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Crimson Rose
M.J. Trow
The opening night of Christopher Marlowe's 'Tamburlaine' is marred by murder in this entertaining historical mystery.
March, 1587. Christopher Marlowe's play Tamburlaine, with the incomparable Ned Alleyn in the title role, has opened at the Rose Theatre, and a new era on the London stage is born.Yet the play is almost shut down on its opening night. For a member of the audience, Eleanor Merchant, lies dead, hit by a musket ball fired from the stage. The man with his finger on the trigger? A bit-part player named Will Shakespeare.
Crisis at the Cathedral
Jeanne M. Dams
When Dorothy Martin and her husband Alan meet the wealthy Ahmad family, they are charmed by their courtesy, their perfect English, their delightful children and their commitment to peace. So when Mr and Mrs Ahmad disappear without trace, leaving their children asleep in the local inn, Dorothy feels compelled to find out what's happened to them.
Critical Threat
Nick Oldham
It started out as a kidnap, turned into a brutal murder and ended up as a plot to assassinate the American State Secretary.
DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to investigate the brutal killing of an ex-cop turned sleazy private eye. But as he investigates, Christie stumbles into a plot by Muslim extremists and finds himself plunged into the world of international terrorism.
Crooked Street
Priscilla Masters
Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy investigates the disappearance of a young husband - and discovers all is not as it seems.
Jadon Glover is good-looking, professional and a perfect husband, according to his wife. So when he fails to come home one night, she rings the police, certain something has happened to him. DI Joanna Piercy and DS Mike Korpanski are sceptical. As the investigation proceeds, it becomes clear that Jadon has been keeping dark secrets from his wife.
Cross My Path
Clea Simon
When an elderly woman seeks Care's help in finding out what happened to her brother, Care's feline companion Blackie senses he's met this woman before, some time before he became a cat. But who is she - and what is their connection? And is she telling the truth? Then a body is discovered at the waterfront, and the case takes a disturbing new twist.
Cross of Vengeance
Cora Harrison
When a holy relic is destroyed and a community threatened, it is up to Mara to uphold the law of the land...
September, 1517: when fire destroys the famous relic of the Holy Cross in Kilnaboy church and then a pilgrim is found murdered, it is up to Mara, as Brehon of the Burren, and her law students, to find out who did such a thing - and why.
Crowner's Crusade
Bernard Knight
How a humble Devon knight became a king's coroner: the thrilling prequel to the perennially popular Crowner John medieval mystery series.
1192. Returning from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade with Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Sir John de Wolfe, a Devon knight, finds England simmering with rebellion. Discovering a body washed up on the shores of the River Exe, its throat cut, Sir John deduces that he was a king's courier. Tasked by Hubert Walter, the Chief Justiciar, to find out why the man died and who killed him, Sir John de Wolfe finds himself drawn unwillingly into affairs of state. His new career as a king's coroner is about to begin...
Cruising to Murder
Mark McCrum
Francis Meadowes is lecturing on crime writing aboard the Golden Adventurer as it cruises down the West African coast. His fellow passengers are an eclectic group. But is any one of them capable of murder? When one of the guests is found dead in bed and a second disappears overboard, Francis is drawn into a baffling murder investigation.
Crunch Time
Nick Oldham
A DCI Henry Christie Mystery.
Willing to do almost anything to escape his desk job, DCI Henry Christie leaps at the chance to go working undercover again. His task, to ingratiate himself with one Ryan Ingram, one of London's top criminals, who has relocated to the north of England. But the last thing Henry needs in this dangerous situation is the appearance of a man bearing a fatal grudge that will jeopardize not only himself, but also his family . . .
Cry of the Children
J.M. Gregson
All the fun of the fair - until a seven-year-old girl goes missing...
When seven-year-old Lucy Gibson disappears into thin air at the local funfair, Chief Superintendent Lambert, along with DS Bert Hook and DS Ruth David have a race against time to discover who took the young girl - and to prevent more children from going missing before it's too late.
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