Author Review: Clive Cussler (Update)
Author Review: Clive Cussler has written 58 adventure type books and some of his books are written in conjunction with others, notably his son…
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Winter at Death’s Hotel By Kenneth Cameron
Louise Conan-Doyle finds herself alone in New York without money after her famous husband, Arthur, is forced to continue his lecture tour without her.
Flight by Jan Burke
Flight By Jan Burke was the Winner of the Edgar Award for Southern California — Best Novel, 2000.
The Nightmare Thief By Meg Gardiner
The Nightmare Thief By Meg Gardiner is part of the of the Jo Beckett Series and was written in 2011.
Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone
Four Queens by Nancy Goldstone tells the story of the four daughters of Count Raymond Berengar V, of Provence who all became queens including Eleanor…
The Viaduct Murder by Ronald Knox
Ronald Knox wrote his first detective novel, The Viaduct Murders in 1925 and wrote Essays in Satire in 1928 in which he included the essay…
Macchiavelli by Joseph Marulin
Niccolo Macchiavelli rubbed shoulders with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci when Florence was at the forefront of the Renaissance, the cultural flowering of Europe. When…
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke
The Tin Roof Blow Down by James Lee Burke is set in New Orleans as hurricane Katrina unleashes and is part of the Dave Robicheaux…
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth
The Kill List by Frederick Forsyth At last, another blockbuster from the author who invented the modern thriller. At a cracking pace we are…
Paper Scissors Death by Joanna Campbell Slan
Paper Scissors Death by Joanna Campbell Slan is a debut mystery written recently in 2008 that filtered through the ruse of project scrapbooking which must…
Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer
Listed as her first mystery, written in 1932, and reprinted in 2006 by Arrow Books, Footsteps in the Dark by Georgette Heyer is set in…
Donne: The Reformed Soul by John Stubbs
John Donne who came from a recusant Roman Catholic family, switched his allegiance and was ordained into the Protestant faith, becoming Dean of St Paul’s….