fiction / mystery & detective / historical

"A dual narrative exploring the mystery surrounding the death of Anastasia Romanov and the claims of Anna Anderson, the woman long-believed to be the young Grand Duchess' most famous imposter"--.

"Transferred to a famous asylum after being arrested for his wife's murder in fin-de-si?cle Paris, a man with an eidetic memory is investigated by a doctor and a police officer who discover links between the bizarre crime and the highest and lowest establishments in France"--OCLC.

Marina's husband becomes obsessed with horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and the events surrounding the summer of 1934, b ut when her husband disappears and the police rule it a suicide, she must follow her husband's trail to learn the truth.

Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage become tangled in a dangerous web of religious and political intrigue. In July 1831, in the midst of their idyllic honeymoon in England's Lake District, their seclusion is interrupted by a missive from Kiera's new father-in-law asking them to investigate a deadly incident involving a distant relative of the Duke of Wellington which has taken place at an abbey south of Dublin, Ireland. Intent on discovering what kind of monster could murder a woman of the cloth, the couple travel to Rathfarnham Abbey school. As they work to unravel the crime, a second nun is slain in broad daylight near a classroom full of young girls.

It is a normal afternoon in Sussex when Russell and Holmes return home to find a peculiar addition to their garden: a beautiful stone that once occupied the Imperial Gardens in Kyoto, Japan. The stone immediately recalls the spring of 1924, when, on their way back from India (The Game), Russell and Holmes agreed to perform a small but exceedingly dangerous job for the emperor of Japan. At the time, Russell encountered a young Japanese woman on board their ship who tutored the two foreigners about her country and guided them into a secret meeting with the Prince Regent himself. Now, when Russell heads for Oxford to resume her long-delayed studies, she comes face-to-face with that very same young Japanese woman. Mary quickly realizes Miss Sato Haruki is not all that she seems.