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  • The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

    The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 32 ratings
    Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of 2016.Under the cover of "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes puts her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. Aided by the capable Mrs...
  • The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Focused on a career in medicine and not on romance, Willa Duvall is thrown slightly off course during the summer of 1859 when she discovers a never-opened love letter in a crack of her old writing desk. Compelled to find the passionate soul who penned it and the person who never received it, she takes a job as a nurse at the seaside estate of Crestwicke Manor...
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    suspense  victorian  mystery  historical  christian
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  • The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    The House at the End of the Moor by Michelle Griep

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What Can a London Opera Star and an Escaped Dartmoor Prisoner Have in Common?   Opera star Maggie Lee escapes her opulent lifestyle when threatened by a powerful politician who aims to ruin her life. She runs off to the wilds of the moors to live in anonymity. All that changes the day she discovers a half-dead man near her house...
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    suspense  victorian  mystery  christian  historical
  • The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal

    The Art of Inheriting Secrets by Barbara O'Neal

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling from the knowledge that her reserved mother hid something so momentous, Olivia leaves San Francisco and crosses the pond to unravel the mystery of a lifetime...
  • No Life for a Lady by Adele Clee

    No Life for a Lady by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After almost a year spent playing chaperone to Mr Daventry’s female enquiry agents, Miss Trimble knows she must find a new position. All his agents are married, and so what other reason could he have for calling her to his office late at night? Except her employer is a master matchmaker, a man who has discovered her true identity, knows her real name and her darkest secret...
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    victorian  suspense  mystery  historical  regency
  • Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin

    Nature of the Crime by Cara Devlin

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series continues in January 2024 with the sixth Audrey Sinclair and Hugh Marsden investigation...When a fellow passenger is found dead on Audrey’s packet ship from France, a mysterious note on the body points to her as the killer...
  • The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark

    The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Christie is happy in her life... or so she tells herself. Despite the tragedy in her childhood, she has a satisfying career, a city apartment, and a long-term relationship. But deep down she yearns for a simpler life. Family. A garden. And a place to heal her heart.The decision to attend a funeral in a town she's never heard of throws her safe world into disarray, exposing the holes in her life...
  • Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock

    Southern Storm by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sequel to the #1 best-selling Cape Refuge First a dead stranger. Now a missing Police Chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope . . . or has he met with foul play? The body in the morgue had no ID. No one knew who he was or where he came from when he walked out in front of Cade s car. And when Cade learns he had a gunshot wound before he was struck, finding his identity becomes even more urgent...
  • Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Vacancy: Viscount Preferred by Tammy Andresen

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Lady Priscilla is in trouble…When a cousin she didn’t even know existed inherits her father’s title, the new Earl of Purlington wants more than just the earldom, he want’s Priscilla too. Or at least, her dowry. What she needs is a hero. A man to swoop in and save her despite her cousin’s intimidating lurking...
  • A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson

    A Deadly Affair by Carla Simpson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    London 1889 — Murder, mystery, and two people in a most unlikely partnership.She's an unconventional lady who has traveled the world, practices the art of self defense most excellently, and has an interesting tattoo in, ahem... a very unusual place...
  • Distortion by Terri Blackstock

    Distortion by Terri Blackstock

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Juliet Cole’s husband of fifteen years is gunned down in a dark parking lot before her eyes, she thinks it was a random shooting. Devastated and traumatized, she answers hours of questioning. When she’s finally allowed to return home to break the news to her boys, she hears a voicemail that takes the situation from a random shooting to a planned, deliberate attack. ‘Mrs...
  • Murder Makes Waves by Anne George

    Murder Makes Waves by Anne George

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Those hilarious southern sisters, who prove that sibling rivalry never ends, are heading for a vacation at the beach...
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    heroine sleuth  suspense  mystery  historical
  • The Devereaux Affair by Adele Clee

    The Devereaux Affair by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two lonely children form a bond.As the daughter of a famed courtesan, Julianna de Lacy had seen more than her share of heartbreak. As a child, her own heart was broken the night her mother dragged her from the Marquess Devereaux’s mansion and forced her into a stranger’s carriage...
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    suspense  victorian  mystery  regency  historical
  • The Secrets of Lord Grayson Child by Stephanie Laurens

