The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2
by Mike Ashley
2020-07-20 14:30:21
The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2
by Mike Ashley
2020-07-20 14:30:21
An all-new collection of exciting murder-mysteries with historical settings This new volume of historical murder and mystery contains over 20 specially commissioned stories ranging in period from Ancient Rome to the reign of Good Queen Bess. It featu...
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An all-new collection of exciting murder-mysteries with historical settings This new volume of historical murder and mystery contains over 20 specially commissioned stories ranging in period from Ancient Rome to the reign of Good Queen Bess. It features original stories from such masters as Steven Saylor, Peter Tremayne, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, Kate Ellis, Michael Jecks, Edward D. Hoch and Marilyn Todd. · In Steven Saylorâs Roman tale, Poppy and the Poisoned Cake, Gordianus the Finder feels his latest assignment is suspiciously easy to solve. · Edward D. Hoch puts a novel twist on the locked-room mystery by setting it on a âlocked shipâ â Christopher Columbusâs, in fact! · In Flibbertigibbet Paul Finch unleashes a deranged serial killer on Elizabethan London. · Falstaff âs successor Sir Johan de Mandeville turns sleuth in Keith Taylorâs Bene?t of Clergy. · Sister Fidelma must solve the mystery of a murdered Celtic monk in Death of an Icon by Peter Tremayne. · A pig provides the key to Michael Jecksâs latest Sir Baldwin mystery.- · Cherith Baldry turns Geoffrey Chaucer into a secret agent in her version of The Pilgrimâs Tale. · Anarchy and murderous intent rule when the Romans leave the British Isles in Richard Butlerâs The Last Legion. . . . plus many more tales of dark age murder and mayhem!
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