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The Race
Josephine Josephs Frost loves to fly, but when she witnesses her husband murder Marco Celere, she flees for her life.…
Knot of Stone
In 1510 the first murder in South Africa’s history was committed. Francisco d’Almeida, disgraced ex-Viceroy of Portuguese India, was returning…
Revenger
This is the second novel by Clements featuring the Elizabethan ‘intelligencer’, John Shakespeare. His more famous younger brother pops up…
Traitor’s Kiss
Elizabeth I is one of England’s best known rulers and is often described as the ‘Virgin Queen’. This novel explores…
The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
The author of The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril is off on another romp (the title refers to the three leading…
The Twelfth Enchantment
Lucy Derrick does not want to marry Mr. Olson, a dull mill owner, but as a poor orphan with a…
The Taker
When Lanny arrives in police custody at the St. Andrew ER, she meets Luke, the physician on duty, a man…
Whispers in the Sand
After a 14-year stint as a trophy wife, Anna Fox is recently divorced and at loose ends. Her great-aunt Phyllis…
Bay of Pigs, Blood of Cuba
True to the author’s description of his book being “a fairly accurate depiction of truth with an overlay of fiction,”…
The Emperor’s Gold
This is a promising debut. Robert Wilton has used his knowledge of government to concoct a story of betrayal and…
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