The Sibyl in Her Grave

Author	Kate Ross
ISBN	0140263640

The Regency dandy and amateur sleuth Julian Kestrel is back in his fourth mystery -- and this time he confronts murder far from home in the sensuous, turbulent Italy of the 1820sWith flawless period detail and a dapper English detective reminiscent of Lord Peter Wimsey, Kate Ross is charming fans of...

Author	Dorothy L. Sayers
ISBN	0060913800

Lord Peter Wimsey, eccentric amateur sleuth.
I Lord Peter Views the Body (1928) 12 stories: The ..
1 Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers
2 Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question
3 Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will
4 Fantastic Horror of the Cat...

Author	Josephine Tey
ISBN	0684803852

What begins as a ploy to claim an inheritance ends with the impostor's life hanging in the balance. In this tale of mystery and suspense, a stranger enters the inner sanctum of the Ashby family posing as Patrick Ashby, the heir to the family's sizable fortune. The stranger, Brat Farrar, has been carefully...

Author	Mary Roberts Rinehart
ISBN	1575662558

When Herbert Wynne is found dead, with a bullet in the forehead, the obvious explanation is murder. But how could it be when the only possible suspect is Herbert's frail Aunt Juliet? Posing as Juliet's private duty nurse, the Homicide Bureau's Hilda Adams develops grave suspicions. Why is the maid terrified...

Author	Ngaio Marsh
ISBN	0006512275

A Christmas pageant turns unholy.

Holed up at Hilary Bill-Tasman's manor estate for Christmas, Troy Alleyn is to paint the man's portrait and, while she's there, view the Druid Christmas pageant. Along with a pack of eccentric guests, Troy enjoys the festivities-- until one of the pageant's...

Author	James Anderson
ISBN	1590582918

Who ever tires of the zany British country house murder?

"But Lavinia, I don't want people staying here," said the Earl. "After the last two house parties, we agreed no more."
"This wouldn't be a house party, George, it's nine guests for one night."
"But the last two times we've had people...

Author	Edmund Crispin
ISBN	0140013040

Go with me like good angels to my end,
And as the long divorce of steel falls on me,
Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice,
And lift my soul to heaven. (Shakespeare: Henry VIII 2.1.92-95)

These lines, spoken by Buckingham just before his execution, provide Edmund Crispin with...

Author

Amanda Cross

When the body of Canfield Adams, a professor of Middle Eastern culture, is found on he pavement seven stories below his open office window, the police think it was suicide. But those who knew the professor, knew that there were numerous people on campus and off who would have relished pushing him. Kate...

Author	Reginald Hill
ISBN	0006512879

Although Yorkshire's Superintendent Andy Dalziel and Inspector Peter Pascoe are strong supporting characters in Hill's 18th entry in this enduring series, the real stars are an evocative array of women.

Deeply shaken by her 9-year-old daughter's close encounter with death in 'On Beulah...