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A SPY FOR THE REDEEMER

Candace Robb
Vol. 7: A SPY FOR THE REDEEMER
Late spring 1370 and Owen Archer, ex-soldier and spy, is preparing to depart Wales, his work for John of Gaunt completed. But his attempts to arrange safe passage home to York are thwarted by a mysterious suicide.
In York Lucie Wilton is disheartened by her husband's long absence and concerned by allegations against her apothecary. Then Brother Michaelo brings upsetting news, forcing her to journey to her father's manor outside the city. Increasingly desperate, she accepts the company of a stranger, who proves invaluable when they face danger.
Angered by Owen's prolonged absence, aware of malicious rumours, John Thoresby, Archbishop of York, orders his return. But Owen's stay in the land of his birth has created divided loyalties in him. And those who serve the Welsh rebel leader would have Owen sign up and fight and never go home …
386 pages, paperback
Condition: good

ROMAN BLOOD

Steven Saylor
ROMAN BLOOD
On an unseasonably warm spring morning in 80BC, Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate and orator preparing his first important case. His client is an Umbrian landowner, Sextus Roscius, accused of the unforgivable: the murder of his own father.
Gordianus agrees to investigate the crime - in a society rife with deceit, betrayal and conspiracy, where neither citizen nor slave can be trusted to speak the truth. But even Gordianus is not prepared for the spectacularly dangerous fireworks that attend the resolution of this ugly, delicate case …
370 pages paperback
Condition: mint

THE SUBTLE SERPENT

Peter Tremayne
THE SUBTLE SERPENT
A headless female corpse is found in the drinking well of a remote abbey in south-west Ireland. One hand clasps a crucifix; tied to the other arm is a pagan death symbol.
A merchant ship is encountered under full sail on the high seas off the Irish coast. But the crew and cargo have vanished, as if by sorcery.
Whose is the body in the well? Wher is the crew of the vessel? Are these bizarre events connected?
The year is AD 666 and Sister Fidelma of Kildare is once again thrown into another sinister mystery.
339 pages £5.99 paperback
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SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN

Peter Tremayne
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN
The Venerable Dacan, a much respected and beloved scholar of the Celtic Church, has been found murdered while on a visit to a remote abbey in the irish kingdom of Muman. When Dacan's foul death is used by a neighbouring kingdom to demand reparation from Muman, a bloody war seems imminent.
Summoned by Muman's dying king to investigate, Sister Fidelma is asked to solve the mystery and by doing so somehow prevent the inevitable war. She sets out for the remote abbey with a warrior named Cass - and very little time. But there are more sinister forces at wrok behind Dacan's death than just political intrigue. Through a haunting, melanchol atmosphere, Sister Fidelma follows a t rail as suspenseful as it is tortuous, and as complicated as it surprising.
339 pages paperback
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THE POISONED SERPENT

Joan Wolf
THE POISONED SERPENT
An arranged marriage between Hugh de Leon and the daughter of the earl of Lincoln will combine their Norman families' fortunes. But Hugh loves Lady Cristen, and he will do anything to be with her. When the earl is murdered, and Hugh's friend is accused, Hugh must use his powers of deduction.
paperback
Condition: good