Mystery/Crime
Cruel Music
Third in her series of Baroque mysteries, Beverle Graves Myers’s Cruel Music finds Venetian castrato Tito Amato involved in the…
Dangerous Pursuits
Editors' choice
The second book in the Rose McQuinn mystery series is a thoroughly enjoyable introduction to the world of Edinburgh’s first…
A Play Of Knaves
A Play of Knaves, the third in the Joliffe Mysteries series (a spin-off of Frazer’s well-known Sister Frevisse mysteries) finds…
Sovereign
Editors' choice
To overawe the rebellious north, Henry VIII makes a grand Progress to York. Travelling ahead are lawyer Matthew Shardlake and…
Hers To Desire
With no dowry and a traitor for a father, Lady Beatrice has little hope of marriage. In 1244 England, not…
The Princess Of Denmark
Life is never a quiet river for Lord Westfield’s Men, an Elizabethan theatre company. A fire burns down the inn…
Girl In A Red Tunic
At the end of the 12th century, England is in the grip of a very cold winter. Food is short…
The Thief Taker
After the death of her husband, Agnes Meadowes obtains employment as a cook. Working in London for the Blanchards, a…
Too Darn Hot
It is July, 1943, and New York City is too darn hot. It isn’t enough that the temperature is rising;…
The Interpretation Of Murder
In 1909, Sigmund Freud paid his one and only visit to the United States. He referred to Americans as “savages”…
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