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India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy (A Madam of Espionage Mystery)
This is the third book in the India Black series, and they only get better. India Black runs an up-and-coming…
The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose
This third mystery in an ongoing series is a sweet, nostalgic, regional puzzle set in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The Darling…
The Deathly Portent
The second “Lady Fan Mystery” finds the intrepid Ottilia “Tillie” Fanshawe and her husband Sir Francis with their carriage broken…
Murder on Fifth Avenue
Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy return once more in Thompson’s fourteenth Gaslight Mystery novel set in 1890s New…
A Deadly Penance: A Templar Knight Mystery
When Aubrey Tercel is found murdered on the grounds of Lincoln Castle – slain with a crossbow from the castle’s…
The Gilded Shroud
The screams of the maid announce the discovery of the strangled body of Emily, Marchioness of Polbrook, in the early…
India Black and the Widow of Windsor
Queen Victoria, perpetually grieving widow, hungers for news from “the other side” of her dearly departed Albert. Consulting a new…
Naughty in Nice
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 34th in line to British throne, returns in her fifth mystery. Eschewing the frigid temperatures of London,…
The Tale of Castle Cottage
In the final installment of The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, it is 1913 and Beatrix is busy trying to…
Murder on Sisters’ Row
Fans of Victoria Thompson and her Gaslight Mystery series will enjoy Murder on Sisters’ Row, the latest Sarah Brandt story.…
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