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A Calamity of Souls A Calamity of Souls

Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.  

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Historical Mystery, Thriller By: David Baldacci Publication: 16 April 2024
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A Jewel in the Crown A Jewel in the Crown

James Bond meets Maisie Dobbs in this riveting new historical caper series featuring a gifted young socialist-turned-counterespionage spy on a World War II mission orchestrated by Winston Churchill himself…

1940: Weeks after the evacuation of Dunkirk, Germany is poised to invade a near-defenseless Britain. To safeguard the Crown Jewels...

Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery By: David Lewis Publication: 23 July 2024
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Betrayal at Blackthorn Park: An Evelyne Redfern Mystery Betrayal at Blackthorn Park: An...

With mystery, intrigue, and the hints of romance international bestselling author Julia Kelly is known for, Evelyne Redfern returns in Betrayal at Blackthorn Park.

Freshly graduated from a rigorous training program in all things spy craft, former typist Evelyne Redfern is eager for her first assignment as a field agent helping...

British Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery By: Julia Kelly Publication: 1 October 2024
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Death by Misadventure Death by Misadventure

In the latest installment of Tasha Alexander’s New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily must solve a string of high stakes “accidents” while trapped in a lavish villa in the Bavarian Alps.

In the winter of 1906, Lady Emily and husband Colin are invited to the opulent home...

Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery By: Tasha Alexander Publication: 24 September 2024
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Hall of Mirrors Hall of Mirrors

When a popular mystery novelist dies suspiciously, his writing partner must untangle the author’s connection to a serial killer in award-winning John Copenhaver’s new novel set in 1950s McCarthy-era Washington, DC.

In May 1954, Lionel Kane witnesses his apartment engulfed in flames with his lover and writing partner, Roger...

Crime, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, LGBTQ Literature, Murder Mystery, Suspense, Thriller By: John Copenhaver Publication: 4 June 2024
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Limelight Limelight

How did an actress die twice?

London, 1883. Actress Lizzie Dixie drowned in the River Thames, so how was she murdered five years later in Highgate Cemetery?

Intrepid Fleet Street reporter Penny Green was a friend of Lizzie’s and Scotland Yard needs her help. Does Penny unwittingly hold clues to...

Cozy Mystery, Crime, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Thriller By: Emily Organ Publication: 17 March 2017
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Rough Pages Rough Pages

Set in atmospheric 1950s San Francisco, Rough Pages asks who is allowed to tell their own stories, and how far would you go to seek out the truth.

Private Detective Evander “Andy” Mills has been drawn back to the Lavender House estate for a missing person case. Pat,...

Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, LGBTQ Literature, Thriller By: Lev A.C. Rosen Publication: 1 October 2024
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The Comfort of Ghosts The Comfort of Ghosts

Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future.

London, 1945: Four adolescent orphans with a dark wartime history are squatting in a vacant Belgravia mansion—the owners having fled London under heavy Luftwaffe bombing. Psychologist and Investigator Maisie...

Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller By: Jacqueline Winspear Publication: 4 June 2024
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The Frozen River The Frozen River

A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is...

Historical Mystery By: Ariel Lawhon Publication: 5 December 2023
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The Stone Witch of Florence The Stone Witch of Florence

A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magic…

1348. As the Black Plague ravages Italy, Ginevra di Gasparo is summoned to Florence after nearly a decade of lonely exile. Ginevra has a gift—harnessing the hidden powers of gemstones, she can heal the sick. But when word spread...

Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery By: Anna Rasche Publication: 8 October 2024
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The Third Wife of Faraday House The Third Wife of Faraday...

Two brides band together to unravel the secrets at the heart of a crumbling island manor in this delicious love letter to gothic fiction from the award-winning author of A Dreadful Splendor

'Til death do us part...

November 1816: Restless but naive Emeline Fitzpatrick is desperate to...

Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Historical Romance, Thriller By: B.R. Myers Publication: 20 August 2024
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Those Opulent Days Those Opulent Days

Jacquie Pham’s transportive debut, Those Opulent Days, delivers a classic historical murder mystery centered around the glamor, violence, wealth, and opium of 1920’s French-colonial Vietnam that meshes the structural brilliance of Lucy Foley’s The Guest List with the historical vitality of Vanessa Chan's The Storm We Made, and the upstairs-downstairs drama...

Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery By: Jacquie Pham Publication: 12 November 2024
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