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Jeri Westerson
Private investigators Timothy Badger and Benjamin Watson take on another unusual and baffling case in Victorian London when a mummy unwrapping party takes a chilling turn.
London, 1895. Although their…
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Henry VIII's court jester Will Somers turns reluctant inquisitor once again when a grotesque murder within the palace walls is linked to the Pilgrimage of Grace rebellion in this gripping…
April 1536. Queen Anne is in peril. In the mid of night, court jester Will Somers is summoned to an urgent assignation when she discovers a body in her chamber…
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London, 1895. Former Baker Street Irregular Tim Badger opens his own consulting detective agency with his partner, Benjamin Watson, and the duo take on their first case when a man…
London, 1308. All I need is a Plan! So says Oswald of Harlech, a misplaced Welshman in the heart of London. Besides his trade as a tinker, he also robs…
Father Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when corpses are seen stalking St Modwen Church’s graveyard, while Crispin’s former flame Philippa Walcote’s seven-year-old son is accused of murder. St…
Crispin awakens in a strange bed after a night of passion when he finds a woman murdered. Drunk, Crispin scarcely remembers the night before. Did he kill her? With Crispin…
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Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire. Two monks lie murdered, their Holy Blood relic stolen. As he attempts to return the relic to where it belongs, Crispin Guest must shield a former nemesis…
London, 1396. Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, crosses paths with Carantok Teague, a Cornish treasure hunter. Carantok has a map he is convinced will lead him to the sword of…
Jeff Chase got caught up in a little supernatural trouble back east a few months back, like big time. Getting bitten by the First Werewolf was as big as it…
After being stripped of his knighthood for treason and cast out from high society, Crispin Guest has reinvented himself as the Tracker, an investigator who can find anything and anyone…
With Halloween just a week away, tea-shop proprietor Kylie Strange doesn’t have much in the way of holiday spirit. She has just learned that the last day of October also…
1529, London. Jester Will Somers knows all of King Henry VIII’s secrets. But when he discovers a body in a courtyard at Greenwich Palace, and a blackmail note arrives soon…
1529, London. Jester Will Somers knows all of King Henry VIII's secrets. But when he discovers a body in a courtyard at Greenwich Palace, and a blackmail note arrives soon…
From the author of the critically acclaimed Crispin Guest books comes a brand-new urban fantasy series perfect for fans of Ilona Andrews and Faith Hunter.
Crispin Guest receives a mysterious bundle containing an ancient leather-bound book. A rabbi helps to make a shocking discovery: it is the Gospel of Judas from the Holy Land. Crispin…
The acclaimed author of Veil of Lies and Serpent in the Thorns delivers her third novel of medieval noir, featuring disgraced knight Crispin Guest.
Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when corpses are seen stalking St Modwen Church’s graveyard, while Crispin’s former flame Philippa Walcote’s seven-year-old son is accused of murder. St Modwen’s…
Small town tea shop proprietor Kylie Strange already has a lot on her plate. The last thing she needs is more trouble to spring up from the mystical Booke of…
Crispin Guest has solved many mysteries since losing his knighthood and becoming The Tracker , an investigator for hire in fourteenth century London. Yet when he witnesses a body fall…
Originally published: New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2008.
For Kylie Strange, it just means more deaths she’s responsible for since she’s the one who accidentally unleashed a Pandora’s box of horrors onthe small town in the first place…
1399, London. The prioress at St. Frideswide wants to hire Crispin Guest, Tracker of London, to investigate murders at the priory. Two of Prioress Drueta’s nuns have been killed in…
Restoring his recently inherited family home is proving a daunting task for young lawyer Nigellus Cobmartin. When workmen uncover a skeleton bound, tied and hidden in the wall - and…
Since losing his knighthood, Crispin Guest has earned his reputation as the Tracker, a private investigator who can locate everything, and everyone he is hired to find. When famed French…
Originally published: New York: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2011.
London, 1388. When the mythical Stone of Destiny disappears from the throne of England, the populace takes it as a sign that rebellion is near. Desperate, Richard calls in Crispin…
Father Bulthius Braydon begs Crispin Guest for help when strange goings-on are reported at St Modwen Church’s graveyard. Meanwhile, Philippa Walcote’s seven-year-old son is accused of murder. As Crispin investigates…
Henry Christie foils the kidnap attempt on his fiancee’s daughter and realises his family are the targets of a killer. But who and why? Henry also witnesses a murder and…
Mike Ripley
London, 1891. Dirigibles, like dark leviathans, surge through the sooty skies of London. Steam powers the engines that supply electricity to the new lights along the Thames. And strange murder…
A diabolical plot is afoot to kill thousands by connecting England’s railway lines to a deadly curse. The beautiful and mysterious Mingli Zhao, Special Inspector from Scotland Yard, enlists the…
Akos Kazsmer became trapped in Gehenna by the Unholy Hosts seventeen long years ago. His only hope is his son, the great stage magician Leopold Kazsmer, who hadn’t known Akos…