    The Secrets of Lord Grayson Child by Stephanie Laurens

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the world of the Cynsters’ next generation with the tale of an unconventional nobleman and an equally unconventional noblewoman learning to love and trust again...
  • More than a Masquerade by Adele Clee

    More than a Masquerade by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An enquiry agent seeking her first case.After spending weeks eagerly awaiting an assignment, Rachel Gambit is instructed to meet her potential new client at a Vauxhall masquerade. She’s been given a list of instructions: to wear red, to find the mysterious gentleman amongst the crowd, with no clue to his identity...
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    victorian  suspense  mystery  historical  regency
  • The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger: absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction by Suzanne Fortin

    The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger: absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 historical fiction by Suzanne Fortin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    'This story has great depths of emotion, highs and lows, and I found it utterly gripping!' Christina Courtenay'A deeply moving story of love in all its forms – I adored it' Mandy BaggotThe secrets of the past won't remain hidden forever...Arthur Pettinger's memory isn't what it used to be. He can't always remember the names of his grandchildren, where he lives or which way round his slippers go...
  • Lethal Remedies by M. Louisa Locke

    Lethal Remedies by M. Louisa Locke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Annie has a problem. She has a beautiful child, a loving husband, a well-run boardinghouse with a supportive circle of friends and family, but she’s feeling restless and unhappy.Dr. Charlotte Brown, the doctor who delivered Annie’s baby, has a different problem...
  • Deadly Illusion by Carla Simpson

    Deadly Illusion by Carla Simpson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What is real or only an illusion?Ghostly images that appear and float across the stage, objects that levitate into the air, and a beautiful assistant who disappears inside a glass box, then reappears inside a second glass box. All while the audience at the Crystal Palace, including amateur investigator Mikaela Forsythe, watch the performance...
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    mystery  victorian  suspense  historical
  • The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Dagger Dance by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lady Fan returns in another twisty murder case! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Can Lady Fan unravel another mystery…?1793, EnglandAfter a not-so-relaxing holiday in Tunbridge Wells, Lady Ottilia and Lord Francis Fanshawe have returned to their home with a young orphaned girl, Pertesia ‘Pretty’ Brockhurst...
  • A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

    A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes returns in the atmospheric second novel in New York Times bestseller Sherry Thomas's Victorian-set Lady Sherlock series. Being shunned by Society gives Charlotte Holmes the time and freedom to put her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. As “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective,” aided by the capable Mrs...
  • Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen

    Above the Bay of Angels by Rhys Bowen

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria’s royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and The Victory Garden.Isabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella’s hand...
  • The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster by Stephanie Laurens

    The Inevitable Fall of Christopher Cynster by Stephanie Laurens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns to the Cynsters' next generation with a rollicking tale of smugglers, counterfeit banknotes, and two people falling in love.A gentleman hoping to avoid falling in love and a lady who believes love has passed her by are flung together in a race to unravel a plot to undermine the realm...
  • A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    A Brush with Shadows by Anna Lee Huber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his future with Kiera in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series.July 1831. It's been fifteen years since Sebastian Gage has set foot in Langstone Manor...
  • The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

    The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 26 ratings
    Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, is back solving new cases in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of The Hollow of Fear. As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork—or rather, made away with the secrets hidden behind a much-coveted canvas...
  • The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

    The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Yorkshire Dales 1850As a terrible storm rages, Annabelle Wallis is shocked to find a distressed young woman at her cottage door, heavy with child. Moments later a baby girl is born. But by dawn, the mother has vanished, leaving behind the helpless child wrapped only in a silk peacock shawl...
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    mystery  victorian  suspense  historical  regency
  • An Inexplicable Woman: A Tabitha & Wolf Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    An Inexplicable Woman: A Tabitha & Wolf Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who is this mysterious woman from Wolf’s past who can so easily summon him to her side?When Lady Arlene Archibald tracks Wolf down and begs him for help, he plans to travel to Brighton alone to see her. What was he thinking? Instead, he finds himself with an unruly entourage of lords, ladies, servants, children, and even a dog...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen

