A Case Of Spirits

6 best books like A Case Of Spirits (Peter Lovesey): Death Comes for the Archbishop, Strong Poison, The American Agent, Death of a Charming Man, Murder at Marble House, Murder at Beechwood

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Author	Willa Cather
ISBN	0679728899

There is something epic—and almost mythic—about this sparsely beautiful novel by Willa Cather, although the story it tells is that of a single human life, lived simply in the silence of the desert. In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast...

Strong Poison

Author	Dorothy L. Sayers
ISBN	0060809086

I'm sorry, Hercule Poirot. There's a new literary detective in my life, and while I will always cherish your silly Belgian antics, Lord Peter Wimsey just understands my needs better - he makes me laugh so much more than you do, and he has that sincerity that you lack.

Now don't cry, Hercule. It's...

The American Agent

Author	Jacqueline Winspear
ISBN	0062436694

Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, “one of the great fictional heroines” (Parade), investigates the mysterious murder of an American war correspondent in London during the Blitz in a page-turning tale of love and war, terror and survival.

When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent...

Death of a Charming Man

Author	M.C. Beaton
ISBN	0446403385

With this tenth book in a series that fans of British mysteries have come to relish more than fish 'n chips and a pint at the pub, M. C. Beaton returns with another baffling case for Hamish Macbeth, the stubborn, red-haired, one-man police department of the Highland village of Lochdubh.

Praised...

Murder at Marble House

Author	Alyssa Maxwell
ISBN	0758290845

With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts turn to cousin and society page reporter Emma Cross to solve a murder...

Murder at Beechwood

Author	Alyssa Maxwell
ISBN	0758290861

For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, the summer of 1896 brings lawn parties, sailboat races…and murder. Having turned down the proposal of Derrick Andrews, Emma Cross has no imminent plans for matrimony—let alone motherhood. But when she discovers an infant left on her doorstep, she...