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The Fires of the Gods: A Sugawara Akitada Mystery
The eighth mystery set in 11th-century Japan begins with Sugawara Akitada pondering many worries. His wife is again pregnant, and…
Falconer and the Death of Kings
William Falconer, cleric and regent master at Oxford University, is called to Paris to learn about the Church’s condemnations of…
A Dead Man’s Secret
In Simon Beaufort’s sixth foray into 12th-century England, the king we know as Henry I orders Sir Geoffrey Mappestone to…
The Masuda Affair
Sugawara Akitada, a Senior Secretary in the Ministry of Justice in 11th-century Japan, is very depressed as he had lost…
Music of the Distant Stars
Alys Clare’s Aelf Fen novels are set in East Anglia during the reign of William II (1087-1100). It’s a land…
Scarlet Sash
In the British Army, the Scarlet Sash is the insignia of the Provost Marshal, a glorified policeman. In this case,…
Still Waters
The head of the Krypteia (Spartan secret police) enlists the high priestess Iliona, ostensibly to bless a crossroads tavern and…
Requiem for a Slave: A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain
Citizen Libertus is a designer of decorative tiles for wealthy Romans living in the westernmost outpost of the Empire’s lands:…
Straw in the Wind
In this mid-Victorian novel, detective Adam Chapman is hired by Dorset sea captain Erasmus Thornton to discover whether his lover’s…
False Patriots
Anne Cartier, an Englishwoman living in revolutionary Paris, continues to solve crimes in the ninth of this series of mysteries.…
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