Mystery/Crime
Last Stop Vienna
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The story opens at the end of World War I. Fifteen-year-old Karl Naumann’s father and older brother have been killed, and he ...Read Review
Dead Man’s Coast
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Set in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast in 1897-98, this mystery portrays Jack London as a struggling author whose former unlawful profession makes ...Read Review
Chasing a Rogue
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In 1817, Harriet Nash is living a relatively independent life in London with her two aunts. One aunt is a cheerful, matchmaking widow; the ...Read Review
An Improper Death
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The second mystery adventure of Dr. Alexandra Gladstone has much the same virtues and flaws as the first (Symptoms of Death). The problems ...Read Review
Seven Dials
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This is the 23rd volume in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, and I will say, from the beginning, that it is probably ...Read Review
Four for a Boy
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This fourth in the authors’ John the Eunuch series is a prequel to the other three. Set in Constantinople in 525 AD, we are ...Read Review
Starvation Camp
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The most famous gold rush on this continent was certainly the one that took place in 1849, in California. To those of us who ...Read Review
Silence is Golden
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Although only a maid in a wealthy mansion, Hilda Johansson has a strong sense of justice (and injustice) in the world. The year ...Read Review
The Slayers of Seth
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It is impossible for P.C Doherty to write a novel that isn’t excellent. The fourth of his ancient Egyptian mysteries has ...Read Review
All Roads Lead to Murder
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There’s a new detective to add to the ranks of historical mystery, and his name is Pliny the Younger. All Roads Lead ...Read Review
