The Cracked Mirror The awardwinning, braintwisting mystery

<p><b>***Winner of the McIlvanney Prize for Best Scottish Crime Book of the Year***</b><br><b>** Shortlisted for the </b><b>Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025**</b><br><b><br>FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW</b><br><b> THIS IS NOT </b><i><b>THAT</b></i><b> CRIME NOVEL</b><br><br>You know Penny Coyne. The little old lady who has solved multiple murders in her otherwise sleepy village, despite bumbling local police. A razor-sharp mind in a twinset and tweed.<br><br>You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAPD homicide detective. Always in trouble with his captain, always losing partners, but always battling for the truth, whatever it takes.<br><br>Against all the odds, against the <i>usual</i> story, their worlds are about to collide. It starts with a dead writer and a mysterious wedding invitation. It will end with a rabbit hole that goes so deep, Johnny and Penny might come to question not just whodunnit, but whether they want to know the answer.<br><br><i>A cross-genre hybrid of Agatha Christie and Michael Connelly, </i>The Cracked Mirror<i> is the most imaginative and entertaining crime novel of the year, a genre-splicing rollercoaster with a poignantly emotional heart.</i></p>