Books by Deryn Lake and Complete Book Reviews
Deryn Lake, Author . Severn $28.95 (204p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6770-4
At the start of Lake's lurid 13th Georgian historical (after 2008's Death in Hellfire
), apothecary John Rawlings, summoned by his pregnant mistress, joins a London carriage bound for the West Country. Other passengers include Jack Beef (ak
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Deryn Lake, Severn, $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6834-3
This delightful first in a new contemporary cozy series from British author Lake (the pseudonym of Dinah Lampitt) opens with the arrival of 28-year-old Nick Lawrence, the recently appointed vicar, in the quaint Sussex village of Lakehurst. The...
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Deryn Lake, Author Allison & Busby $24.95 (286p) ISBN 978-0-7490-0583-2
In Deryn Lake's Death at St. James's Palace: A John Rawlings Mystery, the real-life blind magistrate John Fielding (and hero of a historical mystery series by Bruce Alexander) is at St. James's Palace, waiting to be invested as a knight, when a ...
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Deryn Lake. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8086-4
Set in 1768, the pseudonymous Lake’s excellent 14th mystery featuring real-life apothecary John Rawlings (after 2009’s Death and the Black Pyramid) defers the violence the title promises until relatively late in the book, but patient readers will be
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Deryn Lake. Severn, $28.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8226-4
Cozy fans will welcome the pseudonymous Lake’s second whodunit set in the quiet Sussex village of Lakehurst (after 2010’s The Mills of God). When the director of a local theatrical production—a sound and light show depicting the history of landmark...
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Deryn Lake. Severn, $28.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8354-4
Horatio Huxtable, a London merchant, turns for help to apothecary John Rawlings, known for his ability to solve problems for John Fielding and the Bow Street Runners, in Lake’s workmanlike 15th mystery set in 18th-century England (after 2011’s Death
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Deryn Lake. Severn, $28.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8437-4
A particularly dark mystery distinguishes the pseudonymous Lake’s outstanding third Rev. Nick Lawrence whodunit (after 2013’s Dead on Cue). Nick’s quiet Sussex village is gearing up for a medieval fair, whose proceeds will benefit the steeple-preserv
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Deryn Lake. Severn, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8617-0
At the start of Lake’s amiable if flawed 16th John Rawlings mystery (after 2014’s Death on the Rocks), the widowed British apothecary and his three children set sail in 1773 for the Colonies, where John is to consummate a business deal. When their...
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