Berkley Prime Crime
Murder in Chinatown: A Gaslight Mystery
The murder of a lovely young Chinese-Irish-American girl from an affluent Chinatown family, shortly after her elopement with a handsome…
A Play of Isaac
A 15th-century company of players come toOxford, where, as well as their planned performances at theCorpus Christi festival, they are invited…
Her Royal Spyness
Bowen, author of the Molly Murphy mystery series, starts a new series with this book, featuring the engaging Lady Victoria…
White Shadow
The true-life murder of 1950s-era straw-hatted Tampa crime boss Charlie Wall sets off a chain of events in this noir-on-steroids…
The Traitor’s Tale
In 1450, England had been warring with France for almost a century. But the English were now on the losing…
The Sempster’s Tale
This is the latest in Margaret Frazer’s Dame Frevisse mystery series and is set in London during the reign of…
Death of a Musketeer
With an “All for one, murder for all,” Alexandre Dumas’ famous literary characters turn sleuth in this debut of a…
Slay Bells
Pray for a rainy day! It’ll give you the perfect excuse to curl up with Kate Kingsbury’s latest book in…
A Tale Of Cuckoo Brow Wood
I am currently relishing rereading Beatrix Potter’s books with my daughter, so I was delighted to discover a mystery series…
Murder In Little Italy
In the turbulent immigrant neighborhoods of late 1890s New York, Tammany Hall ward heelers juggle political power while other ethnic…
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