Nicole Leclerc
The Shanghai Tunnel
This is the first in Sharan Newman’s Emily Stratton series. Newman always possesses the special key to a portal that…
Shadows in the White City
Second in the Inspector Ransom series, set in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair, this novel is part mystery, part…
Zugzwang
Zugzwang: a position in chess in which a player is obliged to move, though every move makes his position worse,…
Tokyo Year Zero
Tokyo, August 1946: one year after Japan’s surrender and the extensive bombings of its capital. The murdered bodies of two…
The King’s Nun
French children still, albeit reluctantly, celebrate Charlemagne’s birthday. They do so because he is considered the inventor of schooling. Indeed,…
Billy Boyle
Barely promoted to detective in his native Boston, William ‘Billy’ Boyd is sent to England to work with his ‘uncle’…
The Princess Of Denmark
Life is never a quiet river for Lord Westfield’s Men, an Elizabethan theatre company. A fire burns down the inn…
Liberation Movements
For those not familiar with Steinhauer, this is far from being a brain candy novel. It requires work and attention,…
Messenger Of Truth
In 1931, psychologist and private inquiry agent Maisie Dobbs is hired by a young woman to investigate the death of…
Murder on the Oceanic
It is always with joyful anticipation that I set sail on a pre-WWI liner with ship detectives George P. Dillman…
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