Secondhand Crime & Mystery Bargain Book Box SP4089

Secondhand Crime & Mystery Bargain Book Box SP4089

Twenty novels dominated by Ellis Peters's incomparable Brother Cadfael chronicles — the medieval monk-detective at his best — alongside Laurie R. King's Mary Russell mysteries, a William Monk case from Anne Perry, Donna Leon's Commissario Brunetti, and thrillers from Gerald Seymour, Michael Crichton and Dan Brown.

1. Locked Rooms — Laurie R. King — Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes travel to San Francisco, where repressed memories of a childhood tragedy begin to surface. The eighth Russell-Holmes novel.
2. The Summer of the Danes — Ellis Peters — The eighteenth Brother Cadfael chronicle takes the monk-detective to Wales, where a Danish mercenary army threatens to ignite a war.
3. The Rose Rent — Ellis Peters — A murdered monk, a missing bridegroom and a strange gift of roses: the thirteenth Cadfael mystery, among the most atmospheric.
4. The Raven in the Foregate — Ellis Peters — A new priest's strict methods make him enemies in Cadfael's parish — until he turns up dead. The twelfth chronicle.
5. Slaves and Obsession — Anne Perry — Inspector William Monk and Hester investigate a case of arms dealing and murder set against the American Civil War.
6. The Sanctuary Sparrow — Ellis Peters — A young jongleur accused of murder flees into the sanctuary of the abbey, where Cadfael must prove his innocence. The seventh chronicle.
7. The Holy Thief — Ellis Peters — A stolen reliquary, a dead pilgrim and treachery within the abbey itself: the nineteenth and penultimate Cadfael chronicle.
8. A Letter of Mary — Laurie R. King — A papyrus fragment purporting to be from Mary Magdalene sends Russell and Holmes into danger in 1920s England. The third Russell-Holmes novel.
9. The Pilgrim of Hate — Ellis Peters — Pilgrims arrive for the feast of Saint Winifred — among them, perhaps, a murderer. The tenth Cadfael chronicle.
10. Traitor's Kiss — Gerald Seymour — A gripping espionage thriller from the writer the Daily Telegraph called "the finest thriller writer in the world today."
11. Death and Judgment — Donna Leon — Commissario Brunetti investigates a series of murders in Venice that lead to a world of corruption and trafficking. A particularly dark Brunetti.
12. The Virgin in the Ice — Ellis Peters — A harsh winter, two missing children, a murdered nun: the sixth Cadfael chronicle, set during the civil war between Stephen and Maud.
13. The Leper of Saint Giles — Ellis Peters — A wedding stopped by a murder, and a leper with a secret: the fifth Cadfael chronicle.
14. Monk's Hood — Ellis Peters — A wealthy man is poisoned with monk's hood, and Brother Cadfael knows the plant well — perhaps too well. The third chronicle.
15. Prince of Peace — James Carroll — A sweeping novel set against the Vietnam War and the American Catholic Church, by the acclaimed author of Constantine's Sword.
16. The Third Secret — Steve Berry — Cotton Malone races to find a suppressed secret from Fatima before it can be used to destroy the Vatican. Fast-moving Steve Berry at his best.
17. Timeline — Michael Crichton — A group of historians are transported back to fourteenth-century France and must find their way home alive. Crichton's most adventurous novel.
18. The Da Vinci Code — Dan Brown — Robert Langdon follows a trail of clues through the Louvre, Rosslyn Chapel and across Europe to a secret that could shake Christianity to its foundations.
19. One Corpse Too Many — Ellis Peters — The second Cadfael chronicle, set during the siege of Shrewsbury: ninety-four men are hanged, but there is one extra body — and only Cadfael notices.
20. The Heretic's Apprentice — Ellis Peters — A young man inherits his master's books and, with them, a heresy charge: the sixteenth Cadfael chronicle.