Sometimes Jo still wakes up suddenly, thinking she can hear Lauren's cry. Although twelve years have passed since her baby daughter was abducted, photos of the child continue to arrive by post with th
When a birthday party for one of their Hampstead neighbors turns deadly, Antonia Darcy and Major Hugh Payne end up investigating the murder of one of Melisande Chevret's other guests. The aging actres
Instead of leading his riders to the hunt, the fifteenth Earl of Candlesby is found dead, his body wrapped in blankets atop his horse, a corner of his scarlet coat visible in the morning mist. Three p
DI Liam McLusky, freshly transferred from Southampton to Bristol and just recovered from an injury in the line of duty, has no time to settle in before catching a major case. Everyday objects that hav
Praise for Mick Herron: "[An] assured mystery. . . . Herron does a nice job of planting red herrings and making his heroine’s amateur sleuthing plausible."—Publishers Weekly "In Sm
A latest entry in the popular series finds Sandor Seymour of the Foreign Office traveling from early 20th-century London to Malta, where he investigates a possible link between a hot air balloon crash
"Smart, ambitious. . . . A pleasingly different police procedural."?Kirkus Reviews"This debut mystery by a British nonfiction crime writer accelerates like a train speeding to its destination. Highly
After Kimberly Guyver and Rachel Golinski's checkered past begins to catch up with them, and Kimberly's young son goes missing, DC Gary Goodhew begins to sift through their lives and uncovers an unset
After a hiker discovers the dead body of a Spanish gypsy recently released from prison, where he served time for murdering his wife, Max Romero and a new judge think even an ex-con outcast deserves an
"[A] compelling tale, richly embroidered with complex characters and multiple plot threads. Highly recommended."?Library Journal, starred reviewInspector Max Romero investigates the death of a Muslim
Constable Gil Cunningham investigates the poisoning of an actor in a festive play, who was given drops by a fellow actor playing an apothecary, but when other deaths follow he begins to suspect a real
"The hapless Reverend Francis Oughterard is lured by his blackmailer, Nicholas Ingaza, to the French Auvergne accompanied by stowaways Maurice, a cynical cat, and Bouncer, an enthusiastic dog. There "
Praise for the Gil Cunningham series: “McIntosh provides a signature twist at the end that serves as an unexpected bonus for readers already enthralled with the medieval mystery she has spun
Intelligence agent River Cartwright, after being banished from high-profile work for incompetence, suspects a prominant British journalist with ties to an extremist party of being behind the kidnappin
“The late Victorian atmosphere and dialogue are beautifully and accurately rendered. The characters are done with a masterly hand. But perhaps the best thing about it is the way you feel all
Praise for the Sergeant Cribb Series: “Delightful Victorian mysteries. . . . [A] fine picture of vice, good mystery plotting, and fun.”—San Francisco Chronicle &ldquo
"When Kate Mayfield receives a letter from dying Mrs. Ivanisovic, she realizes that the secret she's kept for more than thirty years is no longer safe. But is the old woman really after Kate's story o
While dropping his neice off at a chateau on his way to the French Riviera for vacation, Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands finds his vacation on hold when he encounters the case of a missing chil
Powerscourt investigates a murder at a Fenland society wedding, and his research takes him to the heart of the burgundy wine trade in France, where he discovers professional malpractice and bitter tra
“Dickinson . . . has a real gift for evoking period and creating well-rounded characters.”—Publishers Weekly“As usual, the knowledgeable Dickinson fortifies the suspenseful narrative with culturally a
August 1939, and as England basks in the last hot days of a perfect summer it seems that war is inevitable, this week, next week ... very soon. Lord Edward Corinth, newly married, is determined to sp
The churning politics of Trieste in 1906 provide the perfect backdrop for murder in the first in a series set in British embassies and consulates in the early 1900s featuring Special Branch officer Se
A murder in Istanbul is entangled with international politics and deadly secrets when an embassy official is shot trying to swim the Dardanelles Straits. Special Branch officer Seymour’s inv
In 1913, a poisoned cat, an exiled Sultan, and a new vision of an ascendant Greece threaten the Balkans with utter chaos and war. Something has to be done, and fast. Who was behind the feline poisonin
Why is Seymour of Scotland Yard summoned to North Africa? Isn’t the death of a Frenchman there a matter for the local police? But in the run-up to the First World War, everything is connecte
“This series continues to be distinguished by an international flavor and its atmospheric depiction of the convoluted political and social arena that characterized turn-of-the-century Europe
Praise for the Sergeant Cribb series:“Sgt. Cribb and Constable Thackeray . . . went on to star in seven additional Victorian mystery novels and became the subjects of one of the first, and m
Praise for the Sergeant Cribb series:“Delightful Victorian mysteries, featuring Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray of the Yard. . . . [A] fine picture of period vice, good mystery plotting, and fu
Following an acrimonious split from her husband, Helen Pascoe decides to take her three children away from London to live in a lovely old house on the coast near Falmouth in Cornwall. The family sett
George Lassiter is ill, destitute and desperate. Desperate enough to break into the kitchen of a stranger's house for warmth, food and shelter. And there, on that bitterly cold night in 1922, he witne
This is the third novel featuring the Reverend Francis Oughterard, vicar of St. Botolph's and genteel murderer of parishioner Mrs. Elizabeth Fotherington. So far eluding arrest (but with fears of imm
"Another hearty meal stuffed with fascinating period tidbits and a satisfying mystery."—Kirkus Reviews“McIntosh artfully interweaves intrigue and history in this suspenseful medieval murder tale.”—Boo
In Sir William's remote part of Scotland it seems almost possible that a young boy could have been stolen away by the fairies and returned forty years later, no older - and if he isn't Davie Drummond
A guest at a garden party tells Antonia Darcy that he witnessed the strangling of beautiful, wayward Marigold Leighton by their host Roman Songhera, the "uncrowned King of Goa."
Mystery writer Antonia Darcy and her husband Major Hugh Payne visit a boring fan's estate only to find that she is more sinister than dull, and they end up having to foil a planned murder.
Death threats start arriving in the mail, and legendary French diva Corinne seeks refuge at her godmother's country estate. Other house guests include Antonia Darcy and her husband, Corinne’s dominati
“[A] gem, catching to perfection the social atmospherics of Victorian Brighton and at the same time telling an ingenious story of murder and discovery.”—Publishers Weekly
“Here’s another of those delightful Victorian mysteries, featuring Sergeant Cribb and Constable Thackeray of the Yard. This one deals with peculiar accidents in various music halls
