Anna Castle

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Death by Disputation

Death by Disputation

Thomas Clarady risks his life, his eternal soul — and his chastity!Tom is recruited to spy on a group of radical Puritans at Cambridge University with Francis Bacon as his spymaster -- his tutor in tradecraft and politics. Their commission gets off to...

Francis Bacon Mysteries

Francis Bacon Mysteries

Three award-winning historical mystery novels in one convenient package!Francis Bacon reluctantly puts down his books to solve crimes in Elizabethan London, aided by Thomas Clarady, a privateer’s son who will do anything to climb into the ranks of the...

Let Slip the Dogs

Let Slip the Dogs

Secret trysts, daring dalliances, and a pair of pedigreed houndskeep Francis Bacon and his team busy while trying to catch a reckless murderer.It’s Midsummer, 1591, at Richmond Palace, and love is in the air. Gallant courtiers sport with great ladies...

Moriarty Brings Down the House

Moriarty Brings Down the House

An old friend brings a strange problem to Professor and Mrs. Moriarty: either his theater is being haunted by an angry ghost or someone is trying to drive him into bankruptcy. That would shut down his Christmas pantomime before it opens, throwing two...

Moriarty Lifts the Veil

Moriarty Lifts the Veil

Professor and Mrs. Moriarty each take on a small case to fill the time before their next play opens. They place a bet on who will finish first. James will find out if three old soldiers have been cheated of their discharge pay. Angelina must find a...

Moriarty Meets His Match

Moriarty Meets His Match

Professor James Moriarty has but one desire left in his shattered life: to stop the man who ruined him from harming anyone else. Then he meets Angelina Gould and his world turns upside down.At the International Exhibition, an exploding steam engine...

Moriarty Takes His Medicine

Moriarty Takes His Medicine

Professor & Mrs. Moriarty tackle a case too ticklish for Sherlock Holmes to handle on his own.James and Angelina Moriarty are settling into their new marriage and their fashionable new home — or trying to.Then Sherlock Holmes comes to call with a...

Murder by Misrule

Murder by Misrule

Brilliant Francis Bacon is at a loss -- and in danger.Francis Bacon is charged with investigating the murder of a fellow barrister at Gray's Inn. He recruits his unwanted protégé Thomas Clarady to do the tiresome legwork. The son of a privateer,...

Now and Then Stab

Now and Then Stab

London, 1593. An anonymous ballad calls for violence. The mayor offers 100 crowns for the author’s name. Thomas Clarady wants that money and drags Francis Bacon in to help.Then the authorities turn on two popular playmakers. One is tortured. Another...

Publish and Perish

Publish and Perish

It’s 1589 and England is embroiled in a furious pamphlet war between an impudent Puritan calling himself Martin Marprelate and London’s wittiest writers. The archbishop wants Martin to hang. The Privy Council wants the tumult to end. But nobody knows...

The Case of the Spotted Tailor

The Case of the Spotted Tailor

Welcome to Ayreford in 1591, where cats can talk and fairies are real.Jane Moone leaves her thriving practice as a cunning woman in London to return to Ayreford to care for her aging father Amias. She's scarcely settled in when her only client's...

The Case of the Tangled Maypole

The Case of the Tangled Maypole

It’s May Day, a time of joyful song and dance. But Jane Moone is called at sunrise to view a sorrowful sight — Lucy Quirk, strangled in the maypole’s tangled ribbons. Lucy came to Ayreford to re-unite with her long-lost father. The prominent cunning...

The Spymaster's Brother

The Spymaster's Brother

Anthony Bacon returns after thirteen years in France to live in his brother’s house at Gray’s Inn. Though seldom strong enough to leave his rooms, his gouty legs never hinder his agile mind. He’s built the most valuable intelligence service in Europe....

The Widows Guild

The Widows Guild

London, 1588: Someone is turning Catholics into widows, taking advantage of armada fever to mask the crimes. Francis Bacon is charged with identifying the murderer by the Andromache Society, a widows’ guild led by his formidable aunt. He must free his...