Death at the White HartTHE MUST READ CRIME DEBUT OF 2025 FROM THE MIND BEHIND BROADCHURCH AND DOCTOR WHO Small town secrets, a detective running out of time, and the killer hiding in plain sight. 'A masterclass whodunnit' Gillian McAllister 'A craftily plotted mystery, full of memorable characters' Mail on Sunday 'Snappy dialogue, confident. Turns expectations of village life on their head' Sunday Times 'A strong pace, good characterisation and an excellent sense of place

Loll passes the nights in smoky

culminating with the birth of a younger brother and the strange candlelit ceremony of her mothers churching

'A clever web of intrigue that deepens and darkens as it twists' Peter James on Gallows Lane

In a remote castle perched atop a windswept island

blood and blasted landscape of No Man's Land gone

It is a fascinating tribute to an inspirational politician in the vital period of his country's history

She was never to leave Cheverell Manor alive

In this masterly debut novel

The end days are close

Susie Dent does and here are her greatest discoveries

magic that was foretold would unite the fractured nation of Skaland beneath a king-the one who controls the shield maiden's fate

Henry Pulling