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Death Was the Other Woman
Reading a good noir detective novel is like watching an old movie on a sleepless, rainy night. One is actually…
Not Quite Dead
Dr. Chivers is shocked to find his childhood nemesis, Edgar Allan Poe, convulsing outside his Baltimore hospital. Poe pleads with…
The Cliff House Strangler
In this, Tallman’s third Sarah Woolson mystery, the spunky late 19th-century attorney deals with the titled investigation while working to…
Saturnalia
Saturnalia was a Roman holiday that can best be compared to Las Vegas at its most riotous. That most famous…
A Widow’s Curse
Fourth in a series of Fever Devilin mysteries, A Widow’s Curse may be enjoyed as a stand-alone. Set in rural…
My Lady Judge
Editors' choice
On the eve ofthe first of May, 1509, people from all over the Burren, on the western seaboard ofIreland, climb…
The Lark’s Lament
Editors' choice
The Lark’s Lament is the sixth of Alan Gordon’s Fools’ Guild mysteries. Theophilus the Fool now shares the stage with…
The Conjurer
This historical mystery is set in Philadelphia in 1842. Martha Beale is the sheltered, unmarried daughter of a wealthy financier,…
The Companion
London, 1864: Elizabeth Martin, the daughter of a charitable thus penurious country doctor, takes a post as paid companion to…
A Beautiful Blue Death
Yet another Victorian mystery series, you say? Yes… and this one starts off with a bang! Intelligent, witty, clever and…
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