October 24\, 2026 \;< em>Which Witch by S imon Green \;
\nMiles away from town or city\, and centuries awa y from civilization\, three witches dance around a great brass cauldron\, singing songs of horror and hatred. The Crone raises her voice to ask:&nbs p\;"When shall we three meet again?"... only for the cauldron to emit a th ick\, poisonous smoke\, sending her\, and her fellow actresses\, fleeing f or their \;lives. For the director\, it's the last straw. Macbeth is f amously a cursed play\, but the incident\, not the first in a long line of creepy events\, makes him wonder if someone -- or something -- is trying to sabotage the play. The show must go on! But not if the forces of darkne ss are determined for it not to. Talented actress Diana Hunt\, hired to gi ve her Lady Macbeth\, knows just the man to turn to for help: her partner in crime-solving\, handsome young bishop Alistair Kincaid\, whose help inv estigating a series of seemingly supernatural murders has earned them the nickname the Holy Terrors. But with evil and black magic wrapping the thea tre in darkness\, this investigation might cost Alistair and Diana far mor e than they're expecting
\nNovember 28\, 2026 \;It Ends at Midnight \;by Harriet Tyce
\n"It's New Year's Eve and the stage is set for a lavish party in one of Edinburgh's best postcodes. The party's h ost\, Tess\, diagnosed with a terminal illness\, saw this as a chance for her to make things right... in more ways than one. To organize a vow renew al with her drifting husband\, Tess recruits her best friend and circuit c ourt judge\, \;Sylvie. Stalked by guilt\, Sylvie struggles with the me mory of a decade-old incident. She and Tess both know time is running out. As Sylvie seeks to give Tess the closure she needs\, it becomes clear tha t someone else hasn't forgotten what they did. Midnight approaches and the countdown begins\, but one of the guests doesn't want a resolution. They want revenge."
\nDecember 26\, 2026 \;Murder at Holly House \;< /em>by Denzil Meyrick
\nA village of secrets. Yorkshire\, 1952. Chri stmas is fast approaching when a dead stranger is found lodged up the chim ney of Holly House in the snow-covered village of Elderby. Is he a simple thief or a would-be killer? \;A mystery that can't be solved. Inspecto r Frank Grasby is ordered to investigate. But as is often the way for him\ , things don't \;go according to plan. \;A Christmas to remember. When the local doctor's husband is murdered\, Grasby begins to realize tha t everyone in Elderby is hiding something. And if he can't uncover the tru th soon\, the whole country will pay a dreadful price . . .
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