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Death in the East

Death in the East
  • Author(s): Abir Mukherjee
  • Location(s): Assam, Kolkata (Calcutta), London
  • Genre(s): Crime, Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India. 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when...

Death in the Floating City

Death in the Floating City
  • Author(s): Tasha Alexander
  • Location(s): Venice
  • Genre(s): Historical, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1400s to Victorian

Emily is called upon, along with her husband Colin to help solve the murder. This leads her into the depths of a centuries old feud between warring families, and a star-crossed love story worthy of Romeo and Juliet.

Death in the Rainy Season

Death in the Rainy Season
  • Author(s): Anna Jaquiery
  • Location(s): Cambodia, Phnom Penh
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Phnom Penh, Cambodia; the rainy season. When a French man, Hugo Quercy, is found brutally murdered, Commandant Serge Morel finds his holiday drawn to an abrupt halt. Quercy – dynamic, well-connected – was the magnetic head of a humanitarian...

Death of a Red Heroine

Death of a Red Heroine
  • Author(s): Qiu Xiaolong
  • Location(s): Shanghai

Communist China is a compelling setting, political intrigues, and Party dynamics, China of the 1990s – and its food, culture and people. Inspector Chen and Detective Yu are likable and rounded characters, who persue their cases their cramped living...

Death On A Winter’s Day (Lady Eleanor Swift mystery book #8)

Death On A Winter’s Day (Lady Eleanor Swift mystery book #8)
  • Author(s): Verity Bright
  • Location(s): Scotland
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): 1920s

Christmas at the castle with holly, handmade gifts, snowflakes and… is that a body under the tree? Someone call Lady Swift! Winter, 1921. Lady Eleanor Swift, amateur sleuth and reluctant lady of the manor, has been invited to spend...

Death on the Danube

Death on the Danube
  • Author(s): Jennifer S Alderson
  • Location(s): Budapest, Hungary
  • Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Travel Can Be Murder Cozy Mystery Series Book 1 Recent divorcee Lana Hansen needs a break. Her luck has run sour for going on a decade, ever since she got fired from her favorite job as an investigative reporter....

Deceive Me in Ireland

Deceive Me in Ireland
  • Author(s): Whitney K-E
  • Location(s): Ireland
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Her cousin had warned her about the Irish charm and Cara had been foolish to ignore her. In Ireland to be Maid of Honour in Kate’s wedding, Cara hasn’t a clue that the handsome Irishman seated next to her...

Deep Blue Trouble

Deep Blue Trouble
  • Author(s): Steph Broadribb
  • Location(s): Southern California
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

Her daughter Dakota is safe, but her cancer is threatening a comeback, and Lori needs JT – Dakota’s daddy and the man who taught Lori everything – alive and kicking. Problem is, he’s behind bars, and heading for death...

Deliver Me

Deliver Me
  • Author(s): Malin Persson Giolito, Rachel Wilson-Broyles (Translator)
  • Location(s): Stockholm
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

From the internationally bestselling author of Quicksand, a brilliant, gut-wrenching story of childhood friends torn apart by gang violence and class differences. Dogge is from affluent Rönnviken in Stockholm. Billy lives in the concrete towers of Våringe, a few hundred...

Devastation Road

Devastation Road
  • Author(s): Jason Hewitt
  • Location(s): Czech Republic, Europe
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): WW2

Spring, 1945: A man wakes in a field in a country he does not know. Injured and confused, he pulls himself to his feet and starts to walk, and so sets out on an extraordinary journey in search of...

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