Mystery/Crime
Critique Of Criminal Reason
Editors' choice
‘Observe, Stiffeniis. It slid in like a hot knife cutting lard.’ So begins Michael Gregorio’s chilling story of murder at…
Run Afoul
Joan Druett is a New Zealander known for her nonfiction writings on maritime history. She also writes historical fiction by…
Deliciously Wicked
Meg Piddington found herself locked in the storeroom of her father’s confectionery with Gareth Mandeville, a handsome factory worker. There…
A Covent Garden Mystery
Captain Lacey has been called in to help investigate the mysterious disappearances of two street girls in Covent Garden. It…
Dread Murder
Editors' choice
When Major Mearns, old soldier and sometime spy, receives a large package in his office in Windsor Castle the last…
Thunderstruck
Larson (of Devil in the White City fame) again uses his trademark dual storylines to chronicle Guglielmo Marconi and the…
A Prayer for the Damned
Sister Fidelma of Cashel is a dalaigh or advocate of the law courts of 7th century Ireland. The year is…
The Queen of the Night
Editors' choice
Rome is horrified by a series of violent abductions in which the sons and daughters of the wealthiest Roman families…
The Limehouse Text
The adventures of Thomas Llewelyn, assistant to Victorian-era “enquiry agent” (private detective) Cyrus Barker, continue with a search through London’s…
Iron Ties
In Leadville, Colorado, in 1880, the town is waiting for the railroad to be constructed, but not everyone is happy…
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