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The latest Abbot Agency mystery -

Bea Abbot runs a domestic agency that does not '-do' murder. But the disappearance of Tomi, the star of an award-winning short film, is a different matter, especially when charming but feckless Chris bribes Bea to investigate with a bouquet of flowers. When Bea - working through personal problems - discovers that Tomi is not the only one amongst his friends to vanish, however, she wonders if her own life might be in danger too . . .

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June, 1510: the Burren, west coast of Ireland

King Turlough has departed to do battle against the Earl of Kildare when Mara goes into labour, unexpectedly early. She sends for Malachy the physician, but he does not arrive only his estranged daughter, Nuala, comes to her aid. After the birth of a healthy son, Mara quickly regains strength, and then Nuala tells her the news: Malachy has been found dead, poisoned by one of his own medicines.

Malachys new wife and her two sons stand to profit from his death, and Nuala herself is also a suspect in Maras eyes. However, Mara soon discovers that there are many others who bear Malachy a grudge he was not a good physician and had made many errors in diagnosis and treatment.

Mara and her scholars have their work cut out for them, if they are to find the murderer before the King returns to the Burren ...

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An outstanding series NEW YORK TIMES

Detective Inspector Bill Slider and his team investigate the murder of a rich doctor with a mysterious past in the thirteenth entry in Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' critically acclaimed crime series.

Dr. David Rogers was handsome, charming and rich. He lived a lavish lifestyle expensive clothes, top restaurants, exclusive clubs until someone shot him dead in the hallway of his million-plus-pound house.

When Bill Slider and his team are called to the scene, they're thrown head-first into the mystery of why someone wanted the doctor dead. Was the motive passion, professional jealousy, or plain old money?

The investigation reveals a more turbulent career behind the Dirty Doctor than at first appeared: a shadowy organisation called the Windhover Trust, and a trail of bodies leading to a deadlier conclusion . . .

Written with Cynthia Harrod-Eagles' signature sharp plotting and dry wit, this hard-hitting character-driven mystery is a must-read police procedural for fans of Mick Herron, Ann Cleeves and Peter Robinson.

Praise for the Bill Slider series:

Slider and his creator are real discoveries
Daily Mail

Sharp, witty and well-plotted
Times

Harrod-Eagles and her detective hero form a class act. The style is fast, funny and furious - the plotting crisply devious
Irish Times

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Sherlock Holmes and the Shakespeare Letter

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The original super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is back on the case

Having emerged from a Swiss glacier and solved his first murder case in more than ninety-five years, the worlds most famous detective now sleuths through modern London seeking a stolen letter purportedly written by Shakespeare. But as Holmes and his roommate, James Wilson, track the letter and its terrorist dealers to a Scottish castle, where a myriad of surprises await, Holmes fears that his resuscitation process may be flawed, and his mind disintegrating . . .

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A tale of family, secrets and lies, from a well-loved author

1904, London. Lydia Daye adores her husband John, but his secret government job means he is often away. She consoles herself with her small son, Adam, and the knowledge that Johns salary allows them to live comfortably.

Dolly Ellerway lives just two miles away, but in a different world. Pregnant, she is delighted when the father of her child says hell marry her, even though he can barely afford it. It seems unlikely that the two will ever meet, but one day Lydia sends a fateful letter that will change both womens lives forever.

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A Harry Vicary Mystery: the second novel in a brand-new crime series set in London from the author of the Hennessey and Yellich mysteries.

When the snow thaws on London's Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team.

A body of a man is found on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman. He appears to have frozen to death, but what is his connection to the remains below? Vicary's investigation leads him deep into London's criminal underworld.

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The new Roger the Chapman mystery

In the sultry midsummer of 1483, as Richard of Gloucester begins his bid for the English crown, Roger returns home to Bristol, glad to be out of the capital. But almost immediately, the Duke recalls him to London to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young boy whose tutor has been found murdered, apparently in a locked room.

It is an investigation which has as its background an ancient British legend, and which will imperil Rogers life as never before.

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An English Civil War novel from a highly-acclaimed author

London, 1647. Lucy Wentor, a young lady who was attacked by soldiers during the civil war, and then rejected by her sweetheart, hopes to start her life afresh in the capital with her uncle and aunt. London, however, is in chaos and her once well-to-do uncle is now almost bankrupt. Unwilling to go home, Lucy finds a job in publishing and excitement, love and independence soon follow.

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'Trow's mystery offers an eye-opening and seemingly authentic look at sixteenth-century university life in England. Recommend this novel to fans of Phillip Gooden's Nick Revill series, starring a performer in Shakespeare's acting company' - Booklist

First in the thrilling new Kit Marlowe historical mystery series

Cambridge, 1583. About to graduate from Corpus Christi, the young Christopher Marlowe spends his days studying and his nights carousing with old friends. But when one of them is discovered lying dead in his King's College room, mouth open in a silent scream, Marlowe refuses to accept the official verdict of suicide. Calling on the help of his mentor, Sir Roger Manwood, Justice of the Peace, and the queen's magus, Dr John Dee, a poison expert, Marlowe sets out to prove that his friend was murdered.

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Second in the highly-acclaimed Richard Nottingham historical mystery series

1732. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is grieving the death of his daughter, but he must rouse himself from his lethargy when the body of wealthy wool merchant Samuel Graves is discovered, his throat slit, the skin razed from his back. Why would the killer want Graves' skin? When Nottingham receives a slim, bound volume entitled The Journal of a Wronged Man he discovers the shocking answer - and it hurls him into a desperate battle for survival against a ruthless killer with old scores to settle.

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A Mystery of Medieval Ireland

Christmas, 1510; the Burren, West coast of Ireland. Mara, Brehon of the Burren, has accepted the offer of marriage made by King Turlough Donn O'Brien, ruler of that tiny kingdom of stony land and terraced mountains on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. The marriage is planned to take place at the Cistercian Abbey on Christmas Day. But, on the eve of the marriage festivities, a man kneeling in prayer beside the tomb of an ancestor in the abbey church is violently battered to death.

Who could have planned to kill the king? Or was it his cousin, Mahon O'Brien, who was the planned victim? And what part did the abbot, cousin to one man, and brother to the other, play in the tragedy? A heavy fall of snow has cut off the abbey from the outside world; the assassin must still be within the cloister walls. Mara must act quickly before a second death occurs.

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A Mystery of Medieval Ireland

1510. A great feast is being held. Into a crowd listening to the story of Balor, the one-eyed god, come two strangers. The younger of the two, Larla, bears a letter that claims that the wealthy Ardal O'Lochlainn is his true father, which Ardal vociferously denies. So when Larla is found dead, with one eye missing, some think he was killed by the god, but most suspect Ardal. Mara, the Brehon of the Burren, is called to investigate.

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From the author of the 'John Rawlings' mysteries

The sleepy, eccentric Sussex village of Lakehurst suddenly becomes a place of terror and night shadows. After dark, it is hardly safe to go out, to the consternation of the newly arrived Vicar, trendy young Nick Lawrence, and Inspector Dominic Tennant of the Sussex Police Force. For a serial killer is on the loose: one who leaves notes at the scene of his crimes signed 'The Acting Light of the World' . . .

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"Be prepared for a long night. Guttridge combines period mystery, police procedure and noir in a fascinating tale whose only blemish is that you'll have to wait for the next in the series in its resolution" - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

First gripping mystery in the Brighton Trilogy

July 1934. A woman's torso is found in a trunk at Brighton railway station's left luggage office. Her identity is never established, her killer never caught. But someone is keeping a diary.

July 2009. Ambitious radio journalist Kate Simpson hopes to solve the notorious Brighton Trunk Murder, and she enlists the help of ex-Chief Constable Robert Watts, whose role in the recent botched armed-police operation in Milldean, Brighton's notorious no-go area, cost him his job. But it's only a matter of time before past and present collide...

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Mosaic artist and talented amateur sleuth Libertus investigates the puzzling case of a missing bride in the twelfth Libertus mystery of Roman Britain perfect for fans of Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis.

The marriage of a former vestal virgin is always an important event, so the anticipated arrival of such a bride in Glevum is the excuse for an even more lavish banquet than usual on the Emperor's birthday feast. However, when Audelia's covered carriage finally arrives, the lady in question is nowhere to be found.

Libertus investigates and makes a gruesome discovery, suggesting that Druid rebels may have been involved. But when another lady disappears, Libertus finds himself in a race against time to ensure the safety of the vanishing vestals.

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A mesmerizing new story from the master of supernatural horror - Ruth Cutter juggles family life with her career as a top arson investigator, but a series of horrific fires leaves her baffled. The victims seem to have nothing in common except the unnatural intensity of the fire that engulfed them . . . and the creepy kid who haunts each crime scene. But these are no ordinary fires. Can Ruth overcome her scepticism in time to save her family and avert the coming apocalypse?

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It's 1911. War is coming, and according to one of the vampires of St. Petersburg, the Kaiser is trying to recruit vampires. James Asher, Oxford don and formerly on His Majesty's Secret Service, is forced to team up again with his vampire partner Don Simon Ysidro for a journey to the subarctic Russian capital. Are they on the trail of a rogue vampire with a plan to achieve the power to walk in daylight? Asher wonders. Or is Ysidro's real agenda to seek the woman he once loved? . . .

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On Ely Island, the Normans are proclaiming their authority with a magnificent cathedral. Its construction means the Saxon chapel dedicated to St Etheldreda must be destroyed and, to those who revere her memory, this amounts to sacrilege.

When Morcar, fishing for eels, is attacked and left for dead, his cousin Lassair is sent to nurse him. He tells a frightening tale of assassins in the dark and a brief vision of horror. Then the killers strike again . . .

Lassair realizes more is involved than random violence against the eel catchers. The secret hidden within the walls of Ely Abbey claims more victims and, as she comes face to face with the brutality of the past, Lassair is forced to face a challenge that she fears is far beyond her . . .

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The thrilling new horror from this best-selling author . . . - When one of his wife Grace's patients dies in unusual circumstances, stem-cell researcher Nathan suspects that someone else has been attempting the same experiments as him bringing mythical creatures to life only with much more success. But then Grace herself is injured, and Nathan's life spirals into a nightmare as he is faced with an impossible dilemma: lose Grace forever, or breed more mythological beasts, at the cost of countless more human lives . . .

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Hannah is stunned when a stranger stops her on the street to deliver a message from her long-dead mother.

Susan Parker, Hannah learns, is a popular television medium whose accurate predictions leave fans and critics alike puzzled and intrigued. In spite of her scepticism, Hannah schedules a private reading. But on the morning they are to meet, Susan is struck by a hit-and-run driver.

An accident? Hannah doesn't think so - especially when she discovers that more than one person had good reason to want Susan dead . . .