Thriller
A Killing Season
Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal of the Order of Fontevraud and her companion arrive at a castle on the English coast…
Perdition
The last decade of the 13th century sees the Crusader city of Acre awaiting the final onslaught from an overwhelming…
Master and God
More cloak-and-dagger than sword-and-sandals, Master and God follows Emperor Domitian’s Rome (AD 80-96) through the eyes of ‘a reluctant hero’,…
Brethren
Brethren is a new edition of Robyn Young’s best-seller first published in 2006, the first of her Brethren trilogy. The…
Victory and Honor
Just after Victory in Europe day, Cletus Frade, Army Air Force fighter jockey, Argentine commercial pilot, and member of the…
The Sword of Damascus
Jarrow in the Dark Ages. Also the cold and wet ages, a particularly wearing combination for Brother Aelric, aged 94.…
The Lazarus Vault
Editors' choice
Out of the blue, Ellie Stanton is offered a job – posh flat and limitless credit included – at a…
Relic
Relic is unashamedly indebted to Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, which it lists in its bibliography, along with The Holy…
Nightwoods
One of my favorite lines in Nightwoods is: “Luce was not much maternal.” She is young, single, and childless, but…
The Aztec
International intrigue and espionage mix with old Bolshevik secrets in this thriller by Bill Vidal. British professor Jack Hadley is…
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