Mystery/Crime
It Dreams in Me
This is the third book in the trilogy of a Native American tribe located in Florida around 1400 AD. A…
A play of Lords
As Parliament meets in autumn 1435, London offers diversions aplenty to the lords temporal and spiritual. When actor-playwright Joliffe and…
The Guilt of Innocents
It has been a long wait for the new Owen Archer mystery, and fans will be keenly anticipating this, his…
The poison Maiden
This second book in the Mathilde of Westminster series takes us to the court of Edward II in 1308. England…
The Betrayed: A novel of the Gifted
Daria d’Angelo has several devoted followers, including a few who share her God-given gifts of healing and foresight. Ministering to…
Dark North
Were there Africans in the Roman Army? The Historia Augusta describes an Ethiopian soldier presenting Emperor Septimius Severus with…
A Coin for the Ferryman
Gloucester, 189 AD. Celtic traditions, settlements and languages remain in the countryside, but in the towns Roman ways prevail, and…
Blind Eye
Is this the 14th tale about Marilyn Todd’s wonderfully bitchy and feisty detective Claudia? No, this is the first tale…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
The Poisoner of Ptah
Thebes, 1479 BC. Hatusu is the Pharaoh Queen of Egypt. In the Hall of Two Truths, and with great ceremonial,…
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