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Claudius
Editors' choice
Emperor Claudius needs to secure his tenuous position in Rome and sets his sights on victory in Britain as a…
Tutankhamun
Editors' choice
Thebes, 1324 BC. Tutankhamun has inherited an empire that should be at the height of power and glory. The King,…
Blood & Ice
Photo-journalist Michael Wilde, tormented by guilt and grief, takes on an assignment in the Antarctic, a chance to abandon the…
Darkest Hour
Sergeant Jack Tanner hasn’t even been at Manston training camp for 24 hours before he realises something dodgy is going…
The Language of Bees: A Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes
I, admittedly, have been a fan of Laurie R. King’s since I picked up The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first installment…
The God Machine
Several hidden pieces of a map focus the quest to find the Gospel of Judas, a puzzle spanning A. D.…
Martyr
Welcome another Tudor detective. This one is John Shakespeare, elder brother of the famous Will (who makes a cameo appearance…
Twelve
This book is described in the publicity as ‘genre breaking’ and the ‘first Napoleonic historical vampire novel’. I do not…
Twelve
Set in 1812, this book tells the story of Napoleon’s assault on Moscow. Russian city after Russian city has fallen…
Blood Money
Blood Money is set in America during the Wall Street crash of 1929. Joe Quinn is a young detective…
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