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Murder Takes a Turn
Eric Brown
When Langham's literary agent receives a cryptic letter inviting him to spend the weekend at the grand Cornish home of successful novelist Denbigh Connaught, Charles Elder seems reluctant to attend. What really happened between Elder and Connaught during the summer of 1917, nearly 40 years before - and why has it had such a devastating effect?
Sabotage in the Secret City
Diane Fanning
May, 1945. Their aim is to bring the war to a swift, decisive end. But Libby Clark is not the only one to have doubts about the horror she and her fellow scientists are labouring to unleash on the citizens of Japan. When a campaign of small acts of sabotage escalates into murder, Libby must turn undercover sleuth to unmask the traitor within.
Death of a Novice
Cora Harrison
The Reverend Mother is delighted with her new entrant to the convent. Young Sister Gertrude is well-educated, with an appealing sense of humour. But when she is found dead one autumn morning, the Reverend Mother delves more deeply into Sister Gertrude's background - and uncovers some puzzling anomalies.
The Red Hand of Fury
R. N. Morris
June, 1914. Following three, seemingly unrelated suicides, DI Silas Quinn knows he must uncover the link between the three men if he is to discover what caused them to take their own lives. The one clue is a card each victim was carrying, depicting a crudely-drawn red hand. To find out what it means, Quinn must revisit his own dark past.
The Tin God
Chris Nickson
Standing for election as a Poor Law Guardian, Tom Harper's wife Annabelle and the other female candidates have been receiving anonymous, threatening letters. The threats turn deadly with carefully-targeted explosions. The only clue Harper has is a scrap of paper containing a fragment from an old folk song. But what is its significance?
In The Presence of Evil
Tania Bayard
Paris, 1393. Scribe Christine de Pizan dreads going to the palace to work, where people believe the mad king can be cured with magic. But a certain spell book leaves murdered bodies in its wake. Then Hugues de Précy is murdered and his wife, Alix, is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?
The Deepest Grave
Jeri Westerson
Crispin Guest must tackle a number of strange occurrences involving St Modwen's Church and a missing relic in this latest medieval noir mystery.Father
Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when corpses are seen stalking St Modwen Church's graveyard, while Crispin's former flame Philippa Walcote's seven-year-old son is accused of murder. St Modwen's seems to link both cases... Can Crispin solve the strange goings-on and prove a child's innocence?
Cold Bayou
Barbara Hambly
Benjamin January has reason to regret agreeing to perform at the wedding of wealthy landowner Veryl St-Chinian to an Irish barmaid fifty years his junior. On the isolated plantation of Cold Bayou where the ceremony is to take place, a body is discovered in the woods behind the dower house - and January himself is accused of the crime.
The Angel in the Glass
Alys Clare
1604. When the emaciated body of a vagrant is found on the moor, it's the verdict of physician Gabriel Taverner that the man died of natural causes. But who was he, and why had he come to this small village to die cold, sick and alone? Attempting to find the answers, Taverner unearths a series of shocking secrets stretching back fourteen years.
Dark Queen Rising
Paul Doherty
1471. The Wars of the Roses. Edward of York has claimed the throne, and Margaret Beaufort, mother to Henry Tudor, the last hope of the House of Lancaster, is in grave danger. When four bodies are discovered in a London tavern, and suspicion falls on Margaret herself, it's up to her sharp-witted clerk, Ulswicke, to prove her innocence.
