 | Dark Matter: The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton: A Novel
Release Date: October 28, 2003In 1696, Christopher Ellis, a young, hot-tempered gentleman, is sent to the Tower of London, but not as a prisoner. A sudden twist of fate has led him there to assist the renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton, who as Warden of the Royal Mint has accepted an appointment to hunt down counterfeiters who threaten to topple the shaky, war-weakened economy. Armed with Newton’s superior intellect and Ellis’s skill with a sword, the new partners seem primed to solve the case. But when their investigation leads them to a mysterious coded message on a corpse h...
 |  | King Arthur's Bones (Medieval Murderers Group 5)
Publication Date: April 1, 2011| Series: Medieval Murderers Group 5 The bones of the legendary king are secreted throughout the centuries in the fifth volume from the acclaimed Medieval Murderers During excavation work at Glastonbury Abbey in the year 1191, an ancient leaden cross is discovered buried several feet below the ground. Inscribed on it are the words hic iacet sepultus inclitus rex arturius: here lies buried the renowned King Arthur. Beneath the cross are two skeletons. Could these really be the remains of the legendary King Arthur and his queen, Guinevere? As the m...
|  | Some Danger Involved: A Novel
Publication Date: March 1, 2005An atmospheric debut novel set on the gritty streets of Victorian London, Some Danger Involved introduces detective Cyrus Barker and his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, as they work to solve the gruesome murder of a young scholar in London's Jewish ghetto. When the eccentric and enigmatic Barker takes the case, he must hire an assistant, and out of all who answer an ad for a position with "some danger involved," he chooses downtrodden Llewelyn, a gutsy young man with a murky past.As they inch ever closer to the shocking truth behind the murder, Llewelyn is drawn ...
|  | Scales of Retribution (Burren Mysteries)
Publication Date: May 1, 2011| Series: Burren Mysteries June, 1510: the Burren, west coast of Ireland - Upon going unexpectedly into an early labour, Mara is alerted to the disappearance of Malachy, the local physician. Mystery follows birth, as shortly after the entrance of her son into the world the body of Malachy is discovered. But who stands to profit from this death and who therefore are Mara’s lead suspects? For starters there is Malachy’s new wife and her two sons, not to mention the very daughter who helped to deliver Mara’s child. But soon we discover that the ...
|  | Death on the Lizard (Robin Paige Victorian Mysteries, No. 12)
Release Date: July 3, 2007Two apparently accidental deaths at the Marconi telegraph station. The drowning of a local girl. Two cases that involve Charles, Lord Sheridan, and his wife, Kate, in foreign espionage, malicious intrigue, and inexplicable messages sent out of the blue. ...
|  | Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage (Victorian Mystery)
Release Date: March 1, 1997| Series: Victorian Mystery It was a most peculiar murder. A man's body was found in the canal - but the evidence showed that he had drowned in a bathtub. A theatre critic known for his savage reviews, the victim had had a full cast of enemies. While Inspector Witherspoon scoured the theatre, Mrs. Jeffries uncovered the critic's secret past: a real - life drama more compelling than any stage play... ...
|  | The Darkening Field
Release Date: January 3, 2012A dedicated policeman caught in terrifying circumstances, Captain Alexei Korolev of Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia may be unwavering in his outward party loyalty but he is forever conflicted about what he must do to maintain that good standing.It is 1937, and Korolev finds himself on an airplane bound for Odessa after the suspicious suicide of Maria Alexandrovna Lenskaya, a loyal young party member who supposedly had an illicit intimate relationship with the party director. His instructions are to determine if her suicide was actually a cov...
|  | Cup of Ghosts (Mathilde of Westminster 1)
Publication Date: May 1, 2006| Series: Mathilde of Westminster 1 By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry of life. Many years later, Mathilde looks back and chronicles her turbulent life. With her sharp, suspicious intellect ready to distinguish between a fatality and an unnatural death, Mathilde is confronted by a host of chilling murders. The source of these horrors is the fierce ...
|  | Harper's Quine: A Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery
Release Date: October 1, 2008| Series: Gil Cunningham Murder Mystery “McIntosh's characterizations and period detail are first rate and bode well for future entries in this series.”—Publishers Weekly“The next Cunningham adventure is to be welcomed.”—Historical Novels ReviewNovice lawyer Gil Cunningham finds his true vocation not as a priest but as an investigator. This meticulously researched historical mystery is the debut of a medieval Scottish investigator. Gil Cunningham is a recently qualified lawyer whose family expects him to enter the priesthood. A...
|  | The Black Hand: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel
Release Date: July 1, 2008| Series: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel When an Italian assassin's body is found floating in a barrel in Victorian London's East End, enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn are called in to investigate. Soon corpses begin to appear all over London, each accompanied by a Maf ia Black Hand note. As Barker and Llewelyn dig deeper, they become entangled in the vendettas of rival Italian syndicates -- and it is no longer clear who is a friend or foe. ...