    Protecting Her Heart by Nancy Campbell Allen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    London, 1887 When newly graduated medical doctor Charlotte Duvall receives word that her father has died, she immediately leaves America and returns home to see to her family's estate. Among her father's possessions is a box of her late mother's letters, which feels like a balm to Charlotte's grief-stricken heart...
  • An Inexplicable Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    An Inexplicable Woman: A Historical Romance Mystery by Sarah F. Noel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Step into 1897 Victorian Unravel Love and Intrigue with The Tabitha & Wolf Historical Mystery Series, where Mystery meets Romance with a splash of Humour.Who is this mysterious woman from Wolf’s past who can so easily summon him to her side?When Lady Arlene Archibald tracks Wolf down and begs him for help, he plans to travel to Brighton alone to see her...
  • Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson

    Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hope’s Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine’s nursemaid, now acting on behalf of the girl’s mother to reunite them. Unwilling to simply hand Catherine over to a complete stranger, Sarah asks Malloy to investigate...
  • The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets East Sussex Coast, 1855 Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets Edwin; a mysterious and handsome man on the beach, who promises her a world beyond the small costal village she’s trapped in...
  • The Beguilement of Lady Eustacia Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens

    The Beguilement of Lady Eustacia Cavanaugh by Stephanie Laurens

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens continues the bold tales of the Cavanaugh siblings as the sole Cavanaugh sister discovers that love truly does conquer all...
  • The Unlikely Chaperone  (Dorothy Mack Regency Romances) by Dorothy Mack

    The Unlikely Chaperone (Dorothy Mack Regency Romances) by Dorothy Mack

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A captivating Regency adventure! Perfect for fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Jane Aiken Hodge and Jane Austen. Can Alexandra reach the end of the season without losing her heart? Regency England At twenty-eight, Alexandra Farrish has no hopes of marrying...
  • Mine at Midnight by Adele Clee

    Mine at Midnight by Adele Clee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When Miss Eliza Dutton discovers her first case for the Order involves helping a lord who has a gambling habit, her instinct is to refuse. The fact her father lost his fortune and his life at a gaming hell is the reason she despises Lord Roxburgh. But Eliza is given an ultimatum: help the handsome rogue or find work elsewhere...
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    mystery  suspense  victorian  regency  historical
  • An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber

    An Artless Demise by Anna Lee Huber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Lady Darby returns to London with her new husband, Sebastian Gage, but newlywed bliss won't last for long when her past comes back to haunt her in the latest exciting installment in this national bestselling series.November 1831. After fleeing London in infamy more than two years prior, Lady Kiera Darby's return to the city is anything but mundane, though not for the reasons she expected...
  • The Lady Julia Grey Chronicles by Deanna Raybourn

    The Lady Julia Grey Chronicles by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching on the floor.Starting with her husband's sudden death, stubborn Lady Julia Grey is swept into a world of deceit, by following enigmatic attractive private investigator Nicholas Brisbane...
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    mystery  suspense  victorian  historical
  • A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

    A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    Charlotte Holmes’s brilliant mind and deductive skills are pulled into a dangerous investigation at sea in the new mystery in the bestselling Lady Sherlock series.After feigning her own death in Cornwall to escape from Moriarty’s perilous attention, Charlotte Holmes goes into hiding...
  • The Business of Blood by Kerrigan Byrne

    The Business of Blood by Kerrigan Byrne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    London, 1890. Blood and death are Fiona Mahoney’s trade, and business, as they say, is booming. Dying is the only thing people do with any regularity, and Fiona makes her indecorous living cleaning up after the corpses are carted away. Her childhood best friend, Mary, was the last known victim of Jack the Ripper...
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    mystery  victorian  suspense  historical
  • A Tangled Ruse: A Regency Spy Romance by Laura Beers

