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The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab was an odd sight indeed. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew.

In Rutland Place, a lost locket becomes the key to deadly secrets that lurk behind the opulent facade of one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods.

Late one night, a blazing inferno destroys the home of a well-to-do English doctor. Tragically, the man's wife perishes in the flames.

Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.

In the harsh environment of New Mexico, Clint and Virgil Brannock keep a vigilant watch over their ranch and family lest cheats and hustlers move in.

Investigator Jack Stillman is sent to solve a series of murders in the Tenbow Valley. Posing as a gambler, he unwittingly places himself right in the murderer's crosshairs.

Lawman Clint Brannock has survived his two brothers and become the patriarch of the extensive Brannock family.

In the Spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine.

A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family’s Welsh fortress. In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border.

It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, returns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor.

When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor.

In the late summer of 1274, King Edward has finally been anointed England’s ruler, and his queen contemplates a pilgrimage in gratitude for their safe return from Outremer, a journey that will incl

It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs like smoke over the land.

The murder victim, a newcomer, was disliked in Tyndal village, and no one wants one of their own hanged for the deed.

The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn.