Historical crime and mysteries
Tor Publishing Group Iron Star
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St Martin's Press The Golden Gate
Book SynopsisAmy Chua''s debut novel, The Golden Gate, is a sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds of a world at war and a society about to undergo massive change.In Berkeley, California, in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan has just left the swanky Claremont Hotel after a drink in the bar when a presidential candidate is assassinated in one of the rooms upstairs. A rich industrialist with enemies among the anarchist factions on the far left, Walter Wilkinson could have been targeted by any number of groups. But strangely, Sullivan's investigation brings up the specter of another tragedy at the Claremont, ten years earlier: the death of seven-year-old Iris Stafford, a member of the Bainbridge family, one of the wealthiest in all of San Francisco. Some say she haunts the Claremont still.The many threads of the case keep leading Sullivan back to the three remaining
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St. Martin's Publishing Group Death on the Tiber
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Houghton Mifflin The Play of Death 06 A Hangmans Daughter Tale
Book SynopsisWhen an actor in a Passion play is murdered--crucified just like the character he is playing--Jakob Kuisl and his family must investigate a town's dark secrets in order to unravel the mystery.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Royal Mysteries of the Stuart and Georgian
Book Synopsis''There is nothing new under the sun'', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of ''modern'' themes exposing royal scandal, sex, corruption, political absolutism - attempted - religious controversy, danger of mass-terrorism, murder and ''suspicious'' deaths, ''fake news'' and international threat from superpowers. And all focussing on inside stories which today would be ''investigative journalism'' with huge popular media interest. This is history for both specialists and, especially, for general readers, given media interest, including TV and film coverage in ''exciting'' popular history, as set out by the author. The earlier ''Royal Mysteries'' in the series were full of tragedy, suffering, pathos, heroism and romance, but the present set are equally interesting and disturbing and revisionist. These include the alleged attempt to murder James I and VI before the became King of England; the scandal at court involving ''poisoned tarts'',
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Simon & Schuster The Tenderness of Wolves Penney Stef Author
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Harry N. Abrams The Mad Womens Ball
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Gale, a Cengage Group What Time the Sextons Spade Doth Rust
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Thorndike Press Large Print The Murder of Mr. Ma
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Gale, a Cengage Company We Three Queens
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Thorndike Press Large Print The Last Drop of Hemlock
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Thorndike Press Large Print Murder at Glenloch Hill
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Gale, a Cengage Group Betrayal at Blackthorn Park
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Gale, a Cengage Group Dont Forget Me Little Bessie
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Gale, a Cengage Group The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
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Gale, a Cengage Group Murder in Season
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Gale, a Cengage Group Peril at the Exposition
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Gale, a Cengage Group Thus with a Kiss I Die
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Gale, a Cengage Group Fagin the Thief
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Gale, a Cengage Group The Silversmiths Puzzle
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Gale, a Cengage Group Knave of Diamonds
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Gale, a Cengage Group Silent as the Grave
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Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group The Sisterhood
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Gale, a Cengage Group The First Light of Dawn
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Gale, a Cengage Group Night in the City
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Gale, a Cengage Group Shifting Sand
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Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group From Cradle to Grave
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Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group Whispers at Painswick Court
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Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group A Terribly Nasty Business
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Thorndike Press, a Cengage Group Murder at Cottonwood Creek
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Union Square & Co. The Birdcage Library
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Poisoned Pen Press Murder Underground British Library Crime Classics
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Poisoned Pen Press The Green Mill Murder 5 Miss Fishers Murder
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Poisoned Pen Press Blood and Circuses 6 Miss Fishers Murder
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Poisoned Pen Press Urn Burial
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Poisoned Pen Press Death Before Wicket
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Poisoned Pen Press Queen of the Flowers 14 Miss Fishers Murder
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Poisoned Pen Press Death by Water
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Poisoned Pen Press Unnatural Habits
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Poisoned Pen Press Portrait of a Murderer
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Sourcebooks, Inc Forty Dead Men
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Poisoned Pen Press Murder on a Midsummer Night
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Poisoned Pen Press A Dying Note
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Poisoned Pen Press Nobodys Sweetheart Now
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Poisoned Pen Press Murder in the MillRace
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Poisoned Pen Press Last Seen Wearing Library of Congress Crime
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Sourcebooks, Inc Valentino Will Die
Book SynopsisWHO IS TRYING TO KILL HOLLYWOOD''S GREATEST LOVER?Though Bianca LaBelle, star of the wildly popular silent movie serial The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse, and Rudolph Valentino, the greatest screen idol of all time, have been friends for years, in the summer of 1926 they are finally making their first picture together. Despite their success, one evening at Bianca''s fabulous Beverly Hills estate, a troubled Rudy confesses that he has received anonymous death threats.In a matter of days, filming comes to an abrupt halt when Rudy falls deathly ill. It could be poison, but it''s definitely not a coincidence.As Rudy lies dying, Bianca promises him that she will find out who is responsible. Was it one of his many lovers? A delusional fan? Or perhaps Rudy had run afoul of a mobster whose name Bianca knows all too well? With the help of P.I. Ted Oliver she dives into investigating the end of what had seemed to be the charmed life of Valentino.The inimitable Bianca brings Trade Review"Casey smoothly incorporates real events and people into a plot that's more thriller than mystery. Lovers of old movies and Hollywood gossip will have fun." - Publishers Weekly"A plausible and exciting premise, famous characters, period movie glamour, and a blockbuster ending." - Kirkus Reviews
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Sourcebooks, Inc The Rock Hole
Book SynopsisAn unpretentious gem written to the hilt and harrowing in its unpredictability.Kirkus Reviews STARRED reviewThe first book in the Texas Red River Mystery series, The Rock Hole is the gripping story of a rural community shaken to its core by a killer, and the man who will stop at nothing to protect his ownWhen your family''s safety is threatened, what wouldn''t you do to defend them?Lamar County, Texas: Summer, 1964. Life is idyllic for ten-year-old Top Parker, who has come to live with his grandparents in the small, rural town of Center Springs. Yet while Top runs the woods and countryside with his near twin cousin, Pepper, his Grandpa Neda small town constablewitnesses the spreading menace of a deranged killer. Out of his element, Ned reaches out to neighboring law enforcement and then the FBI.Local news sources tag the budding serial killer The Skinner, and the label is chillingly accurate. Beginning with the torture and killing of small animals, the monster quickl
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