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Mistress of the Art of Death

Ariana Franklin · 408 pages

The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition."In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed

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The Bughouse Affair

Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini · 269 pages

1890s San Francisco. Former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, tackle two seemingly unrelated cases that are complicated by two murders and the interference of Sherlock Holmes.

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Wine of Violence

Priscilla Royal · 248 pages

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Rest Not in Peace

Melvin R. Starr · 256 pages

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Smoke in the Wind

Peter Tremayne · 305 pages

In 666 bezoekt zuster Fidelma met een Ierse religieuze en rechtsgeleerde en haar partner, een Saksische monnik, een klooster in South Folk waar een moord en allerlei geheimzinnige gebeurtenissen hun aandacht vragen.

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Stalking Ivory

Suzanne Arruda · 339 pages

On a photography assignment in the northern territory of Mount Marsabit, Jade hopes to film the area's colossal elephants. Instead, she discovers the mutilated remains of four elephants and a man. Although the authorities suspect Abyssinian poachers in search of ivory and slaves, Jade has her own suspicions. When the Kikuyu boy accompanying her is captured by slave traders, Jade must join forces w

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Season of the Raven

Denise Domning · 285 pages

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A Place of Confinement

Anna Dean · 416 pages

Thwarting her sister-in-law's efforts to marry her off to a decidedly unwanted suitor, the sharp-witted Miss Dido Kent is sent to live with a wealthy hypochondriac aunt and investigates the disappearance of a visiting heiress.

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Away in a Manger

Rhys Bowen · 247 pages

"It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doo

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Deadly Election

Lindsey Davis · 360 pages

"In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign, Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So, in July, she returns to Rome, leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, now retired as private informer, has taken up her father's former profession and it's time to get back to work. The first order business, however, is the corpse found in

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The Bohemian Murders

Dianne Day · 251 pages

Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake of 1906, Fremont (nee Caroline) Jones follows her heart to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea. She is eager to be reunited with her elusive suitor, retired spymaster Michael Archer, but finds him mysteriously metamorphosed into Misha--otherwise occupied and decidedly unavailable for sleuthing. But the irrepressible Fre

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Corpse Candle

Paul Doherty · 310 pages

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A Vigil of Spies

Candace Robb · 360 pages

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Murder Most Holy

Paul Doherty, P. Harding · 256 pages

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The Mark of a Murderer

Susanna Gregory · 480 pages

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Murder on a Summer's Day

Frances Brody · 416 pages

"When the India Office seek help in finding Maharajah Narayan, last seen hunting on the Bolton Abbey estate, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate. But soon a missing persons case turns to murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what has happened to the

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Cursed in the Blood

Sharan Newman · 384 pages

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Dead Man's Chest

Kerry Greenwood

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Jane and the stillroom maid

Stephanie Barron · 277 pages

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A Dissection of Murder

Felicity Young

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A Death in Norfolk

Ashley Gardner · 293 pages

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Crocodile on the Sandbank

Elizabeth Peters · 280 pages

Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.

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