Mystery/Crime
The Last Gospel
1st century CE: the lame Claudius, not yet Emperor of Rome, travels to Galilee where he meets a charismatic…
The Tenth Gift
In present-day London, Julia Lovat receives a goodbye gift from her lover: a book of 17th century embroidery patterns…
Bleeding Heart Square
Legend has it that the Devil once danced in Bleeding Heart Square and, even in 1934, it is an…
Soul
Soul is the story of Professor Julia Huntington, and that of her great-grandmother Lavinia Huntington. Julia, a renowned geneticist…
A Pale Horse
Tenth in the Inspector Ian Rutledge series, A Pale Horse finds Rutledge searching for a missing man in Berkshire,…
The Abyssinian Proof
1453. The eve of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. Isaak Metochites prepares to flee the city…
Testament
A debut novel for Alis Hawkins, Testament bridges time, beginning in the late 14th century and ending in the…
An Expert in Murder
This is the first in a projected murder mystery series featuring the author Josephine Tey. There are now many…
Black Widow
Vinnie Vesta left Hell’s Kitchen in 1950 to find a better life. Now post-college, he leads an idyllic life in…
Stratton’s War
This is the first of a planned series of crime novels set in 1940s London. DI Ted Stratton is…
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