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Step back in time with some spine-chilling stories. Here you’ll find our bestselling historical crime fiction, and the most popular series in the genre. If Restoration London is your cup of tea, Andrew Taylor’s James Marwood and Cat Lovett series is your perfect fit, while Ambrose Parry’s The Way of All Flesh will whisk you away to Victorian Edinburgh.

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Our Best Historical Crime Fiction

The Leviathan
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The Leviathan
Rosie Andrews
£8.99   £7.49
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Act of Oblivion
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Act of Oblivion
Robert Harris
£22.00   £18.99
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The Christie Affair
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The Christie Affair
Nina de Gramont
£8.99   £7.49
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Next in Line
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Next in Line
Jeffrey Archer
£22.00   £16.99
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Harlem Shuffle
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Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead
£8.99   £7.49
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Dissolution
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Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
£9.99
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The Ashes of London
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The Ashes of London
Andrew Taylor
£8.99
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Begars Abbey
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Begars Abbey
V.L. Valentine
£8.99
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A Corruption of Blood
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A Corruption of Blood
Ambrose Parry
£9.99
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The Axeman's Jazz
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The Axeman's Jazz
Ray Celestin
£9.99
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The Birdcage
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The Birdcage
Eve Chase
£8.99
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The Essex Serpent
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The Essex Serpent
Sarah Perry
£8.99
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Over My Dead Body
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Over My Dead Body
Jeffrey Archer
£8.99
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The Devil and the Dark Water
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The Devil and the Dark Water
Stuart Turton
£8.99
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Black Drop
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Black Drop
Leonora Nattrass
£8.99
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The Secrets of Rochester Place
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The Secrets of Rochester Place
Iris Costello
£8.99   £7.49
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Desperate Undertaking
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Desperate Undertaking
Lindsey Davis
£9.99
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The Shadows of London
The Shadows of London
Andrew Taylor
£20.00 £17.99
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Marwood and Lovett investigate the murder of a man discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse in another brilliantly realised historical mystery from the author of The Ashes of London and The Royal Secret.

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Our Best New Historical Crime Books

Act of Oblivion
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Act of Oblivion
Robert Harris
£22.00   £18.99
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Next in Line
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Next in Line
Jeffrey Archer
£22.00   £16.99
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Dead of Night
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Dead of Night
Simon Scarrow
£20.00
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The Bookseller of Inverness
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The Bookseller of Inverness
S.G. MacLean
£16.99
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Death and the Conjuror
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Death and the Conjuror
Tom Mead
£20.00
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Blue Water
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Blue Water
Leonora Nattrass
£14.99
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The White Lady
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The White Lady
Jacqueline Winspear
£19.99
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Dear Little Corpses
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Dear Little Corpses
Nicola Upson
£14.99
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The Darlings of the Asylum
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The Darlings of the Asylum
Noel O'Reilly
£16.99
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That Green Eyed Girl
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That Green Eyed Girl
Julie Owen Moylan
£14.99
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A Bitter Remedy
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A Bitter Remedy
Alis Hawkins
£16.99
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The Lost Man of Bombay
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The Lost Man of Bombay
Vaseem Khan
£16.99
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This Wild, Wild Country
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This Wild, Wild Country
Inga Vesper
£16.99
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The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys
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The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys
Jack Jewers
£18.99
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Blackstone Fell
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Blackstone Fell
Martin Edwards
£20.00
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Fatal Legacy
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Fatal Legacy
Lindsey Davis
£20.00
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No Life for a Lady
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No Life for a Lady
Hannah Dolby
£16.99   £14.99
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Sepulchre Street
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Sepulchre Street
Martin Edwards
£20.00
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Our Choice of Historical Crime

The Axeman's Jazz
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The Axeman's Jazz
Ray Celestin
£9.99
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The House of Silk
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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
£8.99
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The Ashes of London
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The Ashes of London
Andrew Taylor
£8.99
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Berlin Noir
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Berlin Noir
Philip Kerr
£16.99
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The Yard
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The Yard
Alex Grecian
£9.99
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The Daughter Of Time
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The Daughter Of Time
Josephine Tey
£9.99
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Dissolution
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Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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The Railway Detective
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The Railway Detective
Edward Marston
£9.99
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Heresy
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Heresy
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
£9.99
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Martyr
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Martyr
Rory Clements
£9.99
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A Morbid Taste For Bones
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A Morbid Taste For Bones
Ellis Peters
£9.99
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The Silver Pigs
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The Silver Pigs
Lindsey Davis
£9.99
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The Winter Queen
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The Winter Queen
Boris Akunin
£9.99
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A Plague On Both Your Houses
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A Plague On Both Your Houses
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Maltese Falcon
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The Maltese Falcon
Dashiell Hammett
£8.99
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Babylon Berlin
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Babylon Berlin
Volker Kutscher
£10.99
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Maisie Dobbs
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Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear
£9.99
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C.J. Sansom's Shardlake Series

Dissolution
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Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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Dark Fire
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Dark Fire
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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Sovereign
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Sovereign
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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Revelation
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Revelation
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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Heartstone
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Heartstone
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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Lamentation
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Lamentation
C. J. Sansom
£10.99
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Tombland
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Tombland
C. J. Sansom
£10.99
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Shardlake: Dissolution
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Shardlake: Dissolution
CJ Sansom
£13.25
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
CJ Sansom
£13.25
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Shardlake: Sovereign
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Shardlake: Sovereign
CJ Sansom
£13.25
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Shardlake: Revelation
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Shardlake: Revelation
CJ Sansom
£13.25
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Shardlake: Heartstone
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Shardlake: Heartstone
CJ Sansom
£13.25
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Lamentation
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Lamentation
C. J. Sansom
£35.00
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Tombland
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Tombland
C. J. Sansom
£39.99
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The Giordano Bruno Series

Heresy
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Heresy
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Prophecy
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Prophecy
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Sacrilege
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Sacrilege
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Treachery
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Treachery
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Conspiracy
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Conspiracy
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Execution
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Execution
S. J. Parris
£8.99
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Execution
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Execution
S.J. Parris
£25.52
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Susanna Gregory's Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew 

The Habit of Murder
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The Habit of Murder
Susanna Gregory
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A Plague On Both Your Houses
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A Plague On Both Your Houses
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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An Unholy Alliance
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An Unholy Alliance
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Bone Of Contention
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A Bone Of Contention
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Deadly Brew
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A Deadly Brew
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Wicked Deed
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A Wicked Deed
Susanna Gregory
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A Masterly Murder
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A Masterly Murder
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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An Order For Death
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An Order For Death
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Summer Of Discontent
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A Summer Of Discontent
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Killer In Winter
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A Killer In Winter
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Hand Of Justice
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The Hand Of Justice
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Mark Of A Murderer
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The Mark Of A Murderer
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Tarnished Chalice
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The Tarnished Chalice
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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To Kill Or Cure
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To Kill Or Cure
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Devil's Disciples
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The Devil's Disciples
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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A Vein Of Deceit
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A Vein Of Deceit
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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The Killer Of Pilgrims
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The Killer Of Pilgrims
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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Mystery In The Minster
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Mystery In The Minster
Susanna Gregory
£9.99
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