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A Murder in Trinity Lane by Magda Alexander
A forbidden passion. A dangerous secret. A truth some would kill for to keep buried. London, 1889. Hoping society has moved on from the scandal that once shadowed her, Lady Rosalynd turns her attention to one of her most cherished causes—the Home for Unwed Mothers, a discreet refuge where poor, unmarried women can give birth in safety and dignity... -
Word of the Wicked by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars · 0 ratingsToo many mysteries – and no time for love…. Silver and Grey’s inquiry service is proving so popular that Constance and Solomon have been working apart on separate cases and missing each other. So, they jump at the opportunity to investigate together in the village of Sutton May, where a spate of anonymous letters is causing problems... -
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A Secret Correspondence by Kasey Stockton
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer letters revealed everything but the thing he most needs—her name. Samuel Harding has a flair for fashion, a talent for flirtation, and a reputation as Harewood's most charming dandy. But beneath the cravats and clever repartee lies a heart recently bruised from watching the woman he loved marry his cousin... -
Vengeance in Venice by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven on their rapturous honeymoon, mystery intrudes…. Constance and Solomon are enchanted by Venice and each other when a street fight forces Solomon to intervene, and Constance is abducted by strangers. Somehow, they have stumbled into a vicious feud and are forced to confront the seething aftermath of recent revolution, war and siege in the most serene city... -
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Duke of Eccess by Mariah Stone
A mad heiress. A damaged duke. Christmas in London will never be the same. .. Octavius Everard, the wealthy Duke of Eccess, indulges in London’s most decadent offerings to escape the pain that haunts him—especially at Christmas. The richest food, the best cognac and the most beautiful women make the “happiest” time of the year a little more bearable... -
Petteril's Folly by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime to confront reality – and a worrying mystery. Lord Petteril and his new viscountess return to England to face the consequences of their unequal marriage, only to discover that Petteril’s valet, the enigmatic Stewart, has been arrested for theft... -
The Secret Heart by Mary Lancaster
Betrayal, temptation and an impossible love. The final book in the Unmarriageable series. .. Some suspect that Lily Villin is the true heart of the Hart Inn, a lucky house where love always seems to blossom, whatever the obstacles. But Lily has another secret. She is in love with an enigmatic nobleman, and no luck in the world can make such a marriage possible... -
Love's Bright Tomorrow by Naomi Rawlings
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe’s just trying to start a new life for herself. If only it wasn’t so hard…. It’s not as though there are a lot of options for a woman with barely two pennies to rub together. At least not in 1884. Or in the small town where she’s settled. Or anywhere else. It’s even harder when her past keeps coming back to haunt her. Aileen has tried putting it behind her. Truly she has... -
Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be little cheer this season…. Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past – her memories of nursing in the Crimean war – behind her. Until Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, and Gemma is pulled into the investigation... -
Petteril's Wife by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIncognito in Portugal…Lord Petteril’s cousin, the newly commissioned Major Bertie Withan, has gone missing somewhere between landing in Lisbon and joining his regiment on the front line of the Peninsular War... -
Evidence of Evil: Victorian Historical Romance Mystery by Mary Lancaster
Pursuing murder and fighting love…. Several weeks after they parted company, courtesan Constance calls on the wealthy business-man Solomon Grey to request his help solving another mystery. Her old friend Elizabeth, now the wife of respected magistrate Sir Humphrey Maule, is being accused of murder... -
Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster
Partners in crime… but not in love? Silver & Grey take on their first official inquiry, when Mrs. Angela Lambert hires Constance and Solomon to discover the truth about the ghost haunting her garden... -
Betrayal from Beyond by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery betrayal is rife with pain--but betrayal from beyond the grave? Terrifying. After terror, turmoil and more than their fair share of murder, the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sedwick have reached a calmer, more serene phase, both in life and in their relationship... -
Murder in the Soho Graveyard by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA churchyard discovery. A shocking secret. A deadly confrontation. London,1889. When the body of a wealthy widow is found in the neglected graveyard of St Anne’s Church, Soho, Emma Langley and Penny Green soon discover her respectable façade concealed a web of bitter enemies... -
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Dark Tidings on the Thames by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon’s great river runs as dark, dirty, and deep . . . as murder. The Duke and Duchess of Sedwick and their small band of friends and family are recovering from some serious losses. They are slowly making steps to get back to normal routines when they receive a cry for help from one of their own. The Waif’s Wardrobe, a charitable place of good works, has encountered tragedy... -
Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils? Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned. His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
Petteril's Corpse by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA murdered stranger in his home wood…. The discovery of a naked corpse upsets the new Viscount Petteril’s return to his ancestral acres. The local magistrate, Robert Lindon, has no idea how to proceed with so heinous a crime... -
Whispers at Painswick Court by Julie Klassen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year... -
Petteril's Ladybird by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn earl’s son, shot in the home of his mistress…. Lord Petteril, with his redoubtable assistant April, is called back to London to help prove the innocence of his friend, Percy Austen, who is suspected of murder. Percy was once the lover of the victim’s mistress, and his pistol was found at the scene of the crime... -
Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made. .. unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives. .. and loves... -
What the Devil Knows by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious killer had been brought to justice until a shocking series of gruesome new murders stuns the city in this thrilling historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Who Speaks for the Damned. It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over and Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together... -
Who Buries the Dead by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery. London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St... -
A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2022A Raven and Fisher Book 3Edinburgh, 1850. This city will bleed you dry. Sarah Fisher is keeping a safe distance from her old flame Dr Will Raven. Having long worked at the side of Dr James Simpson, she has set her sights on learning to practise medicine herself. A notion everyone seems intent on dissuading her from... -
When Falcons Fall by C.S. Harris
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAyleswick-on-Teme, England, 1813. Sebastian has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of a lovely widow is found on the banks of the River Teme, a bottle of laudanum at her side, the village’s inexperienced new magistrate turns to St. Cyr for help... -
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Drawn by the Current by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA birthday excursion turns deadly when the SS Eastland capsizes with Olive Pierce and her best friend Claire on board. Hundreds perish during the accident, and it's only when Olive herself barely escapes that she discovers her friend is among the victims... -
Thunder of Heaven: A Joshua Jordan Novel by Tim LaHaye
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsEconomies have fallen, freedom has been suppressed, and peace is a distant memory. The world is falling apart. Joshua Jordan's protege Ethan March, along with Jimmy Louder and Rivka Reuban have been left behind in a world that is rapidly coming under the complete influence of the Antichrist... -
Petteril's Portrait by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA defaced portrait and the death of an artist – but is anything quite what it seems? To the furious disapproval of his assistant, April, Lord Petteril insists on calling in on Lady Haggard’s country house party – only to discover his hostess and her guests in uproar over a portrait of the late Sir Weston Haggard which has been deliberately damaged... -
Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGemma’s boots slip on uneven ground and her black cape catches in the wind as she runs. “Please, not Lucy,” she prays. Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed... -
Marriage and Murder by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a puzzling case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a slew of secrets to expose a coldblooded murderer... -
Discovering Dahlia by Jennifer Moore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollowing a painful public humiliation, Dahlia Lancaster was left heartbroken, friendless, and shunned by London Society. But rather than dwelling on the balls she’ll never attend, Dahlia has turned her attentions to her unconventional inheritance—a steamship company. After a year of work, she’s preparing to launch The Aurora, a luxury ocean liner that promises to revolutionize travel... -
Of Silver and Secrets : A Victorian Romance with Mystery and an Archeological Dig in England by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1889 England, Eva Inman finds herself overwhelmed with responsibility. Haunted by guilt over her parents' deaths, Eva struggles to care for her blind sister and manage her family's crumbling estate. With the threat of overdue taxes looming, Eva's situation grows dire until an ancient silver ring is unearthed on her property... -
Of Silver and Secrets by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1889 England, Eva Inman finds herself overwhelmed with responsibility. Haunted by guilt over her parents' deaths, Eva struggles to care for her blind sister and manage her family's crumbling estate. With the threat of overdue taxes looming, Eva's situation grows dire until an ancient silver ring is unearthed on her property...Categorized as:
