New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Constable Robinson 2005 April-June
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Constable Robinson APRIL-JUNE 2005

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Mike Ashley Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits v. 3. Published June 2005 by Constable Robinson at £7.99 ISBN: 1845290046

The third new collection of historical murder and mystery stories A brilliant new collection of thirty stories of mystery and intrigue spread over three thousand years, from Ancient Egypt to spies on the Titanic. Selected by bestselling editor Mike Ashley, the stories include brand new contributions as well as rare reprints, from writers such as Ian Rankin, Lynda Robinson, Sharan Newman, Gail Frazer, Gillian Linscott and Peter Tremayne. Among the characters featured are the Queen of Sheba, Attila the Hun, Hildegarde of Bingen, Geoffrey Chaucer, Henry the Navigator and Benjamin Franklin. And with settings as far-ranging as Botany Bay and ancient Pisa, New Amsterdam and old Edinburgh, ancient Greece and the court of Kublai Khan.

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Barbara Cleverly The Palace Tiger Pbk published June 2005 by Constable Robinson at £6.99 ISBN: 1845290488

Fourth outing for Joe Sandilands

Can Joe and Edgar ensure his survival? In the glittering and luxurious setting of the court, Joe must track down a clever murderer - all under the mocking and hostile eye of the ruthless Chief of State Police. And more deaths will occur before he finds his way through the maze of intrigue to corner, at last, the palace tiger.

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Anthony Eglin The Lost Gardens Published June 2005 by Constable Robinson at £16.99 ISBN: 1841199516

Like the Lost Gardens of Heligan, this garden too has secrets

The restoration of the once magnificent gardens of Wickersham Priory is to be done by Lawrence Kingston, retired professor of botany, amateur sleuth and eccentric bon viveur. When, in the process of clearing the site, he finds an ancient healing well concealed within its depths he also finds the remains of a human skeleton. A police investigation follows, but Kingston starts one of his own and soon finds himself on a trail of clues that wind back down the centuries, from the battlegrounds of World War II to the depths of the Middle Ages. It is a journey marked by revenge, compassion and murder. When finally it reaches its end, there is a reckoning that no one, amid the tranquil glories of the garden empire, could have ever imagined.

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Elizabeth Peters Guardian of the Horizon Pbk published May 2005 by Constable Robinson at £6.99 ISBN: 184529047X

The Emersons’ journals chronicling the 1907–8 season have been discovered, revealing hitherto unknown events from Amelia Peabody’s remarkable career! Banned from the Valley of the Kings, their excavation at an abrupt end, Amelia and her distinguished husband, Emerson, have returned to England with their son, Ramses, and foster daughter, Nefret. Ramses is secretly in love with Nefret and about to flee to Germany to escape temptation. But a mysterious visitor provokes a change in plans for Ramses and the others. After a decade without contact, Prince Tarek from the Lost Oasis has written to the Emersons, asking for help. His only surviving son is ill, and his throne may be threatened . . . Guided by only a crumbling map that took them to the Oasis a decade earlier, the Peabody–Emerson clan head for the Sudan. There they confront forces secretly arrayed against them; there Ramses must face up to his feelings for Nefret.

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Elizabeth Peters Serpent on the Crown Published May 2005 by Constable Robinson at £16.99 ISBN: 1845291638

Autumn 1921. The Peabody–Emerson family are enjoying a fruitful period of excavation in Egypt. But when they hear the alarming tale of a man’s mysterious death their digging turns to detecting. His widow is convinced her husband was the victim of a curse and implores the Emersons to find and return the small ‘deadly’ statue that killed him to the tomb from which it was stolen – before it claims another life. From bitter experience, the Emersons know it would be a serious mistake to start chasing tomb robbers. But Amelia and co. soon start to find that the curse may be more real than they ever imagined . . .
‘She asks us to come directly to her room. She’s afraid to open the door, she says!’ Ramses took his mother’s arm. With the skill of long practice they wound their way through the procession of camels, donkeys and carriages that filled the street. ‘Which room?’ Nefret asked, looking up at the long façade of the hotel....
‘The one with the balcony? I’m surprised she didn’t.... Oh Good Lord! What’s that?’ There was no mistaking what it was, despite its distance from the ground. Sunset shone with theatrical intensity on the stone balustrade of the balcony and the form leaning over it. Man-high, shrouded, dead black, it seemed to drink the sun’s rays. As they stared in disbelief, the shape slowly bent forward and fell, 40 feet, toward the terrace below.

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