Mystery/Crime
The Conjurer
This historical mystery is set in Philadelphia in 1842. Martha Beale is the sheltered, unmarried daughter of a wealthy financier,…
A Poisoned Season
Garden parties, jewel thefts, romance, and murder—Lady Emily Ashton takes the 1889 London season in her stride. Young, lovely, and…
Special Assignments
In this latest addition to the Erast Fandorin series, Akunin offers his international fans a double dose of intriguing and…
The Rancher’s Heart
James Ryan, a successful and respected Colorado rancher in the 1880s, catches young Mick O’Toole on his ranch with a…
The Motive from the Deed
The latest adventure of outlawed Viscount St. Mars, aka the highwayman Blue Satan, and his friend Hester Kean unfolds in…
Barbary Coast
Avast m’hearties! All lovers of nautical tales in Hornblower fashion: here’s another series for you to enjoy. James Hayter is…
The Cockney Sparrow
1889. Struggling to make a living in the slums of Cheapside, London, Clemency Skinner supports her crippled brother Jack and…
Tom Bedlam
The author has Charles Dickens among his favorite authors, but Tom Bedlam reminds me more of Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollett,…
The Companion
London, 1864: Elizabeth Martin, the daughter of a charitable thus penurious country doctor, takes a post as paid companion to…
The Snake Stone
This is the second novel in the series featuring Yashim the Eunuch. Goodwin has written non-fiction about the Ottoman Empire…
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