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High Marks for Murder
It’s 1905, and Meredith Llewellyn is the headmistress at Bellehaven, a finishing school for young ladies in the English Cotswolds.…
Death of a Squire
This is the second installment in the Templar Bascot de Marins mystery series, set in Lincoln, England, in the year…
The Apostate’s Tale
Margaret Frazer improves with each book. This is her seventeenth Dame Frevisse novel, and it has more depth then some…
Mrs Jeffries and the Feast of St Stephen
As described by the publisher, Mrs Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian mystery. Based on this, I was keen…
The Queen’s Gambit: A Leonardo da Vinci Mystery
Art is but one skill under scrutiny at Castle Sforza, Milan, in 1483. The Duke commands his court artist and…
The Alehouse Murders
AD 1200. In the bustling town of Lincoln, summer heat and drenching rain threaten to mar the festivities of the…
Shrouds of Holly
This latest installment in the popular Pennyfoot Hotel series continues the often bumbling efforts of heroine Cecily Sinclair Baxter to…
The Tale of Hawthorn House
This fourth volume in Albert’s series featuring children’s author Beatrix Potter and her friends, both human and animal, takes place…
The Musketeer’s Apprentice
Seeking his apprentice’s killer, Musketeer Porthos calls upon his comrades for aid in this plot-twisting historical mystery set during the…
A play of Lords
As Parliament meets in autumn 1435, London offers diversions aplenty to the lords temporal and spiritual. When actor-playwright Joliffe and…
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