Four British Mysteries: crime, detective, thriller and (mild) horror set in Britain by British authors. Lynnwood, by Thomas Brown, set in the New Forest, was listed for the 2014 People's Book Prize; A Taste for Blood, set in and around London, by the acclaimed Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies; Ellipsis, set in London, a psychological thriller by Nikki Dudley; Cold Remains, set in London and Wales, by crime writer and award-winning poet, Sally Spedding. Four great reads, for those who like to wrap their minds round unusual plots.