    A Tangled Ruse: A Regency Spy Romance by Laura Beers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a failed abduction attempt, Lady Rachel is sent into hiding on her uncle’s estate near the sleepy village of Rockcliffe on the shores of Scotland. As she struggles to cope with the nightmares of her past, she unwittingly stumbles into even greater danger than she left behind. And this time, Shadow isn't around to save her...
  • The Vengeance Trail by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Vengeance Trail by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join Lady Fan in her most dangerous case yet! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen.Is someone from her past trying to kill Lady Fan…?1796, EnglandWhen Lady Ottilia Fanshawe finds herself launched into a river and fighting for her life, she becomes convinced someone pulled her under the water...
  • A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber

    A Wicked Conceit by Anna Lee Huber

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Soon-to-be new parents Kiera and her husband, Sebastian Gage, have been hoping for a respite from their inquiries, but murder and mayhem have a startling way of dropping into their laps in the all-new historical mystery in this national bestselling series.Edinburgh, Scotland. March 1832...
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    mystery  heroine sleuth  suspense  historical
  • Beyond a Doubt by Colleen Coble

    Beyond a Doubt by Colleen Coble

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Nothing seems beyond a doubt when Bree opens a cold-case file with clues too close for comfort. Arson. Theft. Murder. When Bree Nichols discovers a corpse in her own basement, a whirlwind investigation ushers an unbidden danger to all she holds dear...
  • A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd

    A Lady in Disguise by Sandra Byrd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this intriguing novel of romance, mystery, and clever disguise set in Victorian England, a young woman investigates the murder of her own father. After the mysterious death of her father, Miss Gillian Young takes a new job as the principal costume designer at the renowned Drury Lane Theatre Royal...
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    victorian  suspense  mystery  historical  christian
  • A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano

    A Rumored Fortune by Joanna Davidson Politano

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tressa Harlowe's father did not trust banks, but neither did he trust his greedy extended family. He kept his vast fortune hidden somewhere on his estate in the south of England and died suddenly, without telling anyone where he had concealed it. Tressa and her ailing mother are left with a mansion and an immense vineyard and no money to run it...
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    suspense  victorian  mystery  christian  historical
  • The Candlelit Coffin by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Candlelit Coffin by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A thrilling mix of mystery and romance! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen. Murder lurks behind the scenes… 1791, England Lord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe have suffered a devastating blow. With Ottilia sunk deep into a depression, Francis is desperate to get his beloved wife back...
  • The Mortal Blow by Elizabeth Bailey

    The Mortal Blow by Elizabeth Bailey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The intrepid Lady Fan is back! For fans of Georgette Heyer, Mary Balogh, Barbara Erskine and Jane Austen. Lady Fan is back to full health but can she solve the trickiest case yet…? 1791, England Lord Francis and Lady Ottilia Fanshawe are on their way home when their coach comes to a sudden stop. A woman is standing in the middle of the road — covered in blood...
  • Playing it Safe by Ashley Weaver

    Playing it Safe by Ashley Weaver

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell—formerly a safecracking thief, but currently determined to stay on the straight and narrow to help her country—is approached by British Intelligence officer Major Ramsey with a new assignment. She is to travel under an assumed identity to the port city of Sunderland and there await further instructions...
  • The Lady Julia Grey Bundle by Deanna Raybourn

    The Lady Julia Grey Bundle by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, it should be noted, was still twitching on the floor. Starting with her husband's sudden death, Lady Julia Grey is swept into a world of mystery and deceit. It is also the world of the enigmatic and maddeningly attractive private investigator Nicholas Brisbane..
  • Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters

    Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Grande Dame of historical mystery (Washington Post Book World) returns with her latest novel featuring Amelia Peabody. This adventure covers the missing years before the Great War--a tale of adventure, bravery, and terror...
  • The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters

    The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A priceless relic has been delivered to the Emerson home overlooking the Nile. But more than history surrounds this golden likeness of a forgotten king, for it is said early death will befall anyone who possesses it. The woman who implores the renowned family of archaeologists and adventurers to accept the cursed statue insists the ill-gotten treasure has already killed her husband...
  • What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris

    What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The death of a notorious London diamond merchant draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his new wife Hero into a sordid world of greed, desperation, and the occult, when the husband of Sebastian’s former lover Kat Boleyn is accused of the murder...
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