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by Tony Robinson (£25, HB, Little, Brown Book Group) Labelled a heretic, Father Asser’s days are numbered as he awaits his death in a papal prison in Rome. But in a twist of fate, he is saved by Cardi

by Ann Cleeves (£22, HB, Macmillan) A terrible storm wreaks havoc on one of the small islands of Orkney. In the aftermath, boisterous, well-loved Archie Stout is found dead, near a Neolithic stone ins

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by Lindsey Kelk (£9.99, PB, HarperCollins) Laura was planning a peaceful Christmas by herself, flat-sitting for a stranger. But life has other plans. Upon arrival, Laura discovers a random man, Callum