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Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001, ©2000
Language
English
Description
"A series of Grisly slayings ignite passions in Pharaoh's Egypt. Is it the work of humans or has the god Anubis come to earth intent on sabotaging peace negotiations with the dreaded Mitanni? Only Amerotke, wise and trusted judge of the powerful female Pharaoh Hatusu, can sort through the tangle of intrigue that surrounds the killings and discover the truth."--Jacket.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002, ©2001
Language
English
Description
Presiding over the trial of a murdered scribe's well-connected lover, Lord Amerotke is summoned to the Temple of Seth to investigate the killing of an Egyptian hero, a case in which Pharaoh Hatusu takes personal interest.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Lord Amerotke, the Chief Judge to the Pharoah Queen Hatusu, is called in to investigate when the Sebaus, a mysterious sect taking its name from demons, steals a powerful secret, but his search for the truth is complicated by the death of a military hero killed by vipers.
5) Nightshade
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
January 1304 and Hugh Corbett, devoted emissary of King Edward I, has been charged with yet another dangerous mission: restore order to the village of Mistleham in Essex and return a Templar treasure to the King.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Amerotke, Chief Judge in the Hall of Two Truths, must protect the people he loves while also unraveling different strands of greed and treason to track down the leader of a fanatical cult of Nubian worshipers commiting acts of terrorism and murder in the capital of Thebes during the 15th century B.C.E.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Hugh Corbett, a clerk and spy in the court of Edward I, investigates the mysterious death of Lady Eleanor Belmont, former mistress of Prince Philip of Wales, a death which may destroy the delicate peace between England and France.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©1986
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Duket, goldsmith, kills Ralph Crepyn, moneylender, and flees to London's St. Mary Le Bow for sanctuary. The next day Duket is found hanged inside the locked church, an apparent suicide. Bishop Burnell, Chancellor for King Edward I, assigns Corbett to investigate. Burnell fears that the antiroyal Populares party will join with practitioners of devil worship at this time, ``Christianity is only skin deep.'' Hugh Corbett is threatened and attacked...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When three of Egypt's leading scribes die from poisoning during the signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Libya, Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Halls of Two Truths, is assigned to investigate the crimes, in a mystery set in ancient Egypt.
Author
Series
Publisher
Creme De La Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1381. Brother Athelstan is summoned to the church of St. Benet's in Queenhithe to investigate the murder of a priest. Parson Reynaud has been found stabbed to death inside his own locked church. Other disturbing discoveries include an empty coffin and a ransacked money chest. Who would commit murder inside a holy church? Who would spirit away a corpse the night before the funeral -- and who would be brave enough to steal treasure belonging...
16) The godless
Author
Series
Publisher
Crème De La Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"November, 1381. London has been rocked by a series of bizarre and brutal murders. The corpses of a number of prostitutes have been discovered, their throats slit, their bodies stripped; in each case, a blood-red wig has been placed on their heads. At the same time, a mysterious explosion rips through a royal war cog bound for Calais, killing all on board. Could there be a connection? Summoned to assist in the investigations by Sir John Cranston,...
Author
Series
Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Crème de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1471. Edward IV sits on the English throne; the House of York reigns supreme. With her young son, Henry Tudor, in exile in France, Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, shelters deep in the shadows, secretly plotting for the day when Henry can be crowned the rightful king. But as her supporters are picked off one by one, it becomes clear that a traitor lurks within Margaret's household. When one of her most loyal henchmen, Jacob Cromart,...
18) Corpse candle
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When Abbot Stephen, the head of St. Martin's-in-the-Marsh monastery, is found brutally murdered, Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, is sent to investigate and to dispute rumors about a galloping robber's ghost.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010, ©2006
Language
English
Description
England, 1303. Sir Hugh Corbett is summoned to a scene of bloody mayhem and murder: Wilhelm Von Paulents, a representative of the Hanseatic League, and his wife, son and a clerk have been barbarously assassinated. The "Carta Mysteriosa"--A collection of valuable and detailed maps and sea charts--have not been stolen. So why were the murders committed and by whom? Corbett investigates and, once again, he enters the world of shadows to confront the...
Author
Series
Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty... May, 1471. The Wars of the Roses are reaching their bitter and bloody climax. Edward of York has claimed the English throne, and his supporters are extracting a savage revenge on all who supported the Lancastrian cause. Surrounded by enemies wherever she turns, the position of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond...
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