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by Lucy Jane Wood (£20, HB, Pan Macmillan) Annie Wildwood works tirelessly to be the perfect witch. As well as running the Celestial Bakehouse, she goes above and beyond to please everyone around her,

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As the fourth series of cosy crime drama Sister Boniface Mysteries continues, there are more baffling murder cases for the scooter-riding, crime-solving nun to tackle in the picturesque Cotswolds vill

by Patricia Cornwell (£22, HB, Little, Brown Book Club) The Phantom Slasher is wreaking havoc in Northern Virginia. The killer’s signature is to invade his victims’ homes and watch their every move us

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