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The Poison Puzzle by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA secret society. A suspicious death. A trail of deadly clues. London, 1889. When Emma Langley discovers a mysterious symbol in her late husband’s diary, she uncovers a connection to a secretive treasure-hunting group with powerful members. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when Lord Charles Harpole, a society member, is found dying in his hotel room... -
The Red Cottage by Hannah Linder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe forgot she loved him. He would die to make her remember. Meg Foxcroft has never minded the tattling village gossip or her uncle’s ill-tempered rebukes. After all, she has Tom McGwen—and one day, they will build their own cottage, paint it red, and live a wonderful life. But then the unthinkable happens... -
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The Red Cottage by Hannah Linder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe forgot she loved him. He would die to make her remember. Meg Foxcroft has never minded the tattling village gossip or her uncle’s ill-tempered rebukes. After all, she has Tom McGwen—and one day, they will build their own cottage, paint it red, and live a wonderful life. But then the unthinkable happens... -
A Christmas Crime, a Comte, and Miss Mifford by Claudia Stone
Miss Charlotte Mifford is facing another Christmas — and birthday — as an impoverished spinster living on the charity of her relatives. When a tall, dark, and exceedingly handsome French Comte arrives in the cosy village of Plumpton, Charlotte sensibly assumes he would never look twice at a woman like her... -
Whispers at Painswick Court: Historical Regency Romance and Mystery Set in England for Fans of Agatha Christie and Jane Austen by Julie Klassen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year... -
The Juliet Code by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNewlyweds Lord and Lady Astley Finally Reach Their Honeymoon Destination Only to Encounter a New Mystery in Need of Solving. Frederick and Grace Percy finally make it to Italy to enjoy a delayed honeymoon and explore the beauties of the historic city of Venice... -
The Murder of Thomas Cardwell by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratings#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a perplexing case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a web of interconnected motives to identify the man who killed Thomas Cardwell... -
The Trick of the Treasure by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNavigating mystery and lies – and their own precarious love. Struggling with the novelty of their engagement, Constance and Solomon are delighted to dig their teeth into a new mystery – the vanishing of a treasure hoard from a locked strong room. The treasure, only just brought home by adventurer Barnabas Lloyd, was supposed to pay off his debts and rebuild the family’s finances... -
The Orphan in the Peacock Shawl by AnneMarie Brear
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYorkshire Dales 1850. As 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... -
The Sapphire Intrigue: A Crown Jewels Regency Mystery by Lynn Morrison, Anne Radcliffe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA stolen code, a locked-down Pavilion, and a love on the line—Regency Brighton’s season of secrets is just beginning. Brighton, 1813: The upper class departs London’s bustling streets for the serene seaside elegance of the Royal Pavilion. A summer of relaxation and romance beckons, especially for Lord Roland Percy and Lady Grace Tilbury... -
Henrietta by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHenrietta Carew has always been practical, sensible, and generally immune to flights of fancy. Until she meets Raphael Augustin. King William IV's most dangerous intelligence agent is everything Henrietta shouldn't want - ruthless, secretive, and devastatingly handsome... -
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The Lost Daughter by Iris Cole
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsClary only wanted to find her mother. She couldn’t know the terrible price she would pay. Clary’s home is the foundling hospital where she has lived since birth. When a terrible tragedy occurs, Clary is blamed and thrown to the streets with her only possession - a token, left by her birth mother... -
The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Cross-Country Trip through Regency England Brings Intrigue, Rogues, and High Adventure. The must-read conclusion to Michelle Griep’s Bow Street Runners Trilogy: Life couldn’t be better for Abigail Gilbert—but it’s been a long time in coming. Having lived with a family who hated her, it’s finally her time for love... -
One Night to Remember by Erica Ridley
Meet the unforgettable men of London's most notorious tavern, The Wicked Duke. Seductively handsome, with charm and wit to spare, one night with these rakes and rogues will never be enough…... -
Murder at Hambledon Hall by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe genteel tranquility of a country house party is shattered when the gamekeeper is shot. Was his death the result of his recent indiscretions, or long-buried secrets? The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can’t rest until the killer is caught... -
Deadly Illusion by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat 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... -
The Starlet Spy by Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHollywood Star Turns Spy. In 1943, Movie producer Henrik Zoltan approaches Amelie Blake under the guise of offering the Hollywood star a leading part in his upcoming film, but he has a more meaningful role in mind. Amelie’s homeland of Sweden declared neutrality in the war, but Stockholm has become the ‘Casablanca of the North...
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