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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…
A Christmas Message
Anne Perry’s fans always look forward to her Victorian-era holiday mysteries. They might do well to skip this one. In…
Revenge in a Cold River
Revenge in a Cold River is the 22nd in Anne Perry’s mystery series set in 1860s London, featuring Commander William…
The Plague Charmer
Porlock Weir, Exmoor, 1361. The story takes place thirteen years after the Great Plague, and there are rumours that it…
The Leopards of Normandy: Duke
Book 2 of the Leopards of Normandy trilogy opens in 1037. William, Duke of Normandy, is nine years old. William’s…
The Second Death
It is 671 AD, and the beginning of the summer season in the Irish kingdom of Muman, where Fidelma’s brother…
The Last Legionnaire
In the first book in the series Jack Lark began his Army career in Aldershot Barracks as an orderly to…
Eden Gardens
This is the story of three women living in Calcutta in the 1940s – Barbara Brooks (Mam), her daughter Maisy…
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