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Candle Flame
Paul Doherty
An intriguing medieval mystery featuring Brother Athelstan
February, 1381. A splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle-Flame, is the site of a brutal massacre in which nine people, including John of Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are murdered. The furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to track down the culprits.
Margery Allingham's Mr Campion's Farewell: the Return of Albert Campion
Mike Ripley
The Golden Age of British Detective Fiction
Margery Allingham's Albert Campion returns to centre stage in this quintessentially British mystery, with appearances from all of Allingham's regular characters. When Albert Campion contemplates visiting his wayward niece in Carfax, Superintendent Charles Luke warns him that the seemingly-idyllic village isn't all it seems. And when a missing schoolteacher reappears after nine days, and Campion's car is "inadvertently" damaged - not to mention Campion himself - all signs point to this being true . . .
Singled Out
Simon Brett
People aren't always who they appear to be...
TV producer Laura Fisher sets out to have a baby before her 30th birthday. But on the day of her son's birth, she discovers something about her child's father that shocks her to the core. Twenty years later, Laura's past begins to close in on her and she is forced to face up to a legacy of murder.
The Tinner's Corpse
Bernard Knight
A Crowner John medieval mystery set in 12th century Devon, England
A decapitated body, a missing tinner, a disgruntled band of miners and a mad Saxon, intent on the destruction of all things Norman. How on earth can Crowner John sort all this out when his wife hates him, his mistress has spurned him for a younger man, and his clerk is in the grip of a suicidal depression? Only Gwyn, Crowner John's indispensable right-hand man seems to be of any help at all, until he is arrested for murder and put on trial for his life.
The Tarrant Rose
Veronica Heley
She had lost her heart to the mysterious stranger...
Raven-haired Sophia knew him as Philip Rich, a poor relative of the Earl of Rame. And she knew that he awakened in her a craving that her betrothed, Sir John Bladen, could not satisfy. But she was pledged to wealthy Sir John in order to save her beloved Tarrant Hall. So she scorned Philip's love only to discover, to her horror, that he was, in reality, the famous Earl himself. And now the Earl has vowed to humble Sophia and to avenge his honor in the intrigue of the luxurious court of George II.
Old Friends, New Friends
Margaret Thornton
From one of the genre's best-loved names, a heartwarming tale of love and friendship set in early 1970s' Yorkshire.
It's 1970, and 18-year-old Debbie Hargreaves is enjoying her new-found independence at college in Leeds. Over the coming months, she and her new friends, shy Lisa, outspoken Karen and cool, self-assured Fran, will share tears and laughter, drama and heartbreak, and the excitement of new romance. But is Debbie in danger of forgetting her roots?
Scotch Mist
Elizabeth Darrell
A Max Rydal Military Mystery.
November fifth. Soldiers and their families gather to celebrate with a fireworks display and a giant bonfire, but delight turns to fear when it explodes to send flaming debris over the spectators. A battalion of Drumdorran Fusiliers has marched in that same afternoon, and when the wife of their Pipe Major dies from her injuries the Scots vent their anger on resident troops. Military detectives Max Rydal and Tom Black investigate as tensions flare. And then another dangerous incident occurs . . .
False Step
Veronica Heley
An Abbot Agency Mystery
Bea Abbots domestic agency does not, repeat not, investigate murder . . . that is, until she finds herself in the company of a dead man dressed as a pantomime dame. It looks like suicide, but why don't his red-spangled shoes fit? Why is the mans daughter so keen to hustle his mortal remains away without publicity? Then again, which of the women around him two surviving wives and a daughter really cared about him, rather than his money? . . .
Guilty Parties
Martin Edwards
Severn House is proud to be publishing a collection of new stories from the glittering talent of the members of the Crime Writers' Association:
FRANCES BRODY,
N.J. COOPER,
BERNIE CROSTHWAITE,
CAROL ANNE DAVIS,
MARTIN EDWARDS,
KATE ELLIS,
JANE FINNIS,
CHRISTOPHER FOWLER,
PAUL FREEMAN,
JOHN HARVEY,
PAUL JOHNSTON,
RAGNAR JONASSON,
PETER LOVESEY,
PHIL LOVESEY,
CHRISTINE POULSON,
KATE RHODES,
CHRIS SIMMS,
CALLY TAYLOR,
ALINE TEMPLETON,
RICKI THOMAS,
L.C. TYLER,
YVONNE EVE WALUS,
LAURA WILSON.
The Devil's Chair
Priscilla Masters
DI Alex Randall and coroner Martha Gunn search for a missing child, but their investigation is compromised by local superstitions.
A tragic car crash leads to a young girl going missing near the legendary Devil's Chair. Can coroner Martha Gunn and DI Alex Randall sift through fact and fiction, folklore and reality to uncover the truth?
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