Judith Starkston
Mind of a Killer
In London in 1882, Alec Lonsdale, a reporter for the Pall Mall Gazette, stumbles upon a house fire and investigates…
Elisha Daemon
Elisha Daemon is the fifth and final book in the Dark Apostle series, set in a fantasy version of 14th-century…
A Gathering of Ravens
This novel creates a rich, grim fantasy world made from Norse, Anglo-Saxon and Celtic myth with strands of Tolkien. Obscure…
Perilous Prophecy
This reprint of the prequel to Hieber’s Strangely Beautiful series weaves Greek mythology into a supernatural Victorian England and Cairo.…
The Queen of Swords
“The best you could hope for were good charts, good memories, maps of love, family and friendship to help you…
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…
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