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C J Archer
In this 5th installment of the bestselling mystery series, Cleopatra Fox gets entangled in a web of betrayal and blackmail that leaves the high society matchmakers scandalized.
When a notorious…
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The sport of kings is the backdrop for a game of murder where one player loses more than the match. Can Cleo solve the case, or will the murderer win?
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As fashion designer to London's elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there's nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.
With the social season…
A wealthy businessman with a reputation for taking risks rose from the slums to the height of success. But success comes at a price, especially when it's achieved at the…
A librarian with a mysterious past, a war hero with a secret, and the heist of a magic painting. THE LIBRARIAN OF CROOKED LANE is an intriguing new fantasy from…
One book can change your life.
Finding an old manuscript in the attic has always been a fantasy of Sylvia's. She just never expected the fantasy to come true, or…
Elizabethan England
He was the last man she needed, but the only one she wanted.
Orlando Holt has never assassinated a woman before. The lovely, feisty Lady Lynden will be…
Cole’s heart is dark. He’s a mystery, even to those closest to him in the Assassins Guild. All anyone really knows for sure is that he’s ruthless, grim, and cares…
Elizabeth Buckley has been in love with Edward Monk for most of her life. Unfortunately he’s only ever had eyes for her older, prettier sister. Five years after he left…
Lies, desperation and an offer she can’t refuse send impoverished widow Lady Catherine (Cat) headlong into marriage with the man who killed her husband.
Guilt and desire battle within Hughe…
As fashion designer to London’s elite, she had an eye for detail and a flare for the dramatic. But there’s nothing stylish about her cold-blooded murder.
India’s study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher. But the powerful magician escapes and is implicated in a murder.
A sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt’s family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen…
To investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable - she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she’s kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with…
Are curses real?
After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector’s club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his…
It was the most fashionable place to stay in London, until murder made a reservation. Solve the puzzle in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling author of the Glass…
It should be a happy time for India and Matt, but forces beyond their control conspire to ruin their future. A distraction from their troubles comes in the form of…
The arrival of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show in London brings trouble. When the sharpshooter who beats Willie at poker is murdered, Matt and India investigate. Willie is convinced the…
In the 3rd Glass and Steele novel, Matt and India investigate the murder of an apothecary magician.
From the author of the USA Today bestselling GLASS AND STEELE series comes this captivating new fantasy.
With his magic watch slowing down, Matt needs all the help India and his friends can offer before time runs out. But his nemesis will do anything to bring about…
With knowledge of magic becoming more widespread in London, magicians find themselves highly sought after. Consumers want to buy their wares and so seek out magicians among their acquaintance. India’s…
India and Matt thought all their problems would come to an end once they found Chronos. But the watch magician brings with him as many questions as answers, and a…
A sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt's family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen…
A curated collection of magic...and murder.
When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made paper is brought to the Glass Library, Sylvia and the professor send the owner away…
The 2nd book in the After The Rift fantasy series by bestselling author, C.J. Archer.
When an apprentice from the Mapmakers' Guild goes missing, Matt and India are employed to find him. Going undercover as a married couple, they discover that not everyone at the…
She was admired by women and desired by men, until jealousy and past secrets took center stage. Help Cleo and her friends solve the murder of one of London’s leading…
India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiance took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London…
With knowledge of magic becoming more widespread in London, magicians find themselves highly sought after. Consumers want to buy their wares and so seek out magicians among their acquaintance. India's…
Minerva Peabody needs a man. Unfortunately she picked the wrong one. The impoverished playwright has a dream to see her plays performed on stage but in Elizabethan England, not only…
Cold, ruthless Lord Warhurst needs to distance himself from scandal if he’s to marry an heiress and save his decaying estate. But with his unwed sister falling pregnant, and his…
Charlotte (Charlie) Holloway hat funf Jahre lang als Junge in den Slums gelebt. Doch als ein Diebstahl zu viel sie ins Gefangnis bringt, ist ihre einzige Fluchtmoeglichkeit ein toter Mann…
Als vom Friedhof Leichen verschwinden, stellen Lincoln und das Ministerium der Kuriositaten Nachforschungen an. Charlie jedoch nicht. Als Hausmadchen in Lichfield Towers mischt sie sich in die Geschafte des Ministeriums…
Mit Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show kommt AErger nach London. Als der Scharfschutze, der Willie beim Pokern schlagt, ermordet wird, ermitteln Matt und India. Willie ist uberzeugt, dass das Opfer…
To investigate the source of gossip about Cyclops, Willie does the unthinkable - she dons a dress. However her plan goes awry when she's kidnapped by a disgruntled magician with…
After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector's club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his…
THE GOLDSMITH'S CONSPIRACY is the final book in the bestselling Glass and Steele series.
Tensions between the artless and magicians are flaring, but India and Matt discover someone is deliberately…