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Lehrter Station
This is the fifth novel in Downing’s series that features World War II era journalist John Russell, and the first…
Death at the Jesus Hospital
London, 1910: in an almshouse named Jesus Hospital, elderly members of the Ancient Mistery of Silkworkers, a London livery company…
The Detour
Ernest Vogler is a young, overlooked artist working for the Third Reich’s Sonderprojekt when he is sent to Rome to…
Slash and Burn
This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after…
A Bedlam of Bones
This mystery is the latest in a series, Bones in the Belfry, A Load of Old Bones, Bone Idle, and…
The Angel Makers
In 1914, Sari is an intelligent young woman living in a rural Hungarian village; but like many others, she finds…
The Blood Royal: A Joe Sandilands Murder Mystery
In the ninth Joe Sandilands mystery (after Strange Images of Death, 2010), the handsome police commander is back on duty…
A Mortal Terror
A Mortal Terror is the sixth book in the Billy Boyle World War II detective series. While the American army…
The Heart Specialist
Agnes White, a character based on one of Canada’s first female doctors, is determined to follow in the footsteps of…
Crown of Dust
Editors' choice
The tiny mining town of Motherlode isn’t just another place to try one’s luck in Gold Rush California. It’s also…
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