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Historical mysteries

Paperback. February, 1381. Splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle-Flame, is the site of a brutal massacre in which nine people, including John of Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are murdered. The furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to track down the culprits. Series: A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Canongate Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780295459
ISBN
9781780295459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.09

Paperback. June, 1890. The gas workers are on strike and Leeds is close to breaking point. Detective Inspector Tom Harper is more concerned with the disappearance of 8-year-old Martha Parkinson. Then he discovers that there may be a connection between Martha's disappearance and the murder of a replacement gas worker, stabbed to death outside the Town Hall. Series: A Det. Insp. Tom Harper Mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; 3JH; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Severn House Trade Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847515377
ISBN
9781847515377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.19

Paperback. 'Playfully elegant and effortlessly seductive' Telegraph Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755343560
ISBN
9780755343560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472204486
ISBN
9781472204486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.76

Paperback. The astonishing and epic novel that won the 2013 Man Booker Prize Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084323
ISBN
9781847084323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.41

Paperback. February, 1212. Sir Josse d'Acquin and Helewise are summoned to Southfire Hall, where Josse's elderly uncle, Hugh, lies dying, surrounded by his children. But the pair soon discovers that Hugh's ill health is not the only cause of distress in the house, and the longer they remain there, the more they feel that something is very wrong .. Series: A Hawkenlye Mystery. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 315.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Severn House Trade Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847516206
ISBN
9781847516206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.12

Hardback. Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder-and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787199965
ISBN
9781787199965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Hardback. Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. This is an adventure in which a quest for a lost painting turns into dangerous game of cat and mouse that threatens to destroy the Ottoman throne and overturn the balance of power in Europe. Series: Yashim the Ottoman Detective. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 487. Good clean copy in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001965
ISBN
9780571239924
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and The Name of the Rose, the third historical thriller featuring Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
9780007317783
ISBN
9780007317783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 8.92

Paperback. Series: A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 326 x 21. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Canongate Books
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780295688
ISBN
9781780295688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.09

Hardback. Series: A Gabriel Taverner Mystery. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTJ8038626
ISBN
9780727886569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 7.28

Paperback. The final, heart-pounding instalment in June Hampson's compelling gangland saga series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781409121046
ISBN
9781409121046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. The sixteenth brilliant novel in the acclaimed Hugh Corbett series. Corbett must travel to Essex to investigate Lord Oliver Scrope and obtain the 'Sanguis Christi', treasure Scrope stole from the Templar Order after the fall of Acre. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755338412
ISBN
9780755338412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. London, 1933. Two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. But Maisie's investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case and at the same time her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore .. Series: Maisie Dobbs. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002157
ISBN
9780749014599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Edgar Award finalist Matthew Guinn draws readers into a vortex of tense, atmospheric storytelling. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 24. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353273
ISBN
9780393353273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Set in 1998 with flashbacks to classical Greece, this title investigates the confrontation between opposing views of mathematics and reality, and explores ideas from both early and cutting-edge mathematics. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691150192
ISBN
9780691150192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. A new and disturbing puzzle for the medieval surgeon-turned-sleuth. Series: The Chronicles of Hugh De Singleton, Surgeon. Num Pages: 256 pages, Map in prelims. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782641094
ISBN
9781782641094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.98

Paperback. Detective-Sergeant Kate Burnham isn't making any friends in the Washington, DC Police Department. That makes her the perfect scapegoat when a routine homicide investigation threatens to blow open a criminal conspiracy reaching to the upper echelons of the DC power elite. Either Kate makes it go away, or they make her go away. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Condition
New
SKU
V9781524102685
ISBN
9781524102685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. Lady Zorro is called back to Alta California to recover a sacred Chumash war axe, stolen by mercenary soldiers. Only she can stop an all-out bloody war across the ranchos, and more deaths like those that consumed her family.. if she can stay on mission! When an opportunity for ultimate vengeance presents itself, can she ignore it? Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH; FXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 171 x 6. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dynamic Forces Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606907894
ISBN
9781606907894
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.33

paperback. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780816677047
ISBN
9780816677047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.94

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