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C J Archer
While investigating the mysterious deaths of Edith Myer’s family, Quin is summoned once more to help Cara and the other Freak House residents. But their reunion is cut short by…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
As Charlie and Lincoln’s lives settle into a harmonious pattern, a new threat arises that could have far reaching effects for the royal family and Lincoln’s parents.
With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves…
With Alice determined to discover the truth about her past, and Seth determined to help her, the couple find themselves sucked into a world where nothing is as it seems…
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 2nd book in the After The Rift fantasy series by bestselling author, C.J. Archer.
Glancia is plunged into perilous times, but it’s the events in her village that worry Josie more. A terrible fire puts the lives of those she loves at risk and…
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…
When assassin Rafe Fletcher returns home to London, he can’t help falling for his brother’s woman. For a man looking for redemption, it’s the last thing he wants.
Lizzie Croft…
In this 2nd instalment of the Ministry of Curiosities series, secrets are revealed and investigations don’t go as planned. Charlie finds her necromancy sucking her into a whirlpool filled with…
In the 4th Ministry of Curiosities book, Charlie and Lincoln must hunt down a killer before Charlie becomes his next victim.
When Charlie returns to Lichfield, she steps into chaos. The killer is still on the loose, Lady Harcourt’s secret is out, Seth and Gus are gone, and Lady Vickers has…
When a young gentleman is murdered by a shape shifter, Charlie and Lincoln interrogate their contacts and uncover a plot with links to the royal family-and links to more than…
Seven years ago a woman with too many secrets and a man with too many lies fell in love. Then she left him.
Isabel’s quiet life as an assistant to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
When a newspaper report of a medical miracle catches Matt's eye, he and India go in search of Dr. Hale in the hope he is more magical doctor than miracle…
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…
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…
To find the one man who can fix the magic in Matt's watch, he and India are led to a convent where the nuns will do anything to keep their…
India's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes…
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…
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…
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…
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…
