Sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan discovers that past crimes can cause new murder in the latest intriguing medieval mystery. June, 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London, determined to overturn both Crown and Church. The Regent, John of Gaunt, has headed north, leaving his nephew, the boy-king Richard II, unprotected. Brother Athelstan meanwhile has been summoned to the monastery at Blackfriars, tasked with solving the murder of his fellow...

Chet Roscow ha comenzado a sentirse a gusto en Elm Hills, Nueva Jersey. Tiene un trabajo, tres buenos amigos y ha encontrado el lugar perfecto para nadar. Pero todo cambia con la llegada de un gran tiburón blanco que ataca cerca de donde vive. Todos hablan de lo mismo. Así que cuando Chet ve algo raro en el agua, piensa que es su imaginación... ¡hasta que se encuentra cara a cara con un sanguinario tiburón! In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is...

Elizabeth Bertelsen dreams of becoming an astronomer, but for her such dreams are as unreachable as the stars she so deeply adores. As a Mormon girl, her duty is to her family and, in a not too far away future, to the man who will choose to marry her. When she unexpectedly finds herself in Colorado, she is tempted by the total eclipse of the sun that is about to happen-- and maybe even meeting up with the female scientists she has long admired. With...

"A girl as beautiful as Simonetta Cattaneo never wants for marriage proposals in 15th Century Italy, but she jumps at the chance to marry Marco Vespucci. Marco is young, handsome and well-educated. Not to mention he is one of the powerful Medici family's favored circle. Even before her marriage with Marco is set, Simonetta is swept up into Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici's glittering circle of politicians, poets, artists, and philosophers. The men...

"Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case. Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence's mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened...

"Boston society darling Gigi Wentworth leaves behind everything she holds dear only to learn that the man with whom she'd planned to elope is a thieving scoundrel. Abandoned in New York City, Gigi takes on work as a lady's maid, keeping her identity a secret...until she's discovered by a former friend with a hidden agenda"--

It's 1982 in Australia. In a seaside suburb, housewife Theresa takes up swimming. She wants to get fit; she also wants a few precious minutes to herself. So at sunrise each day she strikes out past the waves. From the same beach, the widowed Marie swims. With her husband gone, bathing is the one constant in her new life. After finding herself in a desperate situation, 25-year-old Leanne only has herself to rely on. She became a nurse to help others,...