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What do readers say about Dissolution?
smooth and elegant perfect plot line a historical mystery wry and bitterFrom the bestselling author of Winter in Madrid and Dominion comes the exciting and elegantly written first novel in the Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery series
Dissolution is an utterly riveting portrayal of Tudor England. The year is 1537, and the c... More details on Dissolution
AS I PASSED DOWN Ludgate Hill, I noticed a stall brimming with apples and pears and, feeling hungry, dismounted to buy some. As I stood feeding an apple to Chancery, I noticed down a side street a cro...
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What do readers say about The Name of the Rose?
a series of murders an ode to ignorance a murder mystery monster of a bookAn international sensation and winner of the Premio Strega and the Prix Médicis Etranger awards, this enthralling medieval murder mystery is "a brilliant deconstruction of the traditional crime novel" (Iain Rankin).
The year is 1327. Benedictines in ... More details on The Name of the Rose
ON AUGUST 16, 1968, I WAS HANDED A BOOK WRITTEN BY A CERTAIN Abbé Vallet, Le Manuscrit de Dom Adson de Melk, traduit en français d’après l’édition de Dom J. Mabillon (Aux Presses de l’Abbaye de la Sou...
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What do readers say about A Morbid Taste for Bones?
fast paced and intriguing medieval murder mystery a work of hate a murder mysteryThe ambitious head of Shrewsbury Abbey wants to acquire Saint Winifred's sacred remains for his Benedictine order. And when the ensuing controversy leads to murder, Brother Cadfael investigates.... More details on A Morbid Taste for Bones
ON THE FINE, BRIGHT MORNING IN EARLY MAY when the whole sensational affair of the Gwytherin relics may properly be considered to have begun, Brother Cadfael had been up long before Prime, pricking out...
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What do readers say about Maisie Dobbs?
social climbing and status interesting and informative intelligent, determined, insightful easy and engaging"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander."
-Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air, on Maisie Dobbs
Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household when she was thirteen. Her employer, su... More details on Maisie Dobbs
Even if she hadn’t been the last person to walk through the turnstile at Warren Street tube station, Jack Barker would have noticed the tall, slender woman in the navy blue, thigh-length jacket with a...
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What do readers say about The Daughter of Time?
logic and deduction humorous and light massive historical research bright and lively"One of the best mysteries of all time" (The New York Times)-Josephine Tey recreates 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 Barn... More details on The Daughter of Time
Grant lay on his high white cot and stared at the ceiling. Stared at it with loathing. He knew by heart every last minute crack on its nice clean surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone expl...
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What do readers say about Mistress of the Art of Death?
unique and clear historical murder mystery medieval murder mystery nicely developed plotsThe 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 grues... More details on Mistress of the Art of Death
They’re a pleasant interruption in the traffic of carts whose drivers and oxen are surly with fatigue from plowing and sowing. These people are well fed, noisy, exultant with the grace their journey h...
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What do readers say about The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie?
dry and witty light and clever complex and intriguing fun and funnyWINNER OF THE AGATHA
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IT WAS AS BLACK IN THE CLOSET AS OLD BLOOD. THEY had shoved me in and locked the door. I breathed heavily through my nose, fighting desperately to remain calm. I tried counting to ten on every intake ...
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What do readers say about In the Woods?
beautiful use of language police procedural mystery first person narrative lyrical and hauntingThe bestselling debut, with over a million copies sold, that launched Tana French, author of the forthcoming novel The Searcher and "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years" (The Washington Post).
"Required reading for anyo... More details on In the Woods
What I warn you to remember is that I am a detective. Our relationship with truth is fundamental but cracked, refracting confusingly like fragmented glass. It is the core of our careers, the endgame o...
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What do readers say about The Alienist?
dense, detailed, complex psychological mystery thriller laszlo kreizler series book early criminal investigationA new breed of evil in Old New York
New York, 1886: Lower Manhattan's underworld is ruled by a new generation of cold-blooded criminals...Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt battles widespread corruption within the department's ranks...and a shoc... More details on The Alienist
The words as I write them make as little sense as did the sight of his coffin descending into a patch of sandy soil near Sagamore Hill, the place he loved more than any other on earth. As I stood ther...
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What do readers say about A Study in Scarlet?
crisp non-florid prose murder mystery detectives short and sweet pulpy detective storySir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel-and the origin story of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson-is reimagined in the first unabridged, fully illustrated version since its debut, by acclaimed and bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly.
The year is 1881. Th... More details on A Study in Scarlet
In the year 1878 I took my degree of Doctor of Medicine of the University of London, and proceeded to Netley to go through the course prescribed for surgeons in the army. Having completed my studies t...
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