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Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries (Paperback))

Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries (Paperback))

by Carola Dunn

In the spring of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple boards the Flying Scotsman train to go to Scotland to research a new article, but when a man is found dead in his compartment, she once again becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.

The Master of all Desires

by Judith Merkle Riley

Fans of Antonia Fraser and Margaret George will love this witty, intelligent page-turner from Judith Merkle Riley. The year is 1556 and the setting is Paris--capital city to a country on the brink of civil war. Catherine de Medici is queen, and her astrologer, the prophet Nostradamus, has divined the secret evil of the Undying Head of Menander, the Master of All Desires. The Queen wants to use Menander to get rid... (more)

The Queene's Cure (Elizabeth I Mysteries (Paperback))

The Queene's Cure (Elizabeth I Mysteries (Paperback))

by Karen Harper

In late summer of 1562, with handsome Lord Robert Dudley by her side, Elizabeth Tudor leads her retinue to London s Royal College of Physicians -- to demand its help in the raging battle against disease and pestilence. But the stalwart queen is shaken when a frighteningly lifelike effigy of herself ravaged by pox turns up in her royal coach. Elizabeth s fear that the counterfeit corpse is a harbinger of tragedy... (more)

The Case of the Murdered Muckraker: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries (Paperback))

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery: Book 10

The Case of the Murdered Muckraker: A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Mysteries (Paperback))

by Carola Dunn

In late 1923, the newly married Daisy Dalrymple and her husband Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard, come to America for a honeymoon visit. In the midst of a pleasure trip, however, both work in a bit of business - Alec travels to Washington, D. C. to consult with the U.S. government, Daisy to New York to meet with her American magazine editor.While in New York, Daisy stays at the famed... (more)

A Daisy Dalrymple Mystery: Book 3

Requiem for a Mezzo

by Carola Dunn

When the soprano singing the lead role in Verdi's Requiem drops dead of cyanide poisoning during the performance, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple joins Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Alex Fletcher in searching for the killer among a multitude of possible suspects.

When Christ and His Saints Slept

by Sharon Kay Penman

"A COMPELLING, WELL-WRITTEN EPIC. . .Penman is an accomplished novelist and certainly has staked a claim to medieval England as her literary fiefdom." --The Philadelphia Inquirer A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before Maude could claim her throne,... (more)

Irene Adler: Book 1

Good Night, Mr. Holmes

by Carole Nelson Douglas

Winner of the American Mystery Award for Best Novel of Romantic Suspense, and the Romantic Times BookClub Award for Best Historical Mystery Miss Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is here given an unexpected talent: she is a superb detective, as Oscar Wilde and Bram Stoker can attest. Even Holmes himself must admit--albeit grudgingly--that she acquits herself... (more)

Irene Adler: Book 3

Irene At Large

by Carole Nelson Douglas

Victorian detective Irene Adler Norton once again matches wits with the famed Sherlock Holmes as she seeks a killer before he can strike again. By the author of Good Night, Mr. Holmes. Reprint. NYT. K. PW.

Brother Cadfael: Book 20

Brother Cadfael's Penance

by Ellis Peters

Medieval Benedictine monk Brother Cadfael leaves Shrewsbury to rescue his thirty-year-old secret son, who has been taken prisoner in the Civil War between Empress Maud and her cousin, King Stephen. Reprint. K. PW.

Brother Cadfael: Book 11

An Excellent Mystery

by Ellis Peters

In 1141, two monks have arrived in Shrewsbury from Winchester, where their abbey was destroyed. Now Brother Humilis, who is very ill, and Brother Fidelis, who is mute, must seek refuge at Shrewsbury. And from the moment he meets them, Brother Cadfael senses something deeper than their common vows binds these two brothers. And as Brother Humilis's health fails, Brother Cadfael faces a poignant test of his... (more)

Brother Cadfael: Book 19

The Holy Thief

by Ellis Peters

As flood waters rise and threaten the abbey's most sacred relic, the remains of Saint Winifred, Brother Cadfael sees the signs of murder and uses heavenly guidance to catch a killer. Reprint. PW. K.

Brother Cadfael: Book 18

The Summer of the Danes

by Ellis Peters

With the armies of King Stephen and Empress Maud--both vying for the throne--practicing a cease fire, Brother Cadfael accompanies his friend, Brother Mark, to Wales, where he becomes caught up in yet another battle royal. Reprint.

Brother Cadfael: Book 5

The Leper of Saint Giles

by Ellis Peters

Drawing conclusions about a murder that has interrupted the nuptial plans between a reluctant bride and a significantly older man, Brother Cadfael traces the clues to the Saint Giles leper colony. Reprint. K. PW.

Brother Cadfael: Book 9

Dead Man's Ransom

by Ellis Peters

The ninth novel in the mystery chronicles of Brother Cadfael finds the twelfth-century Benedictine monk and sleuth defending a young Welshman accused of murdering a sheriff from Shropshire. Reprint.

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey re-creates one of history's most famous -- and vicious -- crimes in her classic bestselling novel, a must read for connoisseurs of fiction, now with a new introduction by Robert Barnard Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive,... (more)

Galileo's Daughter

A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel

Galileo Galilei's telescopes allowed him to discover a new reality in the heavens. But for publicly declaring his astounding argument--that the earth revolves around the sun--he was accused of heresy and put under house arrest by the Holy Office of the Inquisition. Living a far different life, Galileo's daughter Virginia, a cloistered nun, proved to be her father's greatest source of strength through the difficult... (more)

Irene Adler: Book 8

Spider Dance

by Carole Nelson Douglas

Opera singer. Adventuress. American abroad. Irene Adler is all of this...and is also the only woman to ever have outwitted the great man, Sherlock Holmes. After numerous adventures Irene has finally come home, not out of loyalty to her native shores but because of a baffling puzzle, and the one thing that haunts her. Irene has no real memory of her childhood and has spent most of her life creating a persona... (more)

Irene Adler: Book 6

Castle Rouge

by Carole Nelson Douglas

Irene Adler is the only woman ever to have outwitted Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia; she is as much at home with a spyglass and revolver than with haute couture and gala balls. Her adventures are the stuff of legend, for she has faced down sinister spies, thwarted plots against nations, and led an unlikely group, including the bachelor of Baker Street and his faithful cohort Watson, through the cellars... (more)

Death at Rottingdean (Victorian Mystery)

Death at Rottingdean (Victorian Mystery)

by Robin Paige

For Kathryn Ardleigh and her newly Lorded husband Charles, a seaside holiday in Rottingdean is a needed rest. The cozy hamlet is built on a labyrinth of hundred-year-old tunnels that once were used by smugglers. But when a coast guard's body is found on the beach, the town is suspected to plying its illicit trades of the past. And with the help of a young writer named Rudyard Kipling, they're about to discover... (more)

Death at Blenheim Palace

by Robin Paige

Kate Sheridan is at Blenheim Palace to research King Henry's mistress Rosamund, said to have been poisoned there by Eleanor of Aquitaine. But her visit takes a strange turn when her hosts unwittingly begin to relive the legend.

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by Carola Dunn

by Judith Merkle Riley

by Karen Harper

by Carola Dunn

by Carola Dunn

by Sharon Kay Penman

by Carole Nelson Douglas

by Carole Nelson Douglas

by Ellis Peters

by Ellis Peters

by Ellis Peters

by Ellis Peters

by Ellis Peters

by Ellis Peters

by Josephine Tey

A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love

by Dava Sobel

by Carole Nelson Douglas

by Carole Nelson Douglas

by Robin Paige

by Robin Paige