Mystery/Crime
Island of Exiles
Editors' choice
In this latest entry to Parker’s mystery series set in 11th century Japan, Sugawara Akitada, a middle-ranking government administrator, is…
Gregorius
In 1905 Hjalmar Soderberg’s Dr Glas was published—a fictionalised journal of the murder of an obese clergyman in late 19th-century…
Set In Stone
Set near Chichester in Victorian England, the title refers to carvings of the North, South and East winds mounted on…
A Widow’s Curse
Fourth in a series of Fever Devilin mysteries, A Widow’s Curse may be enjoyed as a stand-alone. Set in rural…
Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner
Tom Wasp is one of the most engaging characters I’ve encountered in years. A Victorian chimney sweep and not ashamed…
A Most Dangerous Woman
Editors' choice
London, 1852. Mrs Sarah Tanner, a woman with a dubious past, opens her Dining and Coffee Rooms in Leather Lane.…
Days of Atonement
Days of Atonement is a follow-up to Critique of Criminal Reason, also by the husband and wife team who write…
Lord John and the Hand of Devils
Three novellas line up in good, better, best order as master storyteller Diana Gabaldon explores the mid-18th century life of…
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
Anyone wondering how to produce authentic fictional characters should pick up Diana Gabaldon’s novels and study closely. One of the…
The Kingdom of Bones
Tom Sayers, a former boxer and a member of a British theater troupe, is accused of the serial murders of…
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