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All The World's A Stage
By Boris Akunin
Erast Fandorin - 'A popular hero to equal Sherlock Holmes and James Bond [THE TIMES]' - returns in the penultimate instalment of the hugely popular historical mystery series, which began with the 100,000-copy-selling THE WINTER QUEEN.
Zealot's Bones
By D. M. Mark
A blockbuster historical novel from bestselling author David Mark - which will appeal to his fans as well as anyone who loves Ripper Street, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, and Antonia Hodgson.
The Mitford Murders: Curl up with the must-read mystery of Christmas 2017
By Jessica Fellowes
A Golden Age-style mystery bursting with period detail and set amid the Mitford household, The Mitford Murders is the glittering start to a thrilling and sumptuous new series written by Jessica Fellowes, author of the number one bestselling Downton Abbey books.
Bad Guys
By Linwood Barclay
The unlikely detective Zack Walker returns in this mystery thriller from the dark and witty mind of bestselling author Linwood Barclay.
Edgar Allan Poe and The London Monster
What if the great detective C. Auguste Dupin was not Edgar Allan Poe's fictional creation, but his friend?
Lost Daughter
By David Ashton
Jean Brash - the best brothel keeper in Victorian Edinburgh, businesswoman and a brilliant foil to the BBC's Inspector James McLevy - now turned sleuth in her own right. After Mistress of the Just Land, the second adventure in David Ashton's Jean Brash series...
Cthulhu Casebooks
By James Lovegrove
It is the autumn of 1880, and Dr John Watson has just returned from Afghanistan. Badly injured and desperate to forget a nightmarish expedition that left him doubting his sanity, Watson is close to destitution when he meets the extraordinary Sherlock Holmes, who is investigating a series of deaths in...
Dr Jekyll and Mr Seek
By Anthony O'Neill
Seven years after the death of Edward Hyde, a stylish gentleman shows up in foggy London claiming to be Dr Henry Jekyll. Only Mr Utterson, Jekyll's faithful lawyer and confidant, knows that he must be an impostor. A brilliantly imagined and beautifully written sequel.
The Incendium Plot
By A. D. Swanston
All it would take is a single spark . . . As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer Dr Christopher Radcliff is tasked with investigating rumours of treachery at home and the papist threat from abroad. But what does it mean - and who lies behind it? Christopher Radcliff...