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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

Mexican Gothic
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Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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A Gambling Man
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A Gambling Man
David Baldacci
£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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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
Sophie Hannah
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People of Abandoned Character
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People of Abandoned Character
Clare Whitfield
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Edge of the Grave
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Edge of the Grave
Robbie Morrison
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A Beautiful Spy
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A Beautiful Spy
Rachel Hore
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The Ashes of London
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The Ashes of London
Andrew Taylor
£8.99
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Dissolution
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Dissolution
C. J. Sansom
£9.99
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The Shadows of Men
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The Shadows of Men
Abir Mukherjee
£12.99
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The Drowned City
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The Drowned City
K. J. Maitland
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Once Upon a River
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Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield
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The Art of Dying
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The Art of Dying
Ambrose Parry
£8.99
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A Murder Inside
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A Murder Inside
Frances Brody
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The Midnight Hour
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The Midnight Hour
Elly Griffiths
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Blood & Sugar
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Blood & Sugar
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
£8.99
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Sunset Swing
Sunset Swing
Ray Celestin
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Celestin’s acclaimed City Blues Quartet concludes in 1960’s Los Angeles, where the paths of a young nurse, a retired investigator and a mob fixer converge in a pulsating and evocative noir mystery.

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Our Best New Historical Crime

1979
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1979
Val McDermid
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The Shadows of Men
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The Shadows of Men
Abir Mukherjee
£12.99
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A Haunting at Holkham
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A Haunting at Holkham
Anne Glenconner
£16.99   £14.99
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Over My Dead Body
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Over My Dead Body
Jeffrey Archer
£20.00   £17.99
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A Corruption of Blood
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A Corruption of Blood
Ambrose Parry
£14.99   £12.99
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Sunset Swing
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Sunset Swing
Ray Celestin
£16.99
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Rizzio
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Rizzio
Denise Mina
£10.00
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
Catherine Miller
£14.99   £7.49
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Velvet Was the Night
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Velvet Was the Night
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
£16.99
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The Red Monarch
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The Red Monarch
Bella Ellis
£14.99
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Triflers Need Not Apply
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Triflers Need Not Apply
Camilla Bruce
£14.99
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The Dying Day
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The Dying Day
Vaseem Khan
£16.99
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The Royal Secret
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The Royal Secret
Andrew Taylor
£14.99
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Tragedy on the Branch Line
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Tragedy on the Branch Line
Edward Marston
£19.99
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A Comedy of Terrors
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A Comedy of Terrors
Lindsey Davis
£20.00
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The Plague Letters
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The Plague Letters
V.L. Valentine
£14.99
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The Heretic's Mark
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The Heretic's Mark
S. W. Perry
£14.99
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Our Choice of Historical Crime

The Axeman's Jazz
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The Axeman's Jazz
Ray Celestin
£8.99
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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
£8.99
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The Daughter Of Time
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The Daughter Of Time
Josephine Tey
£8.99
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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
£8.99
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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
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Martyr
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Martyr
Rory Clements
£8.99
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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
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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
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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
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Dark Fire
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Dark Fire
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Sovereign
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Sovereign
C. J. Sansom
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Revelation
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Revelation
C. J. Sansom
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Heartstone
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Heartstone
C. J. Sansom
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Lamentation
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Lamentation
C. J. Sansom
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Tombland
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Tombland
C. J. Sansom
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Shardlake: Dissolution
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Shardlake: Dissolution
CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Sovereign
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Shardlake: Sovereign
CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Revelation
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Shardlake: Revelation
CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Heartstone
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Shardlake: Heartstone
CJ Sansom
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Lamentation
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Lamentation
C. J. Sansom
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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
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Prophecy
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Prophecy
S. J. Parris
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Sacrilege
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Sacrilege
S. J. Parris
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Treachery
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Treachery
S. J. Parris
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Conspiracy
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Conspiracy
S. J. Parris
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Execution
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Execution
S. J. Parris
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Execution
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Execution
S.J. Parris
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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
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An Unholy Alliance
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An Unholy Alliance
Susanna Gregory
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A Bone Of Contention
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A Bone Of Contention
Susanna Gregory
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A Deadly Brew
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A Deadly Brew
Susanna Gregory
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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
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An Order For Death
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An Order For Death
Susanna Gregory
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A Summer Of Discontent
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A Summer Of Discontent
Susanna Gregory
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A Killer In Winter
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A Killer In Winter
Susanna Gregory
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The Hand Of Justice
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The Hand Of Justice
Susanna Gregory
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The Mark Of A Murderer
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The Mark Of A Murderer
Susanna Gregory
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The Tarnished Chalice
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The Tarnished Chalice
Susanna Gregory
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To Kill Or Cure
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To Kill Or Cure
Susanna Gregory
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The Devil's Disciples
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The Devil's Disciples
Susanna Gregory
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A Vein Of Deceit
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A Vein Of Deceit
Susanna Gregory
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The Killer Of Pilgrims
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The Killer Of Pilgrims
Susanna Gregory
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Mystery In The Minster
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Mystery In The Minster
Susanna Gregory
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