Poisoned Pen
The Rock Hole
In 1964, ten-year-old Top arrives in a small Texas town to live with his grandfather, the county constable. Tagging after…
Roman Games
Often the suspect in Roman mystery novels is a slave, so the detective must work to prove someone else did…
Valley of Dry Bones
In 1274, in the aftermath of the Barons’ War, a group of travelers arrives at Tyndal Priory, where the quick-witted…
Her Deadly Mischief
Tito Amato is the primo uomo (first man) in the Venetian state opera house in the mid-1700s. In the middle…
The Affair of the Thirty-Nine Cufflinks
This is the third and final instalment (the author died in 2007) of the 1930s Golden Age murder mystery series,…
The Sky Took Him
Donis Casey continues this gentle but enlightened series with a second mystery set in early 20th-century Oklahoma. Alafair Tucker, wise…
Chambers of Death
It is 1284, and no one at the Earl of Lincoln’s castle is having a happy sex life. Those who…
Stranger Room
The fifth title in the Ike Schwartz series finds the erstwhile sheriff of Picketville, Virginia, with a murder on his…
Leaden Skies
It’s 1880 and Ulysses S. Grant is visiting Leadville, Colorado, with an entourage of hangers-on, among them John Quincy Adams…
Buried Too Deep
Aurelia Marcella runs a mansio, or inn, outside of York. She also does some investigating in her spare time (it…
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