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The Case of the Mad Doctor

The Case of the Mad Doctor
  • Author(s): P D Lennon
  • Location(s): Bristol, England, Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Magical Realism
  • Era(s): 1770s

1772: Barrister’s clerk, Isaiah Ollenu, an ambitious Black married father, is sent to Jamaica against his wishes with insurance agent Ruben Ashby, a pious bachelor. Finding missing people is the goal, but confronted by prejudice, untoward characters and vengeful...

The Case of the Missing Bride

The Case of the Missing Bride
  • Author(s): Carmen Radtke
  • Location(s): Australia, Pacific Ocean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1800s

When a girl goes missing on board of an ocean liner, only one person is convinced that the disappearance is no accident. Alyssa has found herself with a group of impoverished girls who are embarking from Australia to Canada...

The Case of the Missing Madonna

The Case of the Missing Madonna
  • Author(s): Lin Anderson
  • Location(s): Cannes, Eze, Venice
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Private investigator Patrick de Courvoisier unearths a shocking wartime secret in this stylish Cannes-based mystery series. Brother Robert from the abbey on St Honorat, a picturesque island off the French coast, has requested Patrick de Courvoisier’s help in locating...

The Case of the Missing Maid

The Case of the Missing Maid
  • Author(s): Rob Osler
  • Location(s): Chicago
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Late 1800s

Chicago, 1898. Rough-around-the-edges Harriet Morrow has long been drawn to the idea of whizzing around the city on her bicycle as a professional detective, solving crimes for a living without having to take a husband. Just twenty-one with a...

The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer

The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer
  • Author(s): Cathy Ace
  • Location(s): Wales
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back in a witty and intriguing new mystery. The Anwen Morris Dancers are to play a pivotal role in the imminent nuptials of Henry, eighteenth Duke of Chellingworth. But it looks...

The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor

The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor
  • Author(s): Cathy Ace
  • Location(s): Ireland, Wales
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back for a fourth time! When the village’s prodigal son, Huw Hughes, returns and sets his cap at Annie Parker, village publican Tudor begs Annie’s colleagues at the WISE Enquiries Agency...

The Case of the Wandering Corpse

The Case of the Wandering Corpse
  • Author(s): David Cairns of Finavon
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1800s

From the conflict in 1830’s Zululand to a staged robbery in the Gold Fields of Australia in 1859, a developing mystery requires the wit and intellect of Victorian private detectives Findo Gask and Erroll Rait. When Major Gask is...

THE CASPIAN AMULET

THE CASPIAN AMULET
  • Author(s): Anne M Kennedy
  • Location(s): Baku
  • Genre(s): Historical, Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1901

A bank robbery. A mysterious amulet. Two women’s fight for survival. BAKU 1901. A daring bank robbery and the suicide of the Imperial Bank manager has mystified the city of Baku. Political activists are blamed. Klara, wife of oil...

The Castle in the Bay

The Castle in the Bay
  • Author(s): Margaret Amatt
  • Location(s): Isle of Barra
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

What if the castle has the key to mend their broken hearts? After a miserable few years, fun-loving Iona McKenzie tossed her corporate job to the wind, swore off long-term relationships, and escaped to the Hebridean island of Barra...

The Castle of Tangled Magic

The Castle of Tangled Magic
  • Author(s): Sophie Anderson, Saara Katariina Söderlund (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): Russia
  • Genre(s): Children, Fantasy

Magic awaits, all you have to do is believe… When thirteen-year-old Olia steps through a magical doorway, she discovers another land. A land tangled by magic, where hope is lost, and a scheming wizard holds all the power. Soon...

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