Minotaur
The Dead Assassin
This novel is set in Victorian London, amidst the fog and industrial machines of the day. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,…
The Devil’s Seal
Ireland, 671. In this 25th book of a series, clerical visitors from the East mystify the rulers at Cashel. The…
Flask of the Drunken Master
Japan, 1565. The third Shinobi mystery from Spann opens with the murder of a sake brewer and the imprisonment of…
Death in Salem
This is the fourth in a series featuring 18th century traveling weaver Will Rees. During his travels, Will stops in…
Superfluous Women
In 1927, Daisy Dalrymple goes to the countryside to recover from an illness. A school friend of hers is living…
Jade Dragon Mountain
In this classic “who done it” set in 17th-century China, a librarian, Li Du, is exiled by the Emperor for…
Come Hell or Highball
In Prohibition-era New York City, we are introduced to a 31-year-old society matron, Lola Woodby, who has survived a loveless…
The Dragon of Handale
Fifth in the Abbess Hildegard mystery series, this installment sees Hildegard returning to England after a year abroad, with the…
The Patriot Threat
This is a book on taxes! Only a lawyer would write a novel on taxes, and only Steve Berry could…
The Hidden Man
Editors' choice
In 1742, a pawnbroker is found shot to death behind his locked office door. Lawyer/Coroner Titus Cragg believes it to…
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