Thriller
The Spymaster’s Lady
Set in 1802 France and England, this tale of espionage and passion has all the elements of a good historical…
The Betrayal Game
Robbins’s Professor Mikhal Lammeck travels to Cuba in 1961 at the opening of this novel by the author of The…
Seduced by a Spy
It’s 1812, and England is at war with Napoleon. Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Select Young Ladies, disguised as a finishing…
Winter in Madrid
A bestseller in the United Kingdom, C.J. Sansom’s thriller is now available in the U.S. Readers may recognize Sansom for…
A Dead Man in Tangier
In Tangiers of 1912, pig-sticking is a popular recreation, albeit a dangerous one, and is enjoyed by Monsieur Bossu –…
The Last Train to Kazan
Ryzhkov, a former Tsarist agent who appeared in A Game of Soldiers, returns to Moscow only to be picked up…
The Anatomy of Deception
Editors' choice
Ephraim Carroll is a young physician in late 19th-century Philadelphia who counts himself lucky to be in the orbit of…
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
Fourth in Willig’s mystery series featuring the exploits of English spies in the Napoleonic era, The Seduction of the Crimson…
Sanctuary
The Knights Templar again, with another secret they have guarded across the centuries: the elixir of life, no less. However,…
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…
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