Lucille Cormier
Consequences of the Heart
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“Mine is a tale of great love.” So begins the memoir of Charles “Chud” Church, (1922-1999). Set in the fictional…
Birth of the Kingdom
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It is the year 1192 when the legendary crusader, Sir Arn Magnusson, returns from Outremer with a string of Arabian…
A Trail of Ink
The affable hero of Mel Starr’s A Trail of Ink tells the reader that “he had come to Oxford on…
Black Orchid Blues
The title says it all. Black Orchid Blues is the sad, sweet sound of a mellow saxophone wafting around the…
The House of the Mosque
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Like a lovely dream turned nightmare, The House of the Mosque shakes us awake. The author, Kader Abdollah, a pseudonym,…
Shroud of Dishonour
Shroud of Dishonour is the fifth of Maureen Ash’s Bascot de Marin Knights Templar mysteries. At this point Bascot, blinded…
Prisoners
Burt Zollo’s debut novel is set in Le Mans, France in 1945. It is the story of a 19-year-old Jewish…
The Demon’s Parchment
London, 1384. Crispin Guest, aka “The Tracker,” returns in the third of Jeri Westerson’s medieval noir mysteries. The story opens…
Heresy
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The name Giordano Bruno is carved deep into the gravestone of Inquisition heretics. He was burned at the stake in…
Heresy
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The name Giordano Bruno is carved deep into the gravestone of Inquisition heretics. He was burned at the stake in…
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