Mystery/Crime
Seven for a Secret
In 6th-century Byzantium, John Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian discovers that name-dropping can be fatal. John confides his evening thoughts…
Murder’s Immortal Mask
Rome, 314 AD. Constantine is now the emperor, having defeated Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge in the year…
The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger
I’m a fan of historical mysteries but hadn’t read Albert A. Bell’s work before, and was thrilled to discover this…
The Triumph of Caesar
The Roman Civil War has ended with Julius Caesar returning to Rome a hero, around 46 BC. Caesar’s wife, Calpurnia,…
The Rough Collier
When the peat cutters up on the moor find a buried body another mystery begins for Gil Cunningham. The locals…
The House at Riverton
In the halcyon days before the First World War, Grace Bradley goes to work as a maid at Riverton…
City of the Absent
If you ever craved the simpler life that was prevalent, say, before the turn of the century, reading this…
Funny Boys
Mickey Fine and Mutzie Feder dream big in 1920s New York. Mickey is a tumler, an entertainer and host…
The Last Cowgirl
Seven-year-old Darlene (Dickie) Sinfield’s life takes an altering turn when her teacher father decides to uproot his family from…
The Romanov Bride
Editors' choice
In the first two decades of the 20th century, two worlds collide in Russia. The fall of the Romanovs…
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