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Stranger at the Hall by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe newly discovered heir to the barony arrives to claim his inheritance.Cameron Saxby is contented in his life as a bank clerk in Edinburgh, knowing that if he works hard, he has a good career in front of him. But fate has a different plan for him - as heir to the late Lord Saxby... -
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Stranger at the Manor by Mary Kingswood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA destitute man comes looking for help from his cousin, and uncovers some mysteries.Phyllida Beasley is forty years old, a mousy spinster who devotes her life to caring for her brother, and doing good works in the parish. She’s in a rut, but too timid to set herself free from her domineering friends and her own sense of duty... -
![Plague Pits & River Bones by Karen Charlton]()
Plague Pits & River Bones by Karen Charlton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLondon 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe. When Detective Stephen Lavender is called in to investigate a highway robbery and a cold-blooded murder, both the cases take a dangerous and disturbing personal twist... -
![Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris]()
Who Speaks for the Damned by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman convicted of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent... -
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![Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris]()
Why Kings Confess by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into a dangerous, decades-old mystery as a wrenching piece of Sebastian’s past puts him to the ultimate test. Regency England, January 1813: When a badly injured Frenchwoman is found beside the mutilated body of Dr... -
![The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey]()
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe BBC Radio 2 Book Club Pick'What if we decided to try and find him?''What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are we going to catch the Yorkshire Ripper, when the police haven't even managed to?'I sighed. Her questioning my ideas was a recent and unwelcome element to our friendship. But it was a valid point...Categorized as:
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![The Custom House Murders by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley]()
The Custom House Murders by Ashley Gardner, Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaptain Lacey encounters an old army friend just returned from Antigua, who is being accused of smuggling and possibly murder. Lacey decides to help the man, whom he considers honorable, to clear his name.Meanwhile James Denis has given Lacey a task, to deliver a mysterious package to a man with an office near the Custom House on the bank of the Thames...Categorized as:
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![What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris]()
What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned.It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over and Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together... -
![Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee]()
Death in the East by Abir Mukherjee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined.1922, India... -
![Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris]()
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St...Categorized as:
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![The Best of Our Spies by Alex Gerlis]()
The Best of Our Spies by Alex Gerlis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrance, July 1944: a month after the Allied landings in Normandy and the liberation of Europe is underway. In the Pas de Calais, Nathalie Mercier, a young British Special Operations Executive secret agent working with the French Resistance, disappears...Categorized as:
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![Murder in Grosvenor Square by Ashley Gardner]()
Murder in Grosvenor Square by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCaptain Lacey Regency Mysteries, Book 9. This is a full-length novel of 86,000 words (32 chapters). Captain Gabriel Lacey begins Spring 1818 preparing for a duel. But while he focuses on the affair of honor, darkness, greed, and death stalk the streets of London and bring tragedy to a family Lacey has grown close to... -
![The Moon Gate by Amanda Geard]()
The Moon Gate by Amanda Geard
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the author of the Richard & Judy pick The Midnight House. A wartime secret. An abandoned house. How long can they run from the past? A mesmerising story of love, war, and a mystery that ensnares three generations, moving between Tasmania, London, and Kerry in 1939, 1975 and 2004. Perfect for fans of Natasha Lester, Kate Morton, and Lucinda Riley...Categorized as:
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![Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer, Otakar Brousek ml.]()
Be Careful What You Wish For by Jeffrey Archer, Otakar Brousek ml.
