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"It's October 1814. The war with France is finally over, Europe's diplomats are convening in Vienna for a conference that will put their world back together, and London finds itself in the grip of a series of terrifying murders eerily similar to the shocking Ratcliffe Highway murders of three years before. In 1811, two entire families were brutally murdered in their homes. A suspect--a young Irish seaman named John Williams--was arrested. But before...
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Hanno Stiffeniis mysteries volume 4
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"A woman’s body has been found at the bottom of a well. The death wounds are startling: two small, round punctures to the jugular vein. Vampire fever is spreading throughout the countryside, and suspicions soon fall on the recently arrived Emma Rimmele. Investigator Hanno Stiffeniis must do everything he can to find the true culprit before the mob’s hysteria reaches its breaking point and turns violent. Set in a nineteenth-century world where...
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Hanno Stiffeniis mysteries volume 2
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Napoleon's army has swept over Prussia, leaving in its wake a conquered land occupied by the French, in this superb sequel to the acclaimed "Critique of Criminal Reason". "Days of Atonement" continues Gregorio's inimitable and enthralling historical mystery series.--Ingram
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Hanno Stiffeniis mysteries volume 3
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"Prussia has been overrun by Napoleon's occupying forces, and Procurator Hanno Stiffeniis can do nothing to stop them. As emperor prepares for battle against Spain, his officers discover a source of funds along the Baltic Coast. Buried beneath the sea lies an unimaginable wealth of precious amber, enough to finance France's imperial ambitions - provided they can extract it." - from cover flap.
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2015.
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A retired English army officer becomes Resident Magistrate in 1900s West Ireland, attempting to befriend and bestow order on his eccentric community. Living in a ramshackle country house, Major Yeates strives to gain acceptance while at the same time fulfilling his mission to uphold the law.
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The body of a young Englishwoman washes up in Istanbul wearing a pendant inscribed with the seal of the deposed sultan. The death resembles the unsolved murder of another Englishwoman, ten years before. A magistrate in the new secular courts, Kamil Pasha, sets out to find the killer, but his dispassionate belief in science and modernity is shaken by betrayal and widening danger. In a mystical voice, a young Muslim woman recounts her own relationship...
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