Every great mystery begins with a compelling idea. Explore creative mystery novel concepts, storytelling techniques, and inspiration for crafting suspenseful plots that keep readers guessing until the very end. Read more: https://www.davidthomasthegordianknot.com/mystery-novel-ideas/

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It took longer than usually for Apple to have the preorder link for The Perfect Heist up, but now it's there, in case Apple is your preferred ebook vendor. The book comes out on July 26.
https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-perfect-heist-the-reed-files-3/id6777450889

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‎The Perfect Heist. The Reed Files 3.

‎Mysteries & Thrillers · 2026

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Slight change of approach for this week's Thursday Temptations - random list of series that are varied and really good.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/posts/thursday-temptations-4

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Thursday Temptations

For a change, this time a random selection of favourite series reads - most local, one from Scandinavia. Darian Richards series by Tony Cavanaugh Billy Glasheen series by Peter Doyle

AustCrimeFiction.org

Today's Review is of Hero by Patricia Wolf, the 5th in the DS Lucas Walker series.

https://www.austcrimefiction.org/review/hero-patricia-wolf

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Hero, Patricia Wolf

HERO is the 5th book in the DS Lucas Walker series that has taken him from outback Queensland to Germany and back, and from the Australian Federal Police to the Queensland Police Force. One thing that stays the same though is the outreach of organised crime, which is surprisingly prevalent in these small Queensland towns.

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A New Faith <genre: hopeful climate fiction>

Sequoia, a city of climate refugees, has to decide whether to thrive in a future built from scratch or to barely survive because it cannot let go of its past.

TinJar

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/08/the-guardian-view-on-climate-equality-a-richer-life-and-real-public-abundance-not-just-more-stuff

"the blocks to progress: plutocracy, US power and timid climate politics that leave elites largely untouched... to insist that a green transition must be built through democratic means, not technocratic fiat."

The villains in "A New Faith" are plutocrats.

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

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The Guardian view on climate equality: a richer life and real public abundance, not just more stuff

Editorial: The Global Justice Report offers a hopeful bargain: tax extreme wealth and replace consumer excess with social and economic security for all

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2/ In "A New Faith" - most of the key characters are such victims, including, the police chief of Sequoia, Sonia, who is from Bangladesh. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #booksky #thriller #crimefiction #speculativefiction #books #book #novel #detective #mystery #climate #climatechange #migration

A New Faith <genre: hopeful cl...
A New Faith <genre: hopeful climate fiction>

Sequoia, a city of climate refugees, has to decide whether to thrive in a future built from scratch or to barely survive because it cannot let go of its past.

TinJar
‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh

The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/09/i-fear-people-will-go-to-war-over-water-as-wells-run-dry-farmers-struggle-to-survive-in-bangladesh

The victims of the #climatecrisis need to be centered in #art #fiction #novel so that people in other parts of the world finally "see" them. "Hear" them. In "A New Faith" - most of the key characters are such victims, including, the police chief of Sequoia, Sonia, who is from Bangladesh.

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

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‘I fear people will go to war over water’: as wells run dry, farmers struggle to survive in Bangladesh

The arid Barind region was transformed by aquifer wells but now the water system is collapsing under the pressure of the climate crisis and decades of extraction

The Guardian