|  | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Vs. Dracula (Further Adventures Sherlock Ho)
Release Date: November 6, 2012| Series: Further Adventures Sherlock Ho Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in aseries of handsomely designed detective stories, encapsulating the most varied and thrilling cases of the world's greatest detective.After a mysterious schooner runs aground in an English harbor with no human passengers -- only the dead captain, drained of blood -- a series of bizarre nocturnal crimes takes place in London. It can only be the work of Count Dracula, and only one man can save the city: the world’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes. ...
|  | Vienna Twilight: A Max Liebermann Mystery (Liebermann Papers Volume Five)
Release Date: April 12, 2011In the dynamic and dangerous Vienna of 1903, a brilliant psychoanalyst and a brave detective battle to catch criminals who commit the most clever and brutal crimes. Detective Inspector Oskar Reinhardt finds that young women are being slain in an unnerving—and ingenious—manner, with a small, almost undetectable, hat pin. For Dr. Max Liebermann, the killer is unique in the annals of psychopathology, one who murders in the midst of consensual love. Is the culprit a patient, one who swears he has a double, a shadow figure that is far more forward ...
|  | A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael (Brother Cadfael Mysteries)
Publication Date: November 1, 1989Peters has gained worldwide praise for her meticulous re-creations of 12th-century monastic life. Here, her chronicles continue with a Christmas story, a tale of robbery and attempted murder, and a narrative of Brother Cadfael's early years. ...
|  | Dead Man's Tunnel (Hook Runyon Mysteries)
Release Date: June 19, 2012| Series: Hook Runyon Mysteries Dead Man's Tunnel is the third installment in Sheldon Russell's 1940s series featuring yard dog Hook Runyon.Near the end of WWII, Hook Runyon, railroad bull, and his dog, Mixer, are sent to the West Salvage Yard in the high desert of Arizona. Not far away is the Johnson Canyon Tunnel. Though remote and ordinary as tunnels go, it is the gateway to the steepest railroad grade in North America and a potential bottleneck for the delivery of war supplies. So vital is this tunnel to the war effort that a twenty-fou...
|  | Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisited: A Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries)
Release Date: October 30, 2007| Series: Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries Fresh from the curious and unsettling matter of Caroline Bingley (as related in Pride and Prescience), Mr. and Mrs. Darcy have every intention of enjoying their still newlywed status at Pemberly until they are confronted with another mysterious situation, one of...Suspense and SensibilityElizabeth Darcy and her beloved husband Fitzwilliam are taking on the responsibility of finding a suitable suitor for Elizabeth's younger sister Kitty, thereby assuring her a proper place in society.The angels smile on the young and a perfect...
|  | Gone West: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries)
Release Date: January 17, 2012| Series: Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries A novelist has gone murdered and Daisy Dalrymple investigates— in a series that’s “pleasantly reminiscent of the old-fashioned English mysteries of a bygone era.” —The Denver Post onGunpowder Plot In September 1926, the Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher visits Sybil Sutherby, a school friend now living in Derbyshire as the confidential secretary to a novelist. Suspecting that something is seriously amiss, Sybil has asked Daisy to discretely investigate. Upon arrival, Daisy finds a household...
|  | Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight (A Victorian Mystery)
Release Date: October 3, 2006Sir 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 local lads, making matters stickier than a plum pudding. Only the help of his housekeeper, Mrs. Jeffries, and her crime-solving staff will give the ...
|  | Whom the Gods Love: Julian Kestrel #3
Publication Date: April 16, 2012| Series: Julian Kestrel (Book 3) Fans of Regency-era romances will love this series, featuring the dashing Julian Kestrel. But it will also be catnip for devotees of classic gentlemen-sleuth mysteries, like those by Dorothy Sayers: with his quips, his impeccable tailoring and his knack for solving "problems" that baffle the police, Kestrel is the spiritual godfather to Lord Peter Wimsey ...
|  | A Play of Dux Moraud (Joliffe, Book 2)
Release Date: August 2, 2005A WEDDING ILL-FATED... It is the autumn of 1434, and the end-of-harvest reckoning during Michaelmas has been less than plentiful. Fortunately, Joliffe and his fellow players are surviving and thriving under the patronage of Lord Lovell. His grace is sending them to perform at Deneby Manor as a gift for the marriage of Sir Edmund Deneby's daughter, Mariena.But Joliffe has been engaged to play two roles - that of a player and that of a spy. Deneby's daughter was betrothed once before, to a healthy man who fell ill and died before they married, and Lord Lovell fears ...
|  | A Game of Lies (Hannah Vogel)
Release Date: May 8, 2012| Series: Hannah Vogel Journalist Hannah Vogel returns in A Game of Lies by award-winning author Rebecca Cantrell. In preparation for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, the Nazis rid the streets of anti-Semitic material and other propaganda and present a peace-seeking face to the world. Journalist and part-time spy for the British, Hannah Vogel, shudders to think what lies under the temporary coat of gloss.Posing as travel reporter Adelheid Zinsli, lover of SS officer Lars Lang, Hannah has been collecting Nazi secrets from Lang and smuggling them back to S...
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