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The Malevolent Comedy by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries
'Murder, mayhem, fire, riot and ruination!' Westfield's men are in dire straights, and their playwright appears to be suffering from a lack of creative inspiration. Thankfully, the company is offered a new play, The Malevolent Comedy, which they believe will drag them out of their rut and put on a spect ...Show more
The Merry Devils by Edward Marston
Category: Fiction
Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell, fresh from his triumph holding together his volatile players' company during a treasonous plot against Queen Elizabeth, is set to make the galleries of The Queen's Head ring with laughter with a new comedy, The Merry Devils. The lugubrious landlord is sure mischief will re ...Show more
The Merry Devils by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Bookholder Nicholas Bracewell, fresh from his triumph holding together his volatile players' company during a treasonous plot against Queen Elizabeth, is set to make the galleries of The Queen's Head ring with laughter with a new comedy, The Merry Devils. The lugubrious landlord is sure mischief will re ...Show more
The Nine Giants by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers
"Marston's wit and vivid evocation of Elizabethan London's sights and smells provide a delightfully ribald backdrop for this clever series." -Publishers Weekly "...all the swashbuckling thrills and romantic swagger of the blood-and-thunder tragedies that are meat and drink to Westfield's Men." -New Yor ...Show more
The Owls of Gloucester by Edward Marston
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Domesday Ser.
The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of its monks. The Abbot, ill-equipped to deal with such a heinous crime, is stunned by the Sheriff's belief that one of the monks is guilty. This is the confusion that that greets the two Domesday Comminisioners, Ralph Delchard and G ...Show more
The Princess of Denmark by Edward Marston
Category: General Fiction | Series: The Nicholas Bracewell Mysteries
Winter approaches and Westfield's Men are out of work. When their widowed patron decides to marry again, he chooses a Danish bride with vague associations to the royal family. Since the wedding will take place in Elsinore, the troupe is invited to perform as guests of King Christian IV. One of the plays ...Show more
The Railway Detective by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Railway Detective Ser.
In 1851 England, the city of London anticipates the grand opening of the Great Expedition. Excitement is mounting with each engineering triumph of the railways, but not everyone feels like celebrating. A sudden attack hits the London to Birmingham mail train and it is looted and derailed. Planned with m ...Show more
The Railway Detective's Christmas Case by Edward Marston
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Railway Detective Ser.
December 1864. As a cold winter wind scours the Worcestershire countryside, an excursion train comes through a tunnel in the Malvern Hills to be confronted by a blockage on the line ahead. The driver manages to slow the train down so that the impact is minimised, but the passengers are alarmed. The firs ...Show more
The Railway Viaduct by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Inspector Robert Colbeck Ser.
As a train speeds over the Sankey Viaduct, the dead body of a man is hurled into the canal below. Inspector Robert Colbeck and Sergeant Victor Leeming take charge of their most complex and difficult case yet. Hampered by the fact that the corpse has nothing on him to indicate his identity, they are baff ...Show more
The Ravens of Blackwater by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Domesday Ser.
The village of Maldon is controlled by the Fitzcorbucion family, led by wealthy bully Hamo Fitzcorbucion, the lord of Blackwater Castle. When Hamo's son is found murdered, he demands justice and will stop at nothing to get it.
The Serpents of Harbledown by Edward Marston
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: Domesday Ser.
When a young girl is killed by a snake bite, her community in Canterbury is devastated. Delchard and Bret arrive to settle a land dispute but when clues suggest that the girl was actually murdered, the situation becomes a lot more complicated.
The Silent Woman by Edward Marston
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Fortune casts the lot of Lord Westfield's men among thieves and murderers..."Mr. Marston's revenge plot has all the swashbuckling thrills and romantic swagger of the blood-and-thunder tragedies that are meat and drink to Westfield's Men." -The New York Times Book Review When fire destroys their London ...Show more