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Veil of Lies

Jeri Westerson · 280 pages

In the late 14th Century, disgraced former knight Crispin Guest finds himself in the midst of a situation involving a murdered tradesman, a missing religious artifact, a family dispute and a perplexing mystery.

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Murder Most Holy

Paul Doherty, P. Harding · 256 pages

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Cruel as the Grave

Sharon Kay Penman · 272 pages

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A Vigil of Spies

Candace Robb · 360 pages

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The Alehouse Murders

Maureen Ash · 288 pages

A Templar treasure for mystery readers!An honorable-yet world-weary-Knight Templar solves the mysteries of Medieval England.After eight years of captivity in the Holy Land, Templar Bascot de Marins escapes with injuries to his body and soul. Now on a sojourn at Lincoln Castle, he hopes to regain his strength, and mend his waning faith-but not even the peace of God's countryside is safe from the mo

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Squire Throwleigh's Heir

Michael Jecks · 352 pages

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The Abbot's Agreement

Melvin R. Starr · 256 pages

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The Prince of Darkness

P.C. Doherty · 256 pages

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A Mortal Bane

Roberta Gellis · 352 pages

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An Old Betrayal

Charles Finch · 338 pages

Drawn back into his old profession, Charles Lenox, a Member of Parliament, investigates the murder of an innocuous country squire and discovers that this body is only the first step in a deadly plan to destroy England's monarchy. "In the seventh book of Finch's bestselling series of Victorian mysteries, a case of mistaken identity has Charles Lenox playing for his highest stakes yet: the safety o

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The Mark of a Murderer

Susanna Gregory · 480 pages

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The Good Knight

Sarah Woodbury · 347 pages

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A Dreadful Penance

Jason Vail · 206 pages

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An Experiment In Treason

Bruce Alexander · 324 pages

"In An Experiment in Treason, a packet of incendiary letters is stolen from the London residence of a prominent official, and turns up in the colony of Massachusetts. Why are the contents of the letters so controversial? Why has a suspect in the theft turned up dead? And what should Sir John do about his feeling that Benjamin Franklin himself is somehow complicit? While the tensions rise, Sir John

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The Music Of The Spheres

Elizabeth Redfern · 424 pages

In 1795 London, Jonathan Absey of the Home Office pursues dual investigations into French espionage in Britain and the still unsolved murder of his teenage daughter, a pursuit that leads to a bizarre society of astronomers called the Company of Titius whose quest for a long-lost star leads ever closer to his own probe.

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An Excellent Mystery

Ellis Peters · 233 pages

Shrewsbury hosts two refugee brothers with a history that could bedevil the Benedictines, but gives Cadfael something to do.

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Blind Justice

Anne Perry · 338 pages

"Inspector William Monk searches for proof of his friend's innocence in a controversial and dangerous case, in the nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series. Oliver Rathbone, now a judge, is presiding over a trial for corruption. Proud of his elevation to this position, he is determined to be proper and fair, and, with much skill, convicts a deeply corrupt man. On the back of this success

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The Iron Horse

Edward Marston · 311 pages

Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes - the gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that

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Who Buries the Dead

C.S. Harris · 356 pages

Investigating the brutal murder of a socially ambitious plantation owner in early 19th-century London, Sebastian St. Cyr discovers a link between the case and the 17th-century beheading of King Charles. "London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, into a macabre and increasing

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Iacobus

Matilde Asensi · 348 pages

Galcerán de Born es un caballero de la orden de los hospitalarios, enemigos mortales de los templarios. La fama del monje guerrero acerca de su gran capacidad para resolver enigmas llega a oídos del Papa Juan XXII quien decide encargarle una misión: descubrir a los culpables de las muertes del Papa Clemente, del rey Felipe y de Guillermo de Nogaret. Con la ayuda de Jonás, su hijo, aunque éste a

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Oathbreaker

Martin Jensen · 247 pages

Halfdan and his master, Winston the Illuminator, are guests in a monastery when they're awakened in the middle of the night and asked to solve a crime. A monk praying in the church has been brutally murdered, and his severed hand offers the first clue of a motive. As they investigate who could have committed such a heinous atrocity, and why, Halfdan and Winston must negotiate bitter rivalries with

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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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