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Death at Rottingdean

Robin Paige · 304 pages

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A Christmas Hope

Anne Perry · 197 pages

"Anne Perry's "vastly entertaining" (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are "as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable--the gripping story of an unforgettable battle between goodness and evil in Victorian London--and a lonely woman's search for meaning in her life. Although she lacks for nothing, Claudine Burroughs dreads the holi

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Twelfth Night

Deanna Raybourn · 400 pages

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The Curse of the Pharaohs

Elizabeth Peters · 357 pages

One of the best-loved of mystery writers weaves another tale of intrigue featuring Amelia Peabody and Radcliffe of Crocodile on the Sandbank. This time the willful and witty duo must catch a murderer at an excavation of an ancient Egyptian tomb.

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Murder on Amsterdam Avenue

Victoria Thompson · 298 pages

"In the midst of Sarah and Frank's wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all-too-common story or so it seems. Charles's father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would

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India Black and the Rajah's Ruby

Carol K. Carr · 100 pages

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An East End Murder

Charles Finch

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Dandy Detects

M. Louisa Locke

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As Death Draws Near

Anna Lee Huber · 342 pages

"The latest mystery from the national bestselling author of A Study in Death tangles Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage in a dangerous web of religious and political intrigue. July 1831. In the midst of their idyllic honeymoon in England's Lake District, Kiera and Gage's seclusion is interrupted by a missive from Kiera's new father-in-law. A deadly incident involving a distant relative of the Duk

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The Deception at Lyme: Or, The Peril of Persuasion

Carrie Bebris · 303 pages

In Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb--Lyme's famous seawall--proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly. Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action. Their

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Death Wears a Mask

Ashley Weaver · 354 pages

Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship. However, she soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when Serena Barrington asks her to look into th

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O Jerusalem

Laurie R. King · 367 pages

Mary Russell once again teams up with Sherlock Holmes as they are pursued by murderous strangers through the bazaars of 1918 Jerusalem.

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A Rare Interest in Corpses

Ann Granger · 320 pages

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The Curse of the House of Foskett

M.R.C. Kasasian · 416 pages

125 Gower Street, 1882: Sidney Grice once had a reputation as London's most perspicacious personal detective. But since his last case led an innocent men to the gallows, business has been light. Listless and depressed, Grice has taken to lying in the bath for hours, emerging in the evenings for a little dry toast and a lot of tea. Usually a voracious reader, he will pick up neither book nor newspa

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The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets

Nancy Springer · 192 pages

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The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë

Laura Joh Rowland · 379 pages

Upon learning that she has been falsely accused of plagiarism, the normally mild-mannered Charlotte Brontë sets off for London to clear her name. But when she unintentionally witnesses a murder, Charlotte finds herself embroiled in a dangerous chain of events that forces her to confront demons from her past. With the clandestine aid of the other Brontë sisters, Emily and Anne, and of the suspi

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The Alchemy of Murder

Carol McCleary · 466 pages

Paris 1889. The alchemist is how I've come to think of him; he has a passion for the dark side of knowledge, mixing murder and madness with science. Nellie Bly, reporter, feminist and amateur detective, is in Paris on the trail of an enigmatic killer.

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Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight

Emily Brightwell · 234 pages

Sir George Braxton was found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the back of his skull bashed to bits. The case is complicated by a distinct lack of holiday cheer in the victim's three argumentative middle-aged daughters and their sullen houseguests. Even the cranky cat hates everyone. To top it all off, the Home Secretary has called in inspector Witherspoon over the heads of some touchy loc

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A Rip Through Time

Kelley Armstrong · 352 pages

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Beloved Poison

E.S. Thomson · 395 pages

After uncovering six tiny coffins at St. Saviour's Infirmary, apprentice apothecary Jem Flockhart seeks answers, following a trail that leads from the dissecting room to Newgate prison and the gallows.

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The Painted Queen

Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess · 464 pages

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Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse

Martin Davies · 320 pages

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The Vanishing Thief

Kate Parker · 296 pages

"Georgia Fenchurch appears to be an unassuming antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London, but the life she leads is as exciting as any adventure novel. For Georgia is a member of the Archivist Society, a secret association of private investigators led by the mysterious Sir Broderick. When a frantic woman comes to Georgia claiming that her neighbor, Nicholas Drake, has been abducted by the notorio

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The Wages of Sin

Kaite Welsh · 374 pages

"Sarah Gilchrist fled London and a troubled past to join the University of Edinburgh's medical school in 1892, the first year it admitted women. Determined to become a doctor despite the misgivings of her family and society, Sarah quickly finds plenty of barriers at school itself; professors who refuse to teach their new pupils, male students determined to force out their female counterparts, and-

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