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Mystery/Crime

The Measure of a Man: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci

By Howard Curtis (trans.) - By Katherine Gregor (trans.) - By Marco Malvaldi - Published 2019

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In Renaissance Milan, Leonardo da Vinci is in a difficult position. Acknowledged by all as a genius, he has been commissioned by Ludovico “...Read Review

The Art of Theft (The Lady Sherlock Series)

By Sherry Thomas - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Latest in the Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock series, The Art of Theft discovers a detailed and engaging mystery with the consistently readable style ...Read Review

The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America

By Karen Abbott - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime Nonfiction

The Ghosts of Eden Park chronicles the rise and fall of George Remus, “King of the Bootleggers,” during Prohibition. Author Karen Abbott illustrates ...Read Review

No Stone Unturned (The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries)

By Pam Lecky - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

This novel, the first clearly intended to be part of a series, takes place in 1886. Lucy Lawrence, an intelligent, headstrong young woman, is ...Read Review

A Prisoner of Privilege (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain)

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

In 194 AD, following civil war, Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor of the Roman Empire, but Pescennius Niger is still contending for the throne. ...Read Review

The Missing Diamond Murder (A Black & Dod Mystery)

By Diane Janes - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Third in Janes’ series featuring Fran Black and Tom Dod, this outing features more of Fran than Tom. In England in 1930, Fran Black ...Read Review

The Big Dive (Joe Stryker mysteries)

By Bruce W. Most - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Denver cop Joe Stryker marvels at “choir boy” partner Benedict Greene’s unwillingness to accept even a free cup of coffee while they’...Read Review

Death Brings a Shadow (A Gilded Age Mystery)

By Rosemary Simpson - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

It’s spring 1889, and Prudence MacKenzie, well versed in correct behaviour in New York’s high society, has travelled south to Bradford Island ...Read Review

A Step So Grave (A Dandy Gilver Mystery)

By Catriona McPherson - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime

Aristocratic, amateur sleuth Dandy Gilver and her family travel to remote Applecross in the Scottish Highlands to meet Mallory, her son’s betrothed ...Read Review

Treachery: A Novel (Giordano Bruno Thriller)

By S. J. Parris - Published 2019

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Mystery/Crime Thriller

Parris’s popular series of mysteries featuring the philosopher-martyr, Giordano Bruno, is being reissued by Pegasus in the US. The fourth in the ...Read Review