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Music of the Distant Stars

Aelf Fen mysteries #3

by Alys Clare

The new 'Lassair' mystery from the author of the 'Hawkenlye' books - Very early one summer morning, Lassair slips out of her Fenland village on a deeply personal mission and discovers the body of a young woman,...


Writ in Stone: A Burren Medieval Mystery 4

Burren Mysteries #4

by Cora Harrison

A Mystery of Medieval Ireland - Christmas, 1509. Mara, the investigating judge of the Burren, has accepted the offer of marriage made by King Turlough. But on the eve of the marriage festivities, a man kneeling...


Dead and Buried

The Benjamin January Mysteries #9

by Barbara Hambly

The new 'Benjamin January' novel from the best-selling author - New Orleans, 1836. When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of...


Out of the Dawn Light

Aelf Fen mysteries #1

by Alys Clare

A brand new medieval mystery from the author of the Hawkenlye series - England, 1087. On her sister's wedding day, Lassair meets an attractive and enigmatic stranger who brings a breath of the fascinating outside...


A Lesson in Secrets

Maisie Dobbs #8

by Jacqueline Winspear

Maisie Dobbs' first assignment for the British Secret Service takes her undercover to Cambridge as a professor—and leads to the investigation of a web of activities being conducted by the emerging Nazi Party....


Stealing Tomorrow's Thunder

by Tony Thistlewood

There are large gaps in Rosalind Parsons' memory; empty spaces where times, events and places, should be: details of her marriage, of her husband's disappearance, of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her...


When the Time Is Ripe

by Tony Thistlewood

It is the turbulent summer of 1586 in England: Mary Queen of Scots is still a problem; Spain is threatening to invade; crops are rotting in the ground; Queen Elizabeth has yet to name an heir; and in Lincolnshire,...


The Old Man in the Corner

by Baroness Orczy

The Old Man narrates his mysteries to a female Journalist who frequents the same tea-shop. They enjoy an antagonistic relationship, as the Journalist attempts to cut the Old Man's ego down to size, and the Old...


When Gods Die

Sebastian St. Cyr #2

by C.S. Harris

The young wife of an aging marquis is found murdered in the arms of the Prince Regent. Around her neck lies a necklace said to have been worn by Druid priestesses-that is, until it was lost at sea with its last...


To Ruin A Queen: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court

Ursula Blanchard #4

by Fiona Buckley

With historical mysteries and tales of Tudor England in high demand, acclaimed author Fiona Buckley returns with a poignant new novel featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and secret agent for Queen Elizabeth...


Queen's Ransom: A Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court Featuring Ursula Blanchard

Ursula Blanchard #3

by Fiona Buckley

Long live the Queen! A magnificent Queen Elizabeth I reigned in the movie Shakespeare in Love, but it is the younger queen of the film Elizabeth whom we meet in Fiona Buckley's acclaimed Ursula Blanchard mystery...


Let the Dead Lie: An Emmanuel Cooper Mystery

by Malla Nunn

The second in a crime series set in 1950's South Africa when apartheid laws were first introduced.


The Thief Taker: A Novel

by Janet Gleeson

In the cellar there was no sound at all except her own breathing and the soft rustle of her skirts. After her eyes had grown accustomed to the dark, she noticed a niche in the wall a yard from where she stood....


The Hellfire Conspiracy

by Will Thomas

In the latest adventure in what is "fast becoming one of the genre's best historical-mystery series" (Booklist), roughhewn private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn must track down...


Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson

by Lyndsay Faye

From the gritty streets of nineteenth century London, the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson offers a tale unearthed after generations of lore: the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes's attempt to hunt down Jack...


Bedlam: The Further Secret Adventures of Charlotte Bronte

The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë #2

by Laura Joh Rowland

Following the notable debut of The Secret Adventures of Charlotte Brontë, beloved author Laura Joh Rowland offers her legions of fans the next installment in the Charlotte Brontë mystery series? with more...


India Black

Madam of Espionage Mysteries #1

by Carol K. Carr

Read India Black's blog and other content on the Penguin Community.

When Sir Archibald Latham of the War Office dies from a heart attack while visiting her brothel, Madam India Black is unexpectedly thrust...


What Angels Fear

Sebastian St. Cyr #1

by C.S. Harris

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient church near Westminster...


Where Shadows Dance

Sebastian St. Cyr #6

by C.S. Harris

The “rich period detail [and] riveting action”* C.S. Harris delivers in her Sebastian St. Cyr mystery series reaches new heights as the aristocratic sleuth navigates dangerous political waters to bring a...


Instruments of Darkness: A Novel

Crowther and Westerman #1

by Imogen Robertson

Introducing a new historical crime series that The New York Times Book Review called "CSI: Georgian England" and Tess Gerritsen called "chillingly memorable"

Debut novelist Imogen Robertson won the London Telegraph...