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Billy Boyle WWIIMysteriesby James R. Benn
Engaging . . . The World War II
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1. Billy Boyle
Billy Boyle barely made detective back inBoston beore the U.S. entered WWII. He
lands a job on the sta o Eisenhower,
who wants him to investigate the
Norwegian government in exile. The
invasion o Norway is being planned,
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out all the stops i hes to survive.
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3. Blood Alone
Billy Boyle awakens in a eld hospital in Sici ly with amnesia.
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FourHistorical Novelsby David Liss
A Conspiracy o PaperBenjamin Weaver, a Jew and ex-boxer,
tracks down elons or the aristocracy in
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The Coee Trader
Amsterdam, 1659: Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-
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The Whiskey RebelsAlexander Hamilton is engaged in a bitter power struggle with
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Veil o LiesA Medieval Noir
By Jeri WestersonCrispin Guest, disgraced knight, has lost
everything and must live by his wits on themean streets o 12th-century London. He
takes odd investigative jobs, but when his
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The Mistress ofthe Art o Death Mysteries
by Ariana Franklin
1. Mistress o the Art o DeathIn medieval Cambridge, Adelia, a emale
orensics expert, is summoned by King
Henry II to investigate a series o gruesome
murders blamed on the Jews. The king wishesto save the Jews, as they are a rich source o
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Barker & LlewelynNovelsby Will Thomas
Thomas places his cast o likable even heroic characters
within a complex political mineeld and then waits or
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1. Some Danger InvolvedThe murder o a scholar in Victorian Londons Jewish ghetto
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Killing Rommelby Steven Pressfeld
1942: Hitlers legions have swept across
Europe. Rommel and his Panzers stand
poised to overrun Egypt and the oilelds
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TheCivil War at Sea Sagaby David Poyer
Poyer once again displays his expert knowledge o
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1. Fire on the WatersA Novel of the Civil War at Sea
As the Union crumbles, the crew o the
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Union naval engineer Theodorus Hubbard,
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Markham o the MarinesAdventuresby Tom Connery(a.k.a. David Donachie)
Moves at a crackling pace, alternating between hard-
ought battles, political intrigue and acts o treachery.
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1. A Shred o HonourGeorge Markham, Lieutenant o Marines, is an
Irishman, papist, and reputed coward. When his
ship is sent to help the Bourbon city o Toulon
against the French revolutionaries, Markham
must prove he is a worthy ocer o marines . . .
or die in the attempt.
2. Honour RedeemedMarkham is up against enemies on all sides:
his superior ocers, the French, and the dark
secrets o his own past. His only allies are his
Scottish sergeant, Rannoch, and Bellamy, the
Negro marine who is ghting his own battle
or recognition and honour.
3. Honour Be DamnedAs the war with revolutionary France continues,
Markham nds himsel under the command o
a captain hungry or glory. With both French
and English enemies around him, and with his
riend Horatio Nelson ar away, Markham must
rely more than ever on his own wits.
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1. Murder on Astor Place
In turn-o-the-century New York, Sarah Brandt is a midwie
estranged rom her wealthy amily. When a woman is murdered,
Sarah must join the high society she scorns to nd the killer.
Detective Frank Mal loy reluctantly joins her search or justice.
2. Murder on St. Marks Place
Sarah Brandt learns o the death o a Char ity Girl. Trading
hersel to men or lavish gits and glamorous entertainment, the
girl was probably killed by one o her gentlemen riends. No one
cares about the deaths o such women, but Sarah vows to nd her
killer and turns to Detective Frank Malloy or help.
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innocence and determine i the victim was actually the victimizer.
5. Murder on Mulberry Bend
Sarah helps out at a reuge or girls trying to escape lie on the
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death. Frank Malloy tries to protect her by tak ing over the inves-
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6.Murder on Marble Row
New York City Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt is con-
vinced that anarchists are responsible or the death o a wealthy
industrialist. Assigned with proving this suspicion, Frank Malloy
turns to Sarah or help in navigating the high circles o Fith
Avenue society to catch a kil ler.
7. Murder on Lenox Hill
Midwie Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloys
most disturbing case to date begins not with a murder, but with
the pregnancy o a young womanwho is mentally still a child
hersel. And when suspicion alls on a beloved minister, the sor-
did aair could take its toll in innocent lives.
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An Irish girl marries into an Italian amily and delivers a baby
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In Chinatown to deliver a baby, Sarah learns that the mothers
mixed-race niece is missing, and she enlists Mal loys help. When
the girl is murdered, they must unravel the secrets o Chinatown
and Chinese culture to nd the killer.
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built a new lie. Now Frank Malloy turns to solving the murder
o Dr. Tom Brandt. He nds plenty o suspects among the doc-
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Night o FlamesA Novel of World War IIBy Douglas W. Jacobson
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1. KyddEurope is ablaze with war. Citizens are press-ganged into ser-
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Thomas Kydd takes command o the brig-sloop Teazerand
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6. TenaciousLieutenant Thomas Kydd joins a squadron com-
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Holmes on the Range Novelsby Steve Hockensmith
1. Holmes on the Range
1893: Brothers Big Red and Old Red
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A Sailor o AustriaIn which, without really intending to,
Otto Prohaska becomes Ofcial War
Hero No. 7 o the Habsburg Empire
This ironic, hilarious, and poignant
story, the rst in a our-book series, willdelight and entertain. Otto Prohaska is
a submarine captain serving the almost
landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire.
He aces a host o unlikely circumstances,
rom petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy
Turks. All signs point to the total collapse o the bloated empire
he serves, but Otto reuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour
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The EmperorsColoured CoatIn which Otto Prohaska, uture hero o
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ing time while not quite managing to
avert the First World War
The second book in the acclaimed seriesthat ollows the hapless Lieutenant Otto
Prohaska in the waning years o the
Austro-Hungarian Empire nds Otto
taking an ill-considered break rom duties to engage in a mad
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lovers husband, he nds himsel mistaken by anarchists as one o
their own. Otto soon masters their code names and secret hand-
shakes, but when he also learns o their plans to assassinate the
Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, his duty is clear. He must alert
his superiorsnow, i only he can nd someone who will believe
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Stark realism and fnely crated humor . . .
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Tomorrow the World
In which Cadet Otto Prohaska carriesthe Habsburg Empires civilizing mission
to the entirely unreceptive peoples o
Arica and Oceania
In this prequel to the acclaimed series, the
hapless Otto Prohaska begins his career
in the Austro-Hungarian Navy with great
expectationsand manages to capitalize on
good luck turned bad as only an aspiring
ocer o the Hapsburg Empire can. When a ellow cadet breaks
his leg, Otto takes his place on a scientic expedition bound or
disaster. Aboard the SMS Windischgrtz, in the last days o the
great sailing ships, Otto learns the ropes as well as the latest sci-entic theories o European superiority. Its touch and go on the
high seas, but even sinister quack scientists, a ailed colony in
Arica, and angry South Sea cannibals bent on destruction cannot
keep Otto rom his patriotic duty to spread Hapsburg civilization
wherever he goes.
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The Two-Headed EagleIn which Otto Prohaska takes a break
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The third book in the series that ol-
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Otto Prohaska in the waning years o the
Austro-Hungarian Empire begins in the
summer o 1916. As luck would have it,
Otto is assigned to the nascent, unreliable
and utterly terriying Imperial and RoyalAustro-Hungarian Flying Service. Ottos aerial chaueur is the
sel-willed Hungarian Sergeant-Pilot Toth, with whom he can
only communicate in broken Latinalthough when all else ai ls,
screaming may suce!
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The Crusade Trilogyby Tom Harper
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1. The Mosaic o ShadowsIn 1096 Byzantium simmers with intrigue.
An assassination attempt against the Emperor
ails, and ormer mercenary Demetrios
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west or mercenaries to reinorce his position
only to have a great, blood-thirsty armythe
First Crusadearrive at his gates.
Well-researched, and cinematic in its imagery, this is a
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2. Knights o the CrossThe armies o the First Crusade race
across Asia Minor, reclaiming the land orChristendom. But their advance is halted by
the impregnable walls o Antioch. And then
a Norman knight is murdered, and Demetrios
Askiates must nd the killer. The trail leads
into the vipers nest o betrayal and anaticism
at the heart o the Crusade.
3. Siege o HeavenAter countless battles and sieges, the surviv-
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Zulu Hartby Saul David
Bullied at school as a bastard with suspi-
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anonymous ather will give him an inheri-
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The RennieHayter Novelsby Peter Smalley
1. HMS Expedient
Captain Will iam Rennie is on hal -pay when
hes givenExpedient, and sent to the South
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Fresh rom a dangerous expedition, Captain Rennie and
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England is poised or war with France. James
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The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventuresby Dewey Lambdin
1. The Kings Coat1780 . . . Seventeen-year-old Alan Lewrie is a brash, rebellious
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2. The French AdmiralMidshipman Alan Lewrie nds himsel winning respect aboardhis ship. When called upon to ght the Americans, Lewrie learnsthe brutal truth o civil war. U.S. Trade Paperback $17.95
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7. A Kings CommanderAlan Lewrie must sail the dangerous waters as he carries outHoratio Nelsons orders in the Mediterranean.
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15. The Baltic GambitLewrie joins the British feet to ace down the League o the
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TheJohn Thomas Fury Novelsby G.S. Beard
1. Mr. Midshipman Fury
1792: A shadow hangs over Midshipman John
Thomas Fury.Ten years earlier, Furys ather,
a brig commander, went mad and his crew
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2. Lieutenant Fury1793: TheAmazon is red upon by the French as she returns rom
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Monarchists surrender Toulon and the enemy feet to Admiral
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1. The ReaperCaptain Gilbert Anthony is given command o
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his athers wishes, Gil takes his hal-brother,Gabriel, into the ships company. Ahead o them
lies the eared pirate rigate Reaperand the ulti-
mate test o savage combat.
2. HMS SeawolGabriel Anthony takes command or the rst time. Not one to
stand aside, he leads a daring cutt ing-out expedition that ends
disastrously, and he is presumed dead. But his brother, Gilbert,
knows better. Love, blood, and battle will unite the brothers once
againas long as the seas are running and their powder stays dry.
3. Barracuda
1777: The ghost ship Barracuda plies the waters
o the coast o Saint Augustine taking no prizes
and leaving no survivors. To protect Florida loy-
alists, Admiral Lord Gilbert Anthony and his
brother, Gabriel, must track down those behind
the terrible slaughters.
The Jack Steel Novels
by Iain Gale1. Man o Honour
1704: Lieutenant Jack Steel leads the nest in-
antry in Queen Annes army. He is asked by
the Duke o Marlborough to rescue a letter o
questionable contents. Through the Battle o
Blenheim, Steel risks all in the ght or another
mans honour. All the while, the malevolent
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2. Rules o War
1706: Jack Steel stands at the head o his
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with their liberators. Steel must go under cover
to deal with traitors who seek the return o the
Frenchor worse stil l, complete independence.
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3. Brothers in Arms
1708: Steel returns to Flanders a married
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Marlborough. In Paris he must broker a deal
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hardship. Then he returns to the siege o Li lle
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Four Days in Juneby Iain Gale
Four days in June, 1815. Five men,
three armies, on the elds o Waterloo.
This is an epic battle or honour, glory,
and civilization. As the battle develops
over the our days, it is seen through
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acters o the these ve real-lie men. From the eve o the
battle to its bloody conclusion, there is devastation and
deance, desperation and great courage on al l sides.
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6. Ramage & the GuillotineNapoleons seemingly invincible army is massed or an invasion o
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1. RamageLord Nicholas Ramage, a young lieutenant
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are killed in battle. He escapes the carnage
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The rst and still avourite rival to
Hornblower. Daily Mirror
14. Ramages TrialRamage returns rom
Devils Island to discover
Sarah is missing. He must
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court-martial presided over
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The Yorke Sea Adventuresby Dudley Pope
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1. BuccaneerIts the 1650s, and Spain controls the entire Caribbean. But England, Holland and
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Santiago!
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Ned to be less a privateer and more an outlaw pirate.
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5. ConvoyThree hundred years ater the Caribbean adventures o Ned Yorke, Lieutenant
Yorke o the British Navy aces a deadly clash at sea during WWII. Yorke reuses
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6. Decoy1942: The situation in the Atlantic is dire or the Allied convoys.
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The Simon Fonthill Novelsby John Wilcox
1. The Horns o the Bualo1879: Lieutenant Simon Fonthill o the
British army was branded a coward. Now
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discover the intentions o the Zulu king
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2. The Road to Kandahar1879: Lieutenant Fonthill prepares to resign rom the army,
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3. The Diamond Frontier1880: Diamonds are discovered in Transvaal, and Fonthill
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4. Last Stand at Majuba Hill1881: In South Arica, ormer army captain Simon Fonthill
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5. The Guns o El Kebir1881: When Ahmed Arabi rises up against
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Fonthil l and 352 Jenkins to venture into
the desert ahead o his a rmy. They are to
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Egyptian orce. But bloodshed is ahead at
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6. The Siege o Khartoum1884. British General Gordon is under
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Agincourtby Bernard Cornwell
Banished to France, English archer
Nicholas Hook becomes a mercenary
and surv ives horrible slaughter. Return-
ing to England, he is commanded by
Henry V to join the kings army in
support o Henrys quest to claim the
French crown. From the disasters at the siege o Harfeur
to the horrors o the eld o Agincourt, this exhilarating
story o surv ival and slaughter is at once a brilliant work
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The Texas Ranger Sagaby Elmer Kelton
Young Rusty Shannon, held captive by the
Comanche, is rescued and adopted by Mike
Shannon, a member o the Texas ranging
company. Rusty becomes a Ranger, too, and
in a strange twist rescues another Comanche
captive, Andy Pickard, who ollows in hisootsteps. Ater the Civil War, the lawless
Texas rontier becomes a magnet or settlers, outlaws, Ku Klux
Klansmen and opportunists. Rusty, Andy, and their ellow
Rangers must stand between warring actions and uphold justice.
Lone Star RisingU.S. Omnibus Paperback $18.95
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Storytelling as ripe as a bank ripe or robbing. Its
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The Titus Bass Novels by Terry C. Johnston
1. Dance on the WindYoung Titus Bass leaves his Kentucky
home, looking or adventure. Along the
Mississippi, he nds a violent country o
riverboat men, bandits, knie ghts and
Indian raids. Yet beyond the river, the
unexplored Great Plains await.
2. Bualo PalaceYoung Titus Bass rides into Rocky
Mountain country where he learns to
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propelling Bass into the unorgiving w ilderness on a lonely,dangerous quest.
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Paddock trap beaver high in the Rockies and
stir up a hell o violence. Pursued by vengeul
Arapaho, Bass leads his small band to Taos.
Yet the trail o blood does not end there. For
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