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Jack Murray

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Born

in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, The United Kingdom

Website

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Genre

Crime, Historical Fiction, Thriller

Influences

Agatha Christie, Jane Austen, PG Wodehouse

Member Since

July 2018

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Born in Northern Ireland, Jack is an artist and writer.

His paintings are now in collections as far apart as the US, Australia and Europe (including Britain and Ireland).

There are now seven Kit Aston novels and also two shorter novellas: The French Diplomat Affair and Haymakers Last Fight. A new Kit Aston is in the pipeline, set in a theatre and will e out before summer 2023.

Jack has signed with Lume Books. They have published a new series to coincide with 80th anniversary of battle of El Alamein. The story looks at the battle for North Africa from the perspectives of an English boy and a German boy who are destined to confront and try to kill one another at El Alamein.

A popular character from the Kit Aston mysteries now has her own series. ...more

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Average rating: 4.36 · 8,441 ratings · 386 reviews · 44 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Affair of the Christmas Card Killer (Lord Kit Aston #1) 4.23 avg rating — 1,314 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chess Board Murders (Lord Kit Aston #2) 4.20 avg rating — 725 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Phantom (Lord Kit Aston #3) 4.37 avg rating — 587 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Frisco Falcon (Lord Kit Aston #4) 4.42 avg rating — 496 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medium Murders (Lord Kit Aston #5) 4.48 avg rating — 464 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bluebeard Club (Lord Kit Aston #6) 4.37 avg rating — 468 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Christmas Murder Mystery (Agatha Aston #3) 4.44 avg rating — 409 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black-Eyed Nick (Agatha Aston #1) 4.39 avg rating — 414 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tangier Tajine (Lord Kit Aston #7) 4.40 avg rating — 363 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witchfinder General Murders (Agatha Aston #2) 4.29 avg rating — 365 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Twelve Chairs: The famous humorous novel | New Translation

by Ilya Ilf

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Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife

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Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)

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Jack Murray liked K's review of Murder on the Bernina Express: "An excellent murder mystery set on a train travelling to Münich in 1938, aboard there is a man carrying an important document that must reach the British delegation. A great example of a locked room mystery."
Mar 24, 2026 01:05PM · see review
Jack Murray liked Charlie Hayes's review of Murder on the Bernina Express: "This book borrows the formatting and style of the British Library but it is or appears to be a self-published book. This is a pity, as I would not want legitimate publishers to suffer by being identified with this book. Opening disclaimer. The basic " Read more of this review »
Mar 24, 2026 01:05PM · see review
Jack Murray made a comment on Charlie Hayes’s review of Murder on the Bernina Express " Thanks for the detailed feedback - I am the author and rather rushed this one to follow up on the first book under this pen name (which also had a few ...more "
Mar 24, 2026 09:29AM · see review
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“the hospital was a never-ending conveyor belt of misery. The terrible consequences of man’s inhumanity were fed through on a daily basis.”
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“Beggars confronted him on every corner. Many missing limbs, their eyesight, their mind. Hand scrawled messages proclaimed a similar story of why they were begging. A land fit for heroes, thought the young man.”
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“brushing Miller aside with her samurai umbrella”
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