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The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab was an odd sight indeed. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew.

In Rutland Place, a lost locket becomes the key to deadly secrets that lurk behind the opulent facade of one of London's most exclusive neighborhoods.

Late one night, a blazing inferno destroys the home of a well-to-do English doctor. Tragically, the man's wife perishes in the flames.

Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.

Orphelin à sept ans, Ashton Laytham doit venir vivre à Fayerweather, le domaine de son oncle.

Im Alter von sieben Jahren kommt Ashton Laytham als Waise nach Fayerweather auf das Landgut seines Onkels.

Ashton Laytham giunse a Fayerweather, la tenuta di suo zio, come orfano all’età di sette anni.

Ashton Laytham llegó a Fayerweather, el estado de su tío, como un huérfano de siete años. Familia y sirvientes por igual lo perciben como un niño antipático y lo rechazan.

Holidays are for lovers, just apparently not Ben Haggerty. Not this holiday. After his degree-seeking lover leaves humble blue-collar Ben, Ben spends the Yuletide miserable.

Mark Vincent has had enough. After his old cover ops organization is disbanded, he’s relegated to the CIA, where his career is slowly being strangled to death by conspiracy and apathy.

Giving up a life as rent boy Sweetcheeks for his lover, William Matheson, was an easy decision for Theo Bascopolis.

Sequel to 'Houseboat on the Nile' Highly ranked CIA officer Quinton Mann finds himself in a relationship with Mark Vincent—for exactly five days.

It's been 20 years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases.

Cause a "poker face" ain't just a song by Lady Gaga. Crang is a criminal lawyer.

Classic Batten—on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers.