The Shadow of Perseus
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The myth of Perseus, told through the story of the three women who knew him best - his mother Danae,...
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Before Beltane: A Prequel to the Celtic Fervour Series by Nancy Jardine
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Two lives. Two stories. One future. AD 71 Northern Britannia At the Islet of the Priestesses,...
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The House with the Golden Door
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Amara has escaped her life as a slave in Pompeii's most notorious brothel. She now has a house, fine...
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The Accursed King (The Plantagenet Legacy #4)
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What happens when a king loses his prowess? The day Henry IV could finally declare he had vanquished...
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Elektra
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The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and...
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Triflers Need Not Apply
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The deliciously dark reimagining of the life and times of history's original female serial killer. ...
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The Mark of the Salamander (The Island of Angels, #1)
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1575: Nelan Michaels is a young Flemish man fleeing religious persecution in the Spanish...
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Marple: Twelve New Stories
Val McDermid, Leigh Bardugo, Kate Mosse, Alyssa Cole, Ruth Ware, Dreda Say Mitchell, Natalie Haynes, Elly Griffiths, Naomi Alderman, Lucy Foley, Jean Kwok and Karen M McManus
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This collection of twelve original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the...
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Muskets and Minuets (Muskets Trilogy #1)
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Love. Politics. War. Amidst mounting tensions between the British crown and the American...
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Our Hideous Progeny
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Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious...
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