Mystery/Crime
Laws in Conflict
The latest in the series The Burren Mysteries about Mara the “lady judge” (or the “brehon” in Gaelic) crackles with…
The Midnight Man
This is the seventh in a series by Doherty that uses the clever structure of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales on which…
Agent of Rome: The Imperial Banner
Set in Imperial Rome, this is the second book in a series. I haven`t read the first, Agent of Rome:…
The Formula for Murder
In 1890, American reporter Nellie Bly travels to England after learning of a friend’s suicide. The bloated body she confronts…
Frozen
Sixteen-year-old Sadie Rose remembers very little of the time before she went to live with the Worthingtons at age five;…
The Minotaur’s Head
Fans of the wonderful Polish crime writer Marek Krajewski will be thrilled at this, his latest story in translation, featuring…
The Dark Monk
In the dead of winter in a 17th-century Bavarian village, a priest discovers he’s been poisoned. The village executioner, his…
The Deathly Portent
The second “Lady Fan Mystery” finds the intrepid Ottilia “Tillie” Fanshawe and her husband Sir Francis with their carriage broken…
The Ghosts of Athens
Athens of 612 AD is a decadent and vulnerable city, threatened by starving barbarian tribes. Richard Blake’s protagonist, Aelric, a…
The History Room
Almost the only history in this novel is in the title. It is a modern mystery with the origins going…
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