New Anthony Horowitz Novel + British Book Deals Today

April 27, 2026

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Some detective series feel tailor-made for television - and Anthony Horowitz’s Hawthorne & Horowitz books may be next in line. With six novels now in the series and more on the way, Horowitz has confirmed that a TV adaptation is already in development, with scripts currently being written alongside his wife and longtime collaborator, Jill Green.

At the heart of the books is a fun twist: Hawthorne is a private investigator who hires a writer - Anthony Horowitz himself - to document his cases, creating a meta mystery that plays with the boundaries between fiction and reality.

Meanwhile, the newest installment, A Deadly Episode, comes out tomorrow - taking the concept even further with a murder on a film set tied to the duo’s own in-universe success. The audiobooks are read by actor Rory Kinnear (Bank of Dave), which makes them especially fun.

We’ve just opened up pre-orders for the upcoming 11th edition of the British TV Streaming Guide, and we expect the first print run to arrive here in early May (with shipment the next business day). Pre-ordering guarantees your copy from the first batch.

  • ~230 pages cover 25 US-based streaming services, telling you which British TV shows are available on each and what they're about. No need to give yourself carpal tunnel clicking through endless on-screen menus.

  • An alphabetised index for when you know the name of the show, but not the streaming service.

  • Size 12 font! Even as the guide has gotten longer, we’ve avoided shrinking the text because we don’t want it to be unreadably small.

  • Each edition has bonus features in back. This time, we look at under-the-radar and interesting early appearances by well-known British actors.

  • A "Renewals & Cancellations" section that offers status updates about which shows are returning (or not).

British eBooks on Sale: April 27th

As always, a short disclaimer on the sale listings - the overwhelming majority of our readers are US-based, so sale availability may vary outside of the US (it’s up to the publisher/author if they wish to coordinate sales internationally). Deals can disappear at any time, but all e-books were $2.99 or less at time of writing.

  • Bookish by Matthew Sweet - In 1946 London, bookseller-sleuth Gabriel Book uses his shop’s chaotic shelves to solve murders, untangle his customers’ secrets, and confront a mystery from his own past.

  • The Fair Botanists by Sarah Sheridan - In 1822 Edinburgh, a widowed artist and a secretive young botanist are drawn together by a rare flowering plant, a hidden identity, and a discovery that could carry dangerous consequences.

  • A Heart Full of Headstones by Ian Rankin - In Edinburgh, John Rebus faces a life-changing trial while Siobhan Clarke investigates a missing corrupt cop whose secrets could expose them both.

  • Murder Most Bookish by Anthea Fraser - In England’s Chiltern Hills, biographer Rona Parish investigates a famous author’s unsolved drowning, only to receive a warning tucked into her golden retriever’s collar.

  • (BOX SET) The Travelling Cook Mysteries by Faith Martin - Travelling cook Jenny Starling caters her way through English villages, stately homes, riverboats, castles, and country fêtes, solving murders wherever the bodies drop.

  • The Night the Rich Men Burned by Malcolm Mackay - In Glasgow’s criminal underworld, two friends enter the violent world of debt collection, where ambition, addiction, and rival power struggles threaten everyone they love.

  • Bred in the Bone by Christopher Brookmyre - In Glasgow, Detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod and private investigator Jasmine Sharp follow a gangland murder into old family secrets, buried loyalties, and generational revenge.

  • Choral Society by Prue Leith - In London, three single women in their fifties meet in a choral class and form an unexpected friendship in this novel from Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith.

  • Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey - In wartime Scotland, Eva McEwen trains as a nurse in Glasgow while two invisible companions from her lonely childhood begin steering her toward a fate she may not be able to resist.

  • Elizabeth & Margaret by Andrew Morton - Andrew Morton’s biography follows Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret from their sheltered British childhood through abdication, wartime secrecy, royal duty, and the tensions that reshaped their sisterhood.

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