Jess Kidd

Little Spark

By Jess Kidd - Published 2026Published 2027

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This is the story of Bodkin Bell, the ‘Little Spark’ of the title. We are first introduced to Bodkin in 1868 through her work ...Read Review

Murder at the Spirit Lounge

By Jess Kidd - Published 2026

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Mystery/Crime

1950s Kent. Former nun Nora Breen is bemused when her normally sceptical friend Detective Inspector Rideout accepts an invitation to a private sé...Read Review

Murder at Gulls Nest

By Jess Kidd - Published 2025

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Mystery/Crime

This is the best written historical murder mystery I have read this year. The first in the Nora Breen Investigates series, it is ...Read Review

The Night Ship

By Jess Kidd - Published 2022

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The Night Ship is based on the story of the Batavia, the Dutch East India ship which was wrecked on a group of ...Read Review

Things in Jars

By Jess Kidd - Published 2020

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LiteraryMystery/Crime

Red-haired, sharp-witted Bridie Devine is an interesting woman; she’s been a lot of things in her life, the latest of which is ...Read Review

Himself

By Jess Kidd - Published 2017

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LiteraryMystery/Crime

Mahoney is a 26-year-old Dubliner in 1976, searching for how he ended up in an orphanage and, equally, what happened to his wayward mother. ...Read Review