Judith Starkston
Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
The Shadow of Death, despite its ominous title, is first in a series of interconnected, gentle mysteries set in 1953,…
Spy in a Little Black Dress
As a light, fun-filled spoof of the spy genre, Spy in a Little Black Dress delivers. If you’re a fan…
The Bones and the Book
It’s Seattle, 1965, and Harry Mazursky, having recently screwed up financially so that he is eager to make a redeeming…
Danger in the Wind
This fourth Aurelia Marcella mystery set in Roman Britain opens with a birthday invitation sent to the innkeeper sleuth from…
A Whispering of Spies
Set in 191-192 AD in Roman Britannia, A Whispering of Spies features Libertus, Rowe’s sleuth in this series, accused of…
The Eighth Veil
A girl is drowned and her throat cut in the baths of Herod’s palace in 28 CE. Her killer fails…
Death in August
Set in Florence in 1963, this murder mystery offers the delights and peculiarities of Italy. As the city melts in…
A Breath of Eyre
A Breath of Eyre, a young adult novel, opens with a sad sweet-sixteen party showing us Emma Townsend’s lack of…
The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton
Editors' choice
Set in post-World War I England, The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton is an unconventional but compelling mystery. As with…
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