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Lord Asad, or Ace, as he prefers to be called, is captain of the Paradigm, an overseas trade ship. He is a risk-taker and determined to be the first man to hear the siren's song and live to tell about it. So he orders his crew to tie him to the mast while they hide below deck as the ship sails through Death's Door. And to his surprise, he not only hears the siren's song, but comes in direct contact with her as she and her misfit pirates decide to pillage his ship while he can do nothing but watch.

Duke Odwolfe of Manterra is known to his friends as Wolfe, and to his enemies as Duke the Destroyer. When his prized bull goes missing, he sets out to find it. It has been stolen for a sacrifice by the druids who are conducting their pagan ritual in the forest, within the circle of standing stones. And when he finds he is too late to save his animal, he demands one of the druids come to his castle as his servant in exchange for his loss. Rae-Nyst is an elemental of the earth, better know as a dryad. She has both fae as well as human blood in her veins.

Bodies washing up along the eastern coast of New England and the mysterious grounding of a “ghost ship” near Manhattan combine to bring Sherlock Holmes out of retirement to resume his pursuit of the villainous Baron Antonio Barlucci--the Whitechapel Vampire. But when he arrives in London to enlist the assistance of Dr. Watson, the good doctor has reservations.

John "Slim" Hardy, heavy drinker and disgraced soldier turned bumbling private detective, is hired to investigate Ted Douglas, an investment banker who slips out of work every Friday to visit a desolate cove on the Lancashire coast. There, he walks to the shore, opens an old book, and begins to read aloud.

When the notorious pirate captain Redbone forms a new band of buccaneers, the Pirates Born of Iron and Blood, honor is a matter of life or death. Redbone’s grand idea seems reasonable—at least in a world where pirates also rule the high seas and many of the seaports. The Bloody Hag, a cold and ghastly-looking device, was created from Redbone’s imagination for this one purpose only: to bring together only the pirates worthy of the honor of wearing its mark of honor on their wrist. In Redbone’s world, you might end up dead if you aren’t a member of his bloody band of brothers.

Widow, Rachael Bainard is furious to learn that her uncle has betroth her to their enemy, the Lion of the South. Her young son needs a father, but one bad marriage was enough, and Rachael is in no hurry to wed again. If she can stall long enough, Lent will begin. By the laws of the church, no marriages are allowed between the start of Lent and Easter. This will give her the time she needs to figure out how to break the betrothal. However, things don't always go as planned, and it seems her luck has run out.

Sir Braden is headed to Banesmoor to hire out his sword. But when he gets there he is promised the lord's daughter in marriage as well as a huge dowry if he can but capture the spy within the castle's walls. Portia-Maer is an elemental of the air, called a sylph. She can brew up a storm with the mere flick of her wrist. She is half fae and half human, and has been sent to Banesmoor by her wretched stepmother to spy, as a battle is in the planning.

Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only 14 when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next 10 years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles.

On the evening of Saturday, January 15, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young Nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighboring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that she’s on her way, but she never arrives home. In the ensuing police investigation, no trace of Jennifer Evans is ever found. The only evidence is a photograph taken by a fellow passenger of footprints in the snow in front of Holdergate station.

Lord Etienne de Beynac, the youngest of six boys, has managed to disgrace his family with his wild ways. When his father and brothers disown him, he has no choice but to agree to his father's terms. He joins a monastery as a novice across the channel, in England. Etienne gets one last chance for redemption before he finalizes his vows to live the rest of his life as a monk. As a favor to his brother, he goes to Grimsthorpe Castle to spy on his brother's betrothed, Lady Philippa.

Former space trucker Jon Simmons, now bona fide U.S.E. Marshal agent Bob3831, has a murder to solve—and on it rests the fate of the universe. The problem is, he has little experience in detective work and, worse still, no leads. The victim, a high-ranking public figure on Cloisteria—a wealthy planet where only the elite can gain residence—has a hole in his head the size of a peach. And if Jon can't solve the crime, the consequences are unthinkable. But time is against him: The people of Cloisteria are lobbying for independence, and if that happens he'll be taken off the case.

One autumn night in 1992, young trapeze artist Maria’s circus career is cut short by a career-ending fall. Later investigation reveals sabotage, but by then, the ramshackle Southern Cross Circus has folded, and it’s garrulous ring master and owner fled to Spain.

The Sherlockian, the magazine that the indefatigable Holmesian, Kelvin I. Jones, edited in the mid-1980s for publication by Magico Magazine, is re-published in one volume. New material includes essays and stories by leading Sherlockians in the UK, USA and Canada.

What do an Internet scam, a conference for mystery writers, and "The Great Sausage Scandal" have in common? They're all connected to the latest adventure of Addy Zhuang, an employee of the real-life bank at 221B Baker Street tasked with answering all of the mail that mystery fans send to Sherlock Holmes. In the sequel to Sherlock's Secretary, Addy, his true crime reporter girlfriend Zabel, and his friends Sanna and Jasper travel to Scotland in order to solve a missing persons case connected to a prop from the classic movie The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes.

A new brotherhood formed by a blood ritual. The Iron Born Pirates feared and hated above all swashbucklers, were considered the most ruthless band of Buccaneers sailing upon the Spanish Main. They rob and destroy at will, with no one to end their reign of terror. They are brothers of blood until the end of life. Shipwrecked…abandoned…rescued by the enemy. Should he save a pirate’s life to gain his freedom?

Attempting to forget his problems with the bottle, former soldier turned private detective John “Slim” Hardy joins what ought to be a peaceful fishing package holiday in Dartmouth, South Devon. But when a violent tragedy affects one of the other tour guests, Slim finds himself on the trail of a potential killer. Set in the beautiful surrounds of the River Dart estuary and Agatha Christie’s Greenway, The Angler’s Tale will take Slim Hardy into places darker than any he has faced before.

After overwhelming Scotland, the glacier gouged its unstoppable way south. Only a few people remained in the desolate, frozen streets of the cities of Northern England. As the daily blizzards blew stronger and the icebergs on the River Mersey grew larger, Norman and Chrissy Leonard prepared to flee their Liverpool home. When Norman heard - The Roar - he knew the time for preparation had passed. An unspeakable dread twisted inside him at that primordial sound. The glacier was pushing more than just snow and ice ahead of it.

She sits on the headstone, claws flexing, wings furled, as she has for almost four centuries. The people of Byre live in fear. A centuries-old evil that grows stronger with each human sacrifice threatens their village. If all goes according to her plan, the Village Witch will unleash almost 400 years of resentment, hatred and homicidal rage on the town. Tim Galton, an ex-special forces soldier, Professor Alexander Hall, and his daughter Susan, paranormal investigators, and a few, brave villagers are all that stand in her way.

If you listened to A King Under Siege, you might remember that we left off just as Richard declared his majority at age 22. He was able to rise above the humiliation inflicted on him during the Merciless Parliament, but the fear that it could happen again haunted him the rest of his life. Ten years was a long time to wait before taking revenge on your enemies, but King Richard II was a patient man.

The world today is drowning in data. There is a treasure trove of valuable and underutilized insights that can be gleaned from information companies and people leave behind on the internet - our "digital breadcrumbs" - from