Rachel A Hyde
A Place of Confinement
Editors' choice
There is a man interested in marrying impoverished spinster Dido Kent; unfortunately, he is the pompous clergyman Dr Proudlee. He…
The First Murder
Here is the eighth compilation of interwoven historical mysteries by the changing cast of The Medieval Murderers. As per usual…
Deadly Legacy
This is the seventh novel featuring Inspector Faro’s daughter Rose McQuinn, who works as a private investigator. Rose agrees to…
Netherwood
Eve Williams is a happily married miner’s wife; her husband works in Lord Netherwood’s coal mine. When tragedy occurs, she…
Quest for a Killer
This is the fifth novel featuring private investigator Rose McQuinn, daughter of Inspector Faro. The circus is in town, and…
Quest for a Killer
This is the fifth novel featuring private investigator Rose McQuinn, daughter of Inspector Faro. The circus is in town, and…
The Last Dickens
Charles Dickens has just died, and his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, is unfinished. Boston publisher James R…
My Cousin Caroline
This is, before you rush out and buy it, book six in a ten-book series following on from the events…
Darcy and Anne
Readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember that Darcy had a cousin called Anne de Bourgh, daughter of the formidable…
The Plight of the Darcy Brothers
This is subtitled “A Tale of the Darcys and the Bingleys,” and this describes it rather well, for this is…
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