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Dandy Gilver & A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson

By spriteby

8 April, 2014

The Dandy Gilver series first entered the historical crime arena back in July 2005 with After the Armistice. The book was set in Perthshire shortly after World War I as Britain moved into the 1920s and looked back on the devastation of the War. It…

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The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows

By RoughJustice

16 April, 2013

Written by Edogawa Rampo — Here, Kurodahan Press has collected together two of Japanese author Edogawa Rampo’s longer mysteries in one book, with an introduction by Mark Schreiber and illustrations in a pulp style by Kawajiri Hiroaki. Rampo, whose real name was Taro Hirai, was…

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A Medal for Murder by Frances Brody

By Nicolette

31 January, 2012

Following on from her success with the Braithwaite case in Dying in the Wool, private investigator Kate Shackleton and her assistant Jim Sykes take on a robbery case for a pawn broker. The duo are charged with personally informing the broker’s clients that their pledges…

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Dying in the Wool

By Nicolette

10 January, 2012

Written by Frances Brody — Frances Brody is the pen name of the experienced and award-winning novelist and playwright Frances McNeil. Dying in the Wool is the first in the series of Kate Shackleton mysteries, set amongst the cloth mills of West Yorkshire during the…

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Dandy Gilver & A Deadly Measure of Brimstone by Catriona McPherson

The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows

A Medal for Murder by Frances Brody

Dying in the Wool

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