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MJ Porter Author Of The Custard Corpses

From MJ's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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The Bookseller of Inverness is an enthralling mystery set during the years after the events of the Battle of Culloden in 1745. It portrays the uneasy accord in Inverness at the time, with the Jacobites (well, those who survived the repercussions and the battle itself of 1746) and Hanoverians living in an uneasy discord that threatens to crack at the slightest provocation.

We have multiple characters from both sides of the divide, but our main character is Iain, a wounded Jacobite survivor of the battle, who is content with his bookshop until events draw him back into the conspiracies and the Jacobites' ongoing desire to put their king back on the throne.

It is deeply enmeshed in the politics of the era, but in the way they affected men and women on a day-to-day basis. Inverness seems small and inconsequential, but it's a microcosm of what's happening on an almost…

By S.G. MacLean ,

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4 authors picked The Bookseller of Inverness as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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A GRIPPING HISTORICAL THRILLER SET IN INVERNESS IN THE WAKE OF THE 1746 BATTLE OF CULLODEN.

'This slice of historical fiction takes you on a wild ride' THE TIMES

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drummossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades.

Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers, he…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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MJ Porter Author Of The Custard Corpses

From MJ's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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MJ Porter Why MJ loves this book

I love these feisty women, and I was lucky enough to read an advanced copy so I can share my review today on release day.

It's so good to be back with Efi, Appel and Greta. And this time, they're thrust into a most beguiling mystery, with missing shoes, missing novices and, as usual, the men of the town are more likely to be sent running for the hills with fear than solving the mystery themselves. It's a good job Efi, Appel and Greta are more curious than terrified, although they're not without some worldly and otherworldy worries.

I've read all three books in The Alewives of Colmar series. They are delightful fun, and a real treat for the reader. If you've not yet discovered Efi, Appel and Greta and the charming town of Colmar then what are you waiting for?

Another five star read for me. Bring on book…

By Elizabeth R. Andersen ,

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1 author picked The Monstrous Murders as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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As winter draws to a close, something suspicious lurks outside the walls of Colmar.Appel, Gritta, and Efi, the three alewives of Colmar, are enjoying a calm month of brewing and friendship after solving the deeply unsettling riddle of the severed hands. But peace is not destined to last for long. The disappearance of two novice monks in the care of Friar Wikerus spark tales of a supernatural beast on the loose, and when a lowly street sweeper is terrorized one night, fear stalks the town like a monster.Theories of demons and beasts run wild. Could this foretell another great mortality…


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