Ariana Franklin
A Murderous Procession
The stellar Mistress of the Art of Death series continues! Adelia Aguilar, Salerno-trained physician who has been well-nigh kidnapped by…
Grave Goods
Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, finds that she has to leave her home in Cambridgeshire before she…
The Death Maze/The Serpent’s Tale
Fair Rosamund Clifford was Henry II’s mistress, and she was buried in Goldstow Priory, near Oxford. These are established…
The Serpent’s Tale
Adelia Aguilar is still in England after her detecting adventures as chronicled in Mistress of the Art of Death. King…
Mistress of the Art of Death
Editors' choice
Adelia, who has studied medicine in Salerno, Sicily, is selected by the King of Sicily to accompany Simon of Naples,…
City of Shadows
Ariana Franklin has written an intriguing, fast-paced thriller based on the life of Anna Anderson, the woman who claimed to…
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