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Ancient Egyptian mysteries volume 05
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
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"Rahimere's tomb - a House of Eternity whose owner had gone across the horizon into the Far West. Somewhere deep in the desert, its location has long been kept a secret. But now, the Sebaus - a sect which takes its name from demons - has plundered and pillaged the sepulchre for its most powerful secret."--
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"October, 1471. Edward IV sits on the English throne; the House of York reigns supreme. With her young son, Henry Tudor, in exile in France, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, shelters deep in the shadows, secretly plotting for the day when Henry can be crowned the rightful king. But as her supporters are picked off one by one, it becomes clear that a traitor lurks within Margaret's household. When one of her most loyal henchmen, Jacob Cromart,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A series of grisly deaths are linked to the sacred Stone of Scone in this compelling medieval mystery featuring friar-sleuth Brother Athelstan. This abbey is a strange place, Brother Athelstan. A hall of ghosts, a place of flitting shadows. The dead throng here. I can hear them whispering as they ride the air. During the harsh winter of 1381 murder stalks the streets of London in all its grisly forms. The city's prostitutes are falling prey to a...
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Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
November, 1471. With Edward of York on the English throne and her son, Henry Tudor, in exile in Brittany, the newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. All she can do is wait and watch, planning for a time when she's in a position to make her move. But new dangers are emerging. En route to England is a band of Spanish mercenaries known as the Garduna. With no allegiance to prince, prelate or people, they...
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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England, 1303. Sir Hugh Corbett is summoned to a scene of bloody mayhem and murder: Wilhelm Von Paulents, a representative of the Hanseatic League,and his wife, son and a clerk have been barbarously assassinated. The "Carta Mysteriosa"--a collection of valuable and detailed maps and sea chart--have not been stolen. So why were the murders committed and by whom? Corbett investigates and, once again, he enters the world of shadows to confront the Seed...
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Brother Athelstan mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
While attending a mystery play performed by the Straw Men, an acting troupe, Brother Athelstan comes across a violent double murder, and he must find the culprit and discover if the royal court has a spy in their midst.
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Ancient Egyptian mysteries volume 06
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When three of Egypt's leading scribes die from poisoning during the signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Libya, Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Halls of Two Truths, is assigned to investigate the crimes, in a mystery set in ancient Egypt.
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Canterbury Tales mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Two new parish priests embark on an ambitious plan to build a new church and graveyard, only to find strange evidences of nefarious goings-on amongst the old graves.
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Templars volume 02
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Robert de Payens, grandson of Eleanor, one of the co-founders of the Temple, and Englishman Edward Sendal find themselves caught up in a murder mystery when Raymond, Count of Tripoli, is brutally assassinated.
14) The mask of Ra
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Ancient Egyptian mysteries volume 01
Pub. Date
1999.
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
In Ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Tuthmosis II returns home, victorious from a war in the Nile Delta, only to be killed by a viper's bite. Chief justice Amerotke opens an investigation and discovers a plot.
15) The godless
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Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 19
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"November, 1381. London has been rocked by a series of bizarre and brutal murders. The corpses of a number of prostitutes have been discovered, their throats slit, their bodies stripped; in each case, a blood-red wig has been placed on their heads. At the same time, a mysterious explosion rips through a royal war cog bound for Calais, killing all on board. Could there be a connection? Summoned to assist in the investigations by Sir John Cranston,...
16) Corpse candle
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Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When Abbot Stephen, the head of St. Martin's-in-the-Marsh monastery, is found brutally murdered, Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, is sent to investigate and to dispute rumors about a galloping robber's ghost.
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Amerotke, Chief Judge in the Hall of Two Truths, must protect the people he loves while also unraveling different strands of greed and treason to track down the leader of a fanatical cult of Nubian worshipers commiting acts of terrorism and murder in the capital of Thebes during the 15th century B.C.E.
18) The Mysterium
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
Description
London is in crisis in 1304 as a series of murders shock residents, as does the fall from power of Walter Evesham,Chief Justice in the Court of the King's Bench. Accused of bribery and corruption, he is found dead in his cell at the Abbey of Sion. Even more frightening is that it appears that the Mysterium, a killer Eversham brought to justice, has returned.
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Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It is four years since the death of King Edward I, but his reign of terror has cast long shadows over the kingdom. At Holyrood Abbey, sheltered in the depths of the Welsh march, the old king's former bodyguards protect his secret relics and watch over a mysterious prisoner who is kept in the abbey's dungeon. But their peaceful existence is shattered when Abbot Henry is poisoned. As more mysterious deaths occur, and a violent snow storm sweeps through...
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