Mystery/Crime
The Excalibur Murders
Merlin the Magician and King Arthur are reunited again in Camelot. This time they work to solve the…
Buried Too Deep
Aurelia Marcella runs a mansio, or inn, outside of York. She also does some investigating in her spare time (it…
A Question of Guilt: A Novel of Mary Stuart and the Death of Henry Darnley
When Mary Stuart is executed for plotting the downfall of her cousin, Elizabeth I, Queen of England, many…
Veil of Lies
Editors' choice
Poor Crispin Guest! In Jeri Westerson’s debut novel, set in 14th-century London and described as “a medieval noir,” Crispin…
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…
Dancing with Demons
In this 16th installment of Tremayne’s Fidelma of Cashel series, the High King of Ireland is killed at…
The Merchant’s Mark
Augie Morrison had ordered a quantity of books from the Low Countries, planning on keeping some for himself, giving some…
It is ten years since the Black Death reaped its harvest at Cambridge. Now, in the stifling summer of 1357,…
The Paths of the Air
Sir Josse d’Acquin is sitting by his fireside wondering where his life is going when a mysterious stranger comes to…
Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping
Londinium, 84 AD. The dregs of Saturnalia are slumped over in the clinic, begging for relief as Arcturus, 33-year-old physician…
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