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBestselling author Jeffrey Archer's Be Careful What You Wish For opens with Harry Clifton and his wife Emma rushing to hospital to learn the fate of their son Sebastian, who has been involved in a fatal car accident. But who died, Sebastian or his best friend Bruno? When Ross Buchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shipping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him...Categorized as:
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![Cast in Ice by Laura Landon]()
Cast in Ice by Laura Landon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLady Winnifred Waverley, daughter of the Duke of Townsend, walked the fringes of Society harboring a horrible secret. A secret so damning that it would shatter her entire family and destroy any chance for her younger sister Anne to find a love match... -
![Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South]()
Too Hot to Handel by Sheri Cobb South
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a rash of jewel thefts strikes London, magistrate Patrick Colquhoun deploys his Bow Street Runners to put a stop to the crimes. The Russian Princess Olga Fyodorovna is to attend a production of Handel’s Esther at Drury Lane Theatre, where she will wear a magnificent diamond necklace...Categorized as:
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![Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott]()
Restless Rake by Scarlett Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe wants her freedom… Clara Whitney is desperate to leave London and return to her native Virginia. She'll do anything, even if it means striking a deal with the most notorious earl in England, to get what she wants... -
![Blood Is Blood: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas]()
Blood Is Blood: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA bombing injures private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, leaving it up to his soon-to-be-married junior partner—Thomas Llewelyn—to find the person trying to murder them both before it's too late.In 19th century London, Cyrus Barker and his associate Thomas Llewelyn are renowned private enquiry agents, successfully employed by the highest levels of Her Majesty's government as well as private citizens... -
![The Maiden's Tale by Margaret Frazer]()
The Maiden's Tale by Margaret Frazer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsINTRIGUES MOST ROYAL... MURDER MOST FOULSister Frevisse has made an unusual journey to London to meet the new prioress of St. Frideswide's. At the urging of her abbot, she stays with her wealthy cousin Alice, lady wife of the earl of Suffolk... -
![The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie]()
The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen wealthy spinster Emily French is found murdered, suspicion falls on Leonard Vole, the man to whom she hastily bequeathed her riches before she died. Leonard assures the investigators that his wife, Romaine Heilger, can provide them with an alibi. However, when questioned, Romaine informs the police that Vole returned home late that night covered in blood. During the trial, Ms... -
![The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey]()
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn an alternate world where nobody won WWII, three brothers are the only boys left in an orphanage whose dark secret is the reason for their existence—and the key to their survival—from the acclaimed author of Pet.After a very different outcome to WWII than the one history recorded, 1979 England is a country ruled by a government whose aims have sinister underpinnings and alliances...Categorized as:
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![Fire Song by Roberta Gellis]()
Fire Song by Roberta Gellis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThird in the Royal Dynasty series. Fenice d'Aix and Aubery of Ilmer both had unhappy first marriages. Both had guilty secrets related to those marriages, but each found in the other what had been lacking in their first union. Each longed for the passionate love offered by their new partners. Nonetheless, neither dared expose their hidden secrets lest they lose everything...Categorized as:
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![Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One by Ashley Gardner]()
Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume One by Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collection of the first three novels in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus two Captain Lacey short stories originally published in mystery magazines... -
![The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict]()
The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Mrs. Christie returns with a thrilling story of Christie’s legendary rival Dorothy Sayers, the race to solve a murder, and the power of friendship among women.London, 1930... -
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![The Color of Death by Bruce Alexander]()
The Color of Death by Bruce Alexander
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSuspicion and fear are running high in London, as a gang of expert criminals terrorizes the town in a spree of robbery and murder. And in a time when slavery is still practiced in the colonies, there is but one peculiar clue to the identity of this group: The robbers are all black men... -
![The Swan-Daughter by Carol McGrath]()
The Swan-Daughter by Carol McGrath
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Swan Daughter is a true 11th C tale of elopement and a love triangle by best-selling author of The Handfasted Wife, Carol McGrath. A marriage made in Heaven or Hell. 1075 and Dowager Queen Edith has died... -
![The Leper's Return by Michael Jecks]()
The Leper's Return by Michael Jecks
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a local goldsmith, Godfrey of Harwood, is found brutally murdered in his home, Furnshill and Puttock are called on to investigate. But when rumors begin spreading that patients from a local leper hospital might have been involved in Godfrey's murder, a series of vicious attacks on the unfortunate victims ensues, culminating in a disastrous fire at the hospital... -
![Murder at the Opera by D.M. Quincy]()
Murder at the Opera by D.M. Quincy
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a nobleman's mistress is gunned down on the steps of the Covent Garden opera house, brilliant adventurer Atlas Catesby discovers a sinister family connection that compels him to investigate.London, 1815. Amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby is about to discover the dark side of the bright lights... -
![Murder in Bloomsbury by D.M. Quincy]()
Murder in Bloomsbury by D.M. Quincy
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAcclaimed author D. M. Quincy is back with a second captivating mystery as adventurer Atlas Catesby must put aside his own feelings for Lady Lilliana as they work together to get justice for someone she holds dear... -
![Prince by Rory Clements]()
Prince by Rory Clements
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEngland, 1593. Plague rages, famine is rife, and the city is in revolt. From this bedlam rises the sharpest of sleuths: a man named John Shakespeare.Shakespeare’s brother investigates a series of murders rocking Elizabethan London. He follows the clues, which lead him from horseraces to brothels to an explosive encounter at sea... -
![Flickan utan namn by Suzanne Goldring]()
Flickan utan namn by Suzanne Goldring
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe left home, with the man she loved, and was never seen again…August 2004. Billie has rushed to her father Dick’s hospital bedside. A terrible stroke has robbed him of his speech, and she is devastated to see her strong, invincible dad a shell of the man he was before...Categorized as:
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![The Rookery by Emily Organ]()
The Rookery by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere’s a killer in the slums. London 1884. When a thief robs Fleet Street reporter Penny Green, she finds herself caught up in a horrifying murder. Someone is terrorizing the residents of St Giles Rookery and Scotland Yard sends Inspector James Blakely to investigate. When the serial killer claims a victim outside the slums, Victorian London is sent into panic...Categorized as:
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![A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry]()
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen a brilliant young architect suddenly ends his engagement to a socially prominent woman, her outraged parents file a sensational breach of promise suit. But the case comes to a tragic halt when a murderer strikes. Sleuth William Monk investigates. A Mystery Guild selection... -
![The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch]()
The Woman in the Water by Charles Finch
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLondon, 1850: A young Charles Lenox struggles to make a name for himself as a detective . . . without a single case. Scotland Yard refuses to take him seriously and his friends deride him for attempting a profession at all...Categorized as:
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![Seven Dials by Anne Perry]()
Seven Dials by Anne Perry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the first gray of a mid-September morning, Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty's Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the tenant of the house, the beautiful and notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari, who falls under the shadow of suspicion... -
![Southampton Row by Anne Perry]()
Southampton Row by Anne Perry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered not to solve a crime but to prevent a national disaster. The aristocratic Tory candidate—and Pitt’s archenemy—is Charles Voisey. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife’s dalliance with spiritualism threatens his chances... -
![Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie]()
Dead Man's Mirror: a Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHercule Poirot is requested to visit a client as quickly as possible, indeed on a specific train but, by the time he arrives, the gentleman is dead. A smashed mirror convinces Poirot that the apparent suicide of his client is far too convenient an explanation for what is obviously a gruesome case of murder... -
![Treachery at Lancaster Gate: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry]()
Treachery at Lancaster Gate: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGripping and provocative, the latest Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry peers unflinchingly into the corrupt affairs of Victorian society on the brink of the century s turn. The world is poised for social and political change, but England holds tight to its traditions, classes, and prejudices... -
![A Soupçon of Poison by Jennifer Ashley, Ashley Gardner]()
A Soupçon of Poison by Jennifer Ashley, Ashley Gardner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNote: This work also appears in the anthology, Murder Most Historical and Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries. London, 1880. Kat Holloway, highly sought-after young cook to the wealthy of London, finds herself embroiled in murder when she’s accused of poisoning her employer, the loathsome Sir Lionel Leigh-Bradbury... -
![A Curse of the Heart by Adele Clee]()
A Curse of the Heart by Adele Clee
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTerrified by strange noises in the night, Rebecca Linwood, the headstrong owner of an Egyptian museum, believes she is suffering from an ancient curse. Out of desperation, she seeks the help of the only man with the knowledge to reverse the evil incantation, a man whose cold heart and sinful gaze pose such an enticing contradiction...Categorized as:
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![The Games Lovers Play by Stephanie Laurens]()
The Games Lovers Play by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters’ next generation with an evocative tale of two people striving to overcome unusual hurdles in order to claim true love.A nobleman wedded to the lady he loves strives to overwrite five years of masterful pretence and open his wife’s eyes to the fact that he loves her as much as she loves him...Categorized as:
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![A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith]()
A Case of Mice and Murder by Sally Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"I was immediately besotted . . . Brilliant." —Janice Hallett, internationally bestselling author of The AppealThe first in a delightful new mystery series set in the hidden heart of London’s legal world, introducing a wonderfully unwilling sleuth, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Nita Prose... -
![The Nicholas Feast by Pat McIntosh]()
The Nicholas Feast by Pat McIntosh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGlasgow, 1492: Gil Cunningham remarked later that if he had known he would find a corpse in the university coal house, he would never have gone to the arts faculty feast. But then—as Alys his betrothed replied—he would never have met ... Socrates... -
![Fall From Grace by David Ashton]()
Fall From Grace by David Ashton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRevolving around the Tay Bridge Disaster, this story begins with a break-in and murder at the Edinburgh home of Sir Thomas Bouch. Bouch is the egotistical builder of Tay Bridge. McLevy investigates, and finds the murderer, the dangerous Hercules Dunbar. But there is much, to unfold - murder, arson, sexual obsession and suicide... -
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![The Last Word by Samantha Hastings]()
The Last Word by Samantha Hastings
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1861. Miss Lucinda Leavitt is shocked when she learns the author of her favorite serialized novel has died before completing the story. Determined to learn how it ends, Lucinda reluctantly enlists the help of her father’s young business partner, Mr. David Randall, to track down the reclusive author’s former whereabouts.David is a successful young businessman, but is overwhelmed by his workload... -
![Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner by Amy Myers]()
Tom Wasp and the Murdered Stunner by Amy Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA chimney sweep in Victorian London's East End, Tom Wasp is flattered to be asked to model for Valentine Drake. When the body of his co-model, Bessie Barton, is found on the banks of the River Thames, Tom vows to find her murderer... -
![The Mask of Night by Tracy Grant]()
The Mask of Night by Tracy Grant
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA glittering ball, a whisper of intrigue and a couple with secrets... Regency London's most glamorous couple, Mélanie and Charles Fraser, have hidden their pasts from aristocratic society - and each other - to become the envy of the ton... -
![Forever After by Jill Gregory]()
Forever After by Jill Gregory
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne night of searing violence forced beautiful street orphan Camilla Brent to flee London in terror. But another kind of danger awaited when fate delivered her into the protection of the scandalous, magnetically handsome Philip Audley, Earl of Wescott... -
![One Step Behind by Brianna Labuskes]()
One Step Behind by Brianna Labuskes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVengeance never dies … London, 1812. When the unconventional Imogen Lancaster embarked on a mission to infiltrate high society and avenge her beloved cousin’s murder she never would have guessed she’d end up in the arms of a thief. At least, that’s what she assumes when she discovers Lucas Stone breaking into a private safe... -
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Kilts and Kisses by Victoria Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the deaths of her parents, Ceana Gunn has lived in the shadow of her uncle and his family. She wants nothing more than to see her clan the way it was when her father was still laird. But her uncle has other ideas. Ceana soon discovers that the only refuge to be found is in the last place she expects—the arms of her enemy. Luthais MacKay wants to be left alone...Categorized as:
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