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Death and the Running Patterer
Nicodemus Dunne, formerly a Bow Street Runner, or policeman, is now a good-behavior convict in Sydney, Australia, making his living…
A Play of Piety
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I have been a fan of Margaret Frazer’s medieval mysteries about Dame Frevisse. This novel is the sixth of another…
Shroud of Dishonour
Shroud of Dishonour is the fifth of Maureen Ash’s Bascot de Marin Knights Templar mysteries. At this point Bascot, blinded…
Murder for Christ’s Mass
In this fourth of the Templar Knight mysteries, the body of a clerk who worked for the local Lincoln mint…
A Play of Treachery
As an actor with a traveling company, Joliffe has played many roles. But when the Bishop Beaufort asks him to…
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard
In this installment of the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series, facts from Potter’s world mix with a fictional mystery…
Royal Flush
Third in Bowen’s highly entertaining mystery series featuring Lady Georgiana, thirty-fourth in line to the British throne in 1932,…
A Plague of Poison
Maureen Ash’s Templar Knight mystery series has introduced Bascot de Marins to scores of readers in previous volumes. Her latest…
Murder on Waverly Place: A Gaslight Mystery
Sarah Brandt has eschewed her wealthy background to become a midwife for the needy of New York City in the…
Portrait of a Lady
The year is 1483, and Leonardo da Vinci and his apprentice Dino are asked by Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of…
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