Ilysa Magnus
Murder at the Panionic Games
A new entry in the ancient historical detective subgenre, Murder at the Panionic Games introduces us to Bias, a minor…
Alexandra: The Last Tsarina
The author of thirteen previous books, Carolly Erickson approaches the story of Alexandra, the Tsarina who was assassinated during the…
Southampton Row
This, Anne Perry’s 22nd Thomas and Charlotte Pitt book, is an admirable entry in this Victorian mystery series. Pitt is…
Circle of Stars
We are immediately thrust into a Calusa village in 1151 A.D. in what is now Florida. The land is productive,…
The Book of Eleanor
The twelfth century was chock full of monumental historical figures: Henry II, Richard the Lionheart, Louis VII, Bernard of Clairvaux.…
The Day Laid on the Altar
Three artists weave the fabric of sixteenth century Italian artistic life in Bernardi’s intriguing novel: Bartolomeo, a peasant farmer who…
Saintly Murders
It is 1471. Kathryn Swinbrooke, an accomplished physician, is asked to investigate a recent plague of rats in Canterbury. But…
Justice Hall
King’s sixth Russell/Holmes mystery involves the couple in the travails of friends from an earlier volume in the series (O…
Three for a Letter
It is 539 A.D. An eight-year-old boy who is being held as a diplomatic hostage by Emperor Justinian and his…
Warlock
Pharaoh Tamose is killed in the desert during a military campaign against the Hyksos. His son, Prince Nefer, is too…
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