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The Leopard’s Prey
Fourth in Arruda’s Jade del Cameron series, The Leopard’s Prey is thoroughly engaging from beginning to end. American Jade is…
The Tale of Briar Bank
This fifth entry in the mystery series featuring children’s author Beatrix Potter opens in December 1909, when a snowstorm brings…
The Excalibur Murders
Merlin the Magician and King Arthur are reunited again in Camelot. This time they work to solve the…
Death of a Squire
This is the second installment in the Templar Bascot de Marins mystery series, set in Lincoln, England, in the year…
The Apostate’s Tale
Margaret Frazer improves with each book. This is her seventeenth Dame Frevisse novel, and it has more depth then some…
Mrs Jeffries and the Feast of St Stephen
As described by the publisher, Mrs Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian mystery. Based on this, I was keen…
The Queen’s Gambit: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery
Art is but one skill under scrutiny at Castle Sforza, Milan, in 1483. The Duke commands his court artist and…
The Alehouse Murders
AD 1200. In the bustling town of Lincoln, summer heat and drenching rain threaten to mar the festivities of the…
Shrouds of Holly
This latest installment in the popular Pennyfoot Hotel series continues the often bumbling efforts of heroine Cecily Sinclair Baxter to…
The Tale of Hawthorn House
This fourth volume in Albert’s series featuring children’s author Beatrix Potter and her friends, both human and animal, takes place…
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