Mystery/Crime
Not Quite Dead
Dr. Chivers is shocked to find his childhood nemesis, Edgar Allan Poe, convulsing outside his Baltimore hospital. Poe pleads with…
The Butcher of Smithfield
London 1663: Lord Clarendon’s spy Thomas Chaloner returns from a foreign assignment to an unfriendly greeting from his unreasonable paymaster.…
Once Upon a Time to Die For
It is 1873 in the small Adirondack village of Wevertown. Gracie Wickham has assumed her deceased father’s role as town…
Calligraphy of the Witch
Calligraphy of the Witch explores the horrors of the Salem witch trials through the eyes of a Latina slave. Concepción…
The Tale of Hawthorn House
This fourth volume in Albert’s series featuring children’s author Beatrix Potter and her friends, both human and animal, takes place…
The Anatomy of Deception
Editors' choice
Ephraim Carroll is a young physician in late 19th-century Philadelphia who counts himself lucky to be in the orbit of…
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels…
The Principessa
Editors' choice
We first met the Firemaster, Francis Quoynt, embroiled in the Gunpowder Plot in the pages of The Firemaster’s Mistress. As…
The Musketeer’s Apprentice
Seeking his apprentice’s killer, Musketeer Porthos calls upon his comrades for aid in this plot-twisting historical mystery set during the…
Though the Heavens May Fall
Amos Hawke, a Scotland Yard detective, is given the opportunity to return to his native Cornwall supposedly to trace his…
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