Judith Starkston
A Death in the Dales: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
This, the seventh in Brody’s Kate Shackleton series, offers classic, English-countryside, cozy-mystery enjoyment. Kate, WWI widow and enquiry agent, aims…
Buried in the Country
Fourth in her Cornish mystery series, Buried in the Country takes place in the loosely delineated 1960s-70s—the modern world, but…
As Death Draws Near
As Death Draws Near, set in 1831 in England and Ireland, is the fifth (or sixth if you count a…
Blue Madonna
This is the eleventh in Benn’s Billy Boyle mystery series set during WWII. “Uncle Ike” drops Billy behind enemy lines…
A Terrible Beauty
This is the eleventh in Alexander’s Lady Emily mystery series set in the Victorian era. Lady Emily goes to Athens…
Foreign Bodies
Foreign Bodies is the 18th in the Marcus Corvinus series. In AD 42, the emperor Claudius sends Corvinus off to…
An Honorable Man
Set in Washington, DC in 1953, this spy thriller depicts the CIA against the backdrop of the Cold War and…
A Gilded Grave
In A Gilded Grave, Shelley Freydont creates an entertaining murder mystery set amidst the lavish wealth and Victorian strictures of…
Three Great Lies
Three Great Lies starts in modern Egypt, with a tourist named Jeannette enticed to a newly uncovered tomb. Once there,…
The Edge of Lost
The Edge of Lost opens on Alcatraz in 1937, with an elusive prologue describing a moment from an apparent escape…
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