd is published by Burning Chair. Buy your copy today!
