Historical Mystery
epub |eng | 2011-07-14 | Author:Agata Stanford [Stanford, Agata]

“This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks—” “Oh, for cryin’outloud, Bob!” whined Bunny. “—Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-01 | Author:Cassandra Clark

FORTY-SEVEN To Archer’s question he could have admitted that he had gone out to Barking Abbey again and had deliberately not mentioned this to Beata. He had hobbled his horse ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-30 | Author:David Marcum

The Giant Rat of Sumatra by Nick Cardillo “Life is infinitely stranger than anything the mind of man could invent,” Sherlock Holmes once remarked. Both my friend’s chosen profession and ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-10-24 | Author:David Marcum

The Singular Tragedy of the Atkinson Brothers at Trincomalee by Craig Stephen Copland What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o’er Ceylon’s isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man ...
( Category: Historical June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-14 | Author:Edith Layton [Layton, Edith]

Chapter Eleven “Not just yet, my lord,” Spanish Will said. Lucian cocked an eyebrow. He was ready to go out on inquiries with the runner again, but Spanish Will did ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-27 | Author:Victoria Thompson

* * * * * * As she made her way into the sanctuary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East Harlem the next morning, Sarah wondered if going ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Harper Lin [Lin, Harper]

Chapter Fifteen It was as if Becky and Martha had come inside Madame Cecelia’s store covered in cobwebs. Ophelia dashed over to them. Swatting a kerchief all over their bodies, ...
( Category: Ghosts June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Bill Pronzini

16 QUINCANNON On his own after leaving the undertaking parlor, Quincannon spent the rest of Sunday afternoon and evening in his room at Miners Lodging House #4, nursing his sore ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mariah Fredericks

* * * At the precinct, my uncle was questioned for some time. Then I was allowed to see him. A tired officer held the door open to the room ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 15,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Katharine Schellman

CHAPTER 17 Lily stayed in bed late the next morning. She had kept to country hours since returning to London, rising well before noon. But a ladies’ card party, followed ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths June 14,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2020-05-01 | Author:King, Rebecca [King, Rebecca]

CHAPTER ELEVEN Daniel was relieved when he was finally able to tap on the window of the study at Fenley Lodge three times. He waited for a moment and then ...
( Category: Regency June 14,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2020-02-14 | Author:King, Rebecca [King, Rebecca]

Carlotta tried not to allow fear to get the better of her. But it was difficult when every snap of a twig, every rustle of a leaf in the eerily ...
( Category: Animals June 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-08-23 | Author:Kerry Greenwood

Chapter Nine To hunt sweet love and lose him Between white arms and bosom Between the bud and blossom Between your throat and chin. ‘Before Dawn’, Algernon Swinburne Phryne returned ...
( Category: Historical June 6,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-05-31 | Author:Murray Bailey [Bailey, Murray]

“You’re not good at making clothes,” Solomon said, confronting me as we returned to the workshop. “I’m doing my best.” “It’s not good enough. You’re to work in the fields ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime June 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-01 | Author:Irina Shapiro [Shapiro, Irina]

Chapter 19 Daniel used the scratched brass knocker to announce their presence. A young woman opened the door. A round-faced baby sat on her hip, and an older child hovered ...
( Category: Amateur Sleuths June 5,2020 )