Paul Doherty, Author . Headline $8.95 (373p) ISBN 978-0-7553-3844-3
Doherty’s fifth ancient Rome mystery, the first to be released in the U.S., picks up with former legionnaire Attius Enobarbus found murdered in a locked room. Emperor Constantine’s mother, pious Christian Helena, dispatches her servant...
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Paul Doherty, Minotaur, $24.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-312-57683-7
Master of the historical mystery, Doherty (The Spies of Sobeck) tries his hand at a straight historical in this less than impressive first in a new series set during the crusader era. In 1095, Pope Urban II's call to arms leads to the First Crusade.
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Paul Doherty, Author, Paul Dorothy, Author, Exploratorium Teacher Institute, Author John Wiley & Sons $14.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-471-11515-1
The Exploratorium Science Snackbook series, debuting this month, offers ``the kind [of snacks] you can learn from and have fun with''-miniature versions of popular exhibits at the Exploratorium, San Francisco's science museum. The Magic Wand and...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Crème de la Crime, $28.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-78029-016-4
Set in 1380, Doherty’s solid 11th mystery featuring Brother Athelstan (after 2003’s The House of Shadows) opens with the poisoning death of Sir Robert Kilverby, a retired merchant, who’s found in a locked room of his London mansion with no obvious...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Crème de la Crime, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-026-3
In Doherty’s solid seventh Canterbury Tales medieval mystery (after 2009’s A Haunt of Murder), the physician delivers a blood-curdling account of the depredations of the so-called Midnight Man, described as “a warlock well-served by the knights of...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-037-9
Doherty’s gift for blending historical intrigue and brilliantly constructed, impossible crimes has never been better displayed than in his 12th whodunit featuring Brother Athelstan (after 2012’s Bloodstone). In 1381, England is controlled by its...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $28.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-78029-060-7
Brother Athelstan, secretary and clerk to Sir John Cranston, London’s Lord High Coroner, has a complicated multiple murder case to unravel in Doherty’s intricate 13th whodunit set in 14th-century England (after 2013’s The Straw Men). The killer’s...
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Paul Doherty. Crème de la Crime, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-78029-100-0
How did someone commit two murders and escape a locked church with not only a corpse but also a king’s ransom? That’s the baffling problem confronting Brother Athelstan in Doherty’s clever 18th outing for the Dominican friar (after 2016’s A...
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Paul Doherty. Crème de la Crime, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-107-9
Christopher Urswicke, the protagonist of this middling series launch set in 1471 from Doherty (the Brother Athelstan mysteries), serves Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the future Henry VII, as her “personal clerk and leading henchman.” What starts...
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Paul Doherty. Severn, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-138-3
In 1471, the House of York is ascendant, and Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and a leading Lancastrian, is not only out of power but in serious danger, in Doherty’s outstanding third Margaret Beaufort mystery (after 2020’s The Stone of...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $29.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-78029-066-9
Brother Athelstan has a miracle to puzzle over in Doherty’s superior 14th whodunit featuring the insightful medieval sleuth (after 2013’s Candle Flame). But before Athelstan can determine how a man was suddenly cured of horrific burns, he must stop...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $29.95 (240p) ISBN 978-1-78029-079-9
In 1381, new taxes levied on peasants have brought resentment to a fever pitch, and England’s leaders fear a revolt that will “topple both Church and Crown,” in Doherty’s solid 15th Brother Athelstan mystery (after 2014’s The Book of Fires). The...
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Paul Doherty. Severn/Crème de la Crime, $29.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-086-7
Set in 1381, Doherty’s enthralling 16th Brother Athelstan mystery finds the Dominican Order at Blackfriars in an uproar over the stabbing death of Brother Alberic, whose body has been found in a locked guest room. Fortunately, Brother Athelstan,...
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Paul Doherty. Crème de la Crime, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-110-9
Sir John Cranston, Lord High Coroner of London, needs Brother Athelstan’s help in Doherty’s outstanding 19th historical featuring the Dominican parish priest (after 2017’s The Mansions of Murder). In 1381, someone has been slashing the throats of...
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Paul Doherty. Crème de la Crime, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-127-7
Set in 1471 against the backdrop of England’s Wars of the Roses, Doherty’s atmospheric if flawed sequel to 2018’s Dark Queen Rising finds Countess Margaret Beaufort, mother of the future Henry VII, desperate to get her loyal followers out of the...
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Paul Doherty. Crème de la Crime, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-114-7
In Doherty’s strong 20th 14th-century historical featuring Brother Athelstan (after 2019’s The Godless), the brilliant, compassionate Dominican friar and his coroner friend, Sir John Cranston, investigate the death of Brother Robert, who collapsed...
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Paul Doherty. Severn, $28.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-139-0
Set in 1382, Doherty’s memorable 21st mystery featuring Brother Athelstan (after 2020’s The Stone of Destiny) poses multiple baffling puzzles that are all resolved logically. Athelstan and his superior and friend, Sir John Cranston, Lord High...
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Paul Doherty. Severn, $30.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4483-0864-4
Set in 1472, Doherty’s strong fourth Margaret Beaufort mystery (after 2021’s Dark Queen Watching) finds Margaret at the Moor, a beautiful palace with an eerie maze and a sinister history, where people associated with the victorious Yorkist side are...
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Paul Doherty. Severn House, $31.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4483-0865-1
Doherty’s 22nd whodunit featuring 14th-century friar Athelstan (after The Hanging Tree) is as fresh as ever. England’s King Richard II, attempting to realize his ancestors’ imperial ambitions, has set his sights on the French crown. With the two...
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Paul Doherty. Severn House, $29.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-4483-1310-5
Doherty’s rip-roariing latest mystery featuring 14th-century Dominican priest Brother Athelstan (after Murder Most Treasonable) reinforces the author’s reputation as a master of historical crime fiction. In addition to serving as a clergyman,...
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