Mystery/Crime
The Painted Lady
London, 1670s. To aid their seduction of the beautiful Araminta, four of London’s most dissolute rakes have set up The…
The Chatelet Apprentice
Paris, 1761. A senior police officer disappears and raw recruit, Nicolas Le Floch, is instructed to find him. When unidentified…
Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead
Queen Nefertiti, wife of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten, has disappeared right before the all-important Jubilee celebration. Theban detective Rai Rahotep…
The Deception of the Emerald Ring
Letty Alsworthy, the responsible member of an eccentric family in early 19th century England, is seriously concerned about her beautiful…
Eye of the Serpent
Editors' choice
1870: Christabel Brown leaves England, becoming governess to the teenage daughter of an Austrian count. Liesel von Holstein is a…
Ghostwalk
This is a strange and intriguing book, part detective mystery, part love story, part ghost story. It is set in…
Redemption
Rarely has New Orleans appeared as dark and dangerous as it does in Turner’s “Big Easy” of 1913. Francis Muldoon,…
The Lady Grace Mysteries: Gold
1578. Lady Grace Cavendish is maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I in this, the seventh Lady Grace mystery. The…
The Assassins of Isis
This is the fifth Egyptian murder mystery starring Lord Amerotke, the Pharaoh’s chief judge. It is a quick- paced adventure…
Jane and the Barque of Frailty
Miss Jane Austen has left cozy Chawton for a month in London overseeing the printing of her first novel, Sense…
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