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Twenty-One Days
Twenty-One Days is the first of Anne Perry’s new crime series. Fans of her Thomas and Charlotte Pitt stories will…
The Coffin Path
Editors' choice
The Coffin Path is a gothic historical novel, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier and as good as Sarah Waters. It…
Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen
Set in Tudor England, this novel is about the third Queen to Henry VIII. Katherine of Aragon is divorced for…
Day of the Caesars
Day of the Caesars is the latest novel in Simon Scarrow’s long-running Eagles of the Empire series, set in the…
The True Soldier
April 1861. Jack Lark—soldier, leader, imposter—has arrived in Boston as civil war erupts across America. In the aftermath of a…
A Christmas Return
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This compact little gem, Perry’s fifteenth Christmas novella, demonstrates her proficiency in writing Victorian-set mysteries. The protagonist is Mariah Ellison,…
An Echo of Murder
This latest installment in the William Monk series resounds with the great Victorian classics, Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,…
Penance of the Damned
In 671 AD Ireland, Fidelma and her brother, King Colgu of Cashel, are shocked to learn of the murder of…
Murder on the Serpentine: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Commander Thomas Pitt, Head of Special Branch, is summoned to Buckingham Palace. Queen Victoria needs Pitt to fully investigate what…
Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession
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This is a stunning, engaging, comprehensive and convincing novel. It opens with 11-year-old Anne about to depart from Hever to…
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