Ten From Ten — Dean Street December IV

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 It's December 2025 and Dean Street Press have once again given me something to celebrate. The wonderful Liz Dexter's  hosting a FOURTH Dean Street December, and this year my theme is symmetry.

For the inaugural Dean Street December, I managed to read and review 27 books published by Dean Street Press. For Dean Street December Deux, and Drei I opted for a much saner 15. This year I'm aiming for a nice round ten. Ten books from ten different authors for the (nominally) tenth month, shown below: 


Dean Street Press December 2025


 As in previous years, I plan to read the books in the left-to-right order of the screenshot. Mystery, murder and mayhem dominate again with seven authors, including one writing pair. Just as in 2024, the Sara Woods is a brand new release from DSP, only becoming available in December 2025. Molly Clavering and Margery Sharp return, representing team Furrowed Middlebrow.

 All my reviews will be posted at The StoryGraph again, but I will also update this page with a link to the reviews as I finish each book. Once again, my reviews will include "Did Not Finish" reviews if needed. Life really IS too short to waste time on books that don't click with me, and so if any of these books trigger my drop reflex, I will outline why I dropped them rather than force myself to finish them.

This year, the first entry for my Dean Street December is Murder Isn't Cricket  by E. and M. A. Radford. The second of four Dean Street Press reprints from the  Doctor Manson series. I quite enjoyed their first reprint, Murder Jigsaw and love the professional policeman focus.  Let's see if this one bowls me over - since I know it will likely leave me stumped.

 

 

01_Murder_Isnt_Cricket 02_The_Trail_of_the_Three_Lean_Men 03_Death_Comes_to_Cambers
REVIEW
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04_Four_Gardens
05_Denis_Compton
06_The_Swinging_Death




07_This_Little_Measure
08_Mrs_Lorimers_Quiet_Summer
09_Let_Him_Lie




10_Knock_Murderer_Knock

लोरेम इप्सुम

Comments

  1. Liz Dexter03 December, 2025 10:12

    It's lovely to have you join again, and I can confirm that Mrs Lorimer and Four Gardens are excellent!

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