Diane Scott Lewis
Anthem for Doomed Youth
In 1926, Scotland Yard’s DCI Alec Fletcher investigates three murders near London. The corpses are shot through the heart and…
A Royal Likeness
Marguerite Ashby, daughter of a Frenchwoman, runs a doll shop in 1803 London. Married to her childhood sweetheart, she happily…
The Princess of Nowhere
Pauline Bonaparte, younger sister of Napoleon, loses her first husband to yellow fever. She returns to Paris from Saint Dominique,…
The Countess
Erzsébet Báthory is sent to marry Hungarian nobleman Ferenc Nádasdy in the 16th century. She suffers her husband’s indifference toward…
Watermark
Editors' choice
Auda is born an albino in 14th-century France. Believed to be cursed, her tongue is cut out by a midwife’s…
Midnight Fires
After a major disappointment in love, aspiring author Mary Wollstonecraft must support herself and takes a position as governess to…
Murder on the Cliffs
In 1921, aspiring novelist Daphne du Maurier undertakes a holiday in Cornwall to explore ancient records in an abbey. What…
My Eyes Have a Cold Nose
The daughter of notorious sheriff Pat Garrett, Elizabeth“Gigi” Garrett has been blind since she was a small child. In 1930s…
Bellfield Hall: Or, The Observations of Miss Dido Kent
Spinster Dido Kent rushes to grand Bellfield Hall to help her niece solve the mystery of the latter’s fiancé, who…
The Coral Thief
Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel…
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