Historical Mystery
epub |eng | 1981-01-01 | Author:Ellis Peters [Peters, Ellis]

Chapter Seven WHEN CADFAEL EMERGED FROM PRIME, the following morning, Prestcote was already abroad marshalling his renewed hunt on the northern side of the Foregate. This time they would make ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 13,2016 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-12-10 | Author:Alys Clare

TWELVE The house was isolated. It stood on a small area of ground that was very nearly an island; joined to the shore by a mere neck of land some ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 12,2016 )
epub |eng | 2016-05-20 | Author:Anton DiSclafani [DiSclafani, Anton]

• • • I went to call Mary, for I knew that wherever Joan was, I would not locate her, then retrieve her, then bring her back here and make ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 28,2016 )
epub, mobi | | 2010-01-14 | Author:Agatha Christie [Christie, Agatha]

"Did you mean that young people have too little restraint nowadays?" "No, no, I didn't mean that at all. Less restraint is, I think, a good thing--wholesome. I suppose you ...
( Category: Murder May 18,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-03-22 | Author:Anne Perry

“I would be delighted to escape it,” Pitt replied ruefully. “But I don’t see how I can.” “What do you expect from me?” The firelight accentuated the shadows on Narraway’s ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 2,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-01-01 | Author:Jacqueline Winspear

CHAPTER 11 Another bright, cold morning greeted Maisie when the alarm woke her at half past eight. For all her early wakefulness, when it seemed rest would be hard to ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 2,2016 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2016-02-16 | Author:Todd, Charles [Todd, Charles]

13 The vicar was still in the cell, although his housekeeper or someone had brought down pillows and bedding, in an attempt to make him more comfortable. Dr. Carrick was ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 11,2016 )
epub |eng | 2013-05-14 | Author:Susan Elia MacNeal [MacNeal, Susan Elia]

“You have company,” Elise said to John when she and Ernst reached the attic. John sat up in his bed, taking in both Elise and Ernst. Ernst spoke first. “Ernst ...
( Category: Espionage December 10,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2015-10-27 | Author:Edmondson, Elizabeth [Edmondson, Elizabeth]

Chapter Nine Scene 1 Sonia had informed Gus and the Hawksworths, with no more than a nod in Freya’s direction, that they would follow the old Castle custom on Christmas ...
( Category: Murder October 30,2015 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2005-04-18 | Author:Cullin, Mitch [Cullin, Mitch]

13 AS AT THE Atom Bomb Dome, a high fence surrounded Shukkei-en Garden, put there in order to prevent entrance. Mr. Umezaki, however, was undeterred, and, as had apparently been ...
( Category: Historical Mystery October 13,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-01-30 | Author:Anne Perry [Anne Perry]

Chapter Nine ‘WE NEED to get a cart of some kind that doesn’t look like we come from the city,’ Scuff said thoughtfully. ‘One o’ them they take stuff in ...
( Category: Historical Mystery October 10,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2006-06-10 | Author:Michael Cox [Cox, Michael]

*[‘On the threshold’. Ed.] *[The bells of the church opposite Newgate Prison, which tolled to announce impending executions. Ed.] †[Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin (1805–71), a former watchmaker from Blois who became one ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 1995-11-02 | Author:Alexander, Bruce [Alexander, Bruce]

Chapter Eight In which an offer is made and an unexpected meeting takes place The next morning began with a visit by Mr. Donnelly to his patient. When I responded ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 11,2015 )
epub |eng | 2005-01-01 | Author:Long Spoon Lane [Lane, Long Spoon]

Pitt reported to Narraway briefly. He needed him to know about Piers Denoon and Simbister, not that he expected him to be surprised. “So Denoon is running with the hare ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 26,2015 )
epub, mobi |eng | 1990-01-01 | Author:Bethlehem Road [Road, Bethlehem]

8 WALLACE LOUGHLEY, M.P., stood almost under the immense tower of Big Ben. It had been a long sitting, and he was tired. The debate had been really rather pointless, ...
( Category: Murder May 26,2015 )