Historical Mystery

[close] First in the Pat O'Malley Historical Mystery Series, "Forevmore" will introduce you to the series with a spell-binding plot that engages you in the possible murder of Edgar Allan Poe in 1849 Baltimore. This book will soon be sold as an audio book read by Shandon Loring, a great Irish voice.
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[close] Dry Rot: A Sage Adair Historical Mystery

A losing labor strike, a dead construction boss, a union leader framed for murder, a ragpicker poet, and collapsing city bridges, all compete for Sage Adair's attention as he slogs through the Pacific Northwest's rain and mud to find answers before someone else dies. Based on actual historical events,

Set in 1902, in the Pacific Northwest, Dry Rot is the third book in the award-winning Sage Adair historical mystery series. Each book in the series is based on intensely researched, actual, historical events. Early history with a mystery twist.
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[close] It is 1535, and in the tumultuous years of King Henry VIII's break from Rome, the religious houses of England are being seized by force. Twenty-year-old Catherine Havens is a foundling and the adopted daughter of the prioress of the Priory of Mount Grace in a small Yorkshire village. Catherine, like her adoptive mother, has a gift for healing, and she is widely sought and admired for her knowledge.

Catherine’s hopes for a place at court have been dashed by the king’s divorce, and she has reluctantly taken the veil. In the remote North, the nuns enjoy the freedoms unavailable to other women. England is their home, but the times have changed, and now the few remaining nuns dread the arrival of the priory’s new owner, Robert Overton. When the priory’s costly altarpiece goes missing, Catherine and her friend Ann Smith find themselves under increased suspicion.

King Henry VIII’s soldiers have not had their fill of destruction, and when they return to Mount Grace to destroy the priory, Catherine must choose between the sacred calling of her past and the man who may represent her country’s future. [close]