Mystery/Crime
Crowner’s Crusade
In this prequel to the popular Crowner John series, readers get a glimpse into the back story of protagonist and…
The Lost Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes: Three Volumes of Detection and Suspense
Few fictional characters continue to populate new novels after the demise of their creator-authors. Arthur Conan Doyle attempted (twice) to…
Orders from Berlin
Life goes on in London, even under the Blitz—people work, fall in love, and occasionally get murdered. Deputy Chief Inspector…
A Study in Revenge
1893, Portland, Maine. Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called to investigate a burned body and strange occult symbols in an…
The Song of the Nightingale
In the winter of 1211, England lies under the double burden of lean times and the interdict laid on the…
Miss Dimple Suspects
A mystery is brewing in Elderberry, Georgia, and Dimple Kilpatrick is hot on the trail. When Mae Martha Hawthorne is…
Villa Triste
In modern-day Florence, Italy, Inspector Alessandro Pallioti has his hands full investigating a series of execution-style murders. The victims, all…
A Way with Murder
“Secret St. Rain.” That’s how a character introduces herself on the first page of this wannabe hardboiled mystery set in…
Death’s Icy Hand
It is the winter of 1872, and a Russian grand duke and his large entourage are visiting the Wyoming Territory…
Vengeance
Benjamin Black, pseudonym for Irish writer John Banville, has written number five in a series of crime noir novels featuring…
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