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The Mark of a Murderer

Susanna Gregory · 480 pages

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Morality Play

Barry Unsworth · 206 pages

It is a cold winter in the fourteenth century, and a young renegade priest, Nicholas Barber, joins an acting troupe who prepare to play the drama of their lives. Breaking the tradition of only performing religious plays, the group's charismatic leader, Martin, wants them to enact the brutal murder that has torn apart the rural village of which they have wandered. A young boy has been found dead, a

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The Black Country

Alex Grecian · 384 pages

When members of a prominent coal-mining family go missing, Scotland Yard's Murder Squad teammates Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith, aided by newly arrived forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley, investigate dark secrets and realize that the family's village is slowly sinking into underground mines.

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Fever Season

Barbara Hambly · 416 pages

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The Thief Taker

C.S. Quinn · 413 pages

"The year is 1665...When a girl is gruesomely murdered, thief taker Charlie Tuesday reluctantly agrees to take on the case. But the horrific remains tell him this is no isolated death. The killer's mad appetites are part of a master plan that could destroy London, and reveal the dark secrets of Charlie's own past. Now the thief taker must find this murderous mastermind before the plague obliterate

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A Man's Word

Martin Jensen · 278 pages

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The Reeve's Tale

Margaret Frazer · 274 pages

The village of Prior Byfield is blighted with famine, devastated by plague, and cursed with ill-fortune. Simon Perryn, the poor reeve of the village, is driven to distraction by the petty rivalries and hopeless troubles of his neighbors. His adulterous sister and her dolt of a husband have entangled their affairs with Gilbey Dunn, the richest man of the village, and Elena, the beautiful and seduct

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A Trail of Ink

Melvin R. Starr

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The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon

Richard Zimler · 318 pages

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The Ionia Sanction

Gary Corby · 343 pages

Hired by Pericles to investigate the murder of a proxenos to Ephesus, private investigator Nicolaus discovers a sobering plot to invade and destroy Athens and rescues the enslaved daughter of a powerful diplomat and infamous traitor.

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SPQR X: A Point of Law

John Maddox Roberts · 262 pages

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The Infidel Stain

M.J. Carter · 470 pages

"Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carter's lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine. London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of murd

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Saturnalia

Lindsey Davis · 338 pages

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Smuggler's Moon

Bruce Alexander · 294 pages

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The Limehouse Text

Will Thomas · 352 pages

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A Mist of Prophecies

Steven Saylor · 302 pages

One afternoon as Gordianus the Finder is crossing the marketplace, a beautiful young seeress staggers towards him and dies in his arms. Possibly insane, and with no memory of her past Cassandra - like her Trojan namesake - had been reputed to possess the true gift of prophecy. For such a gift there are many in Rome who would pay handsomely...or resort to murder. Cassandra had been the confidante o

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Baynard's List

Jason Vail · 218 pages

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Critique of Criminal Reason

Michael Gregorio · 400 pages

A young magistrate works with his mentor, Immanuel Kant, to find a serial murder who is terrorizing the city of Königsberg.

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Corpse Candle

Paul Doherty · 310 pages

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Thirteenth Night

Alan Gordon · 256 pages

A historical mystery set in the thirteenth century in the mythical Duchy of Orsino on the Adriatic Coast (ie Dalmatia, part of the former Yugoslavia) and featuring characters of Shakespeare's play TWELFTH NIGHT. Twelve years after the events of the play, the Duke of Orsino has been murdered and the duchy is in a state of political turmoil. Feste (the fool), believing he sees the hand of Malvolio i

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The Traitor of St Giles

Michael Jecks · 352 pages

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Season of the Raven

Denise Domning · 285 pages

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A Vigil of Spies

Candace Robb · 360 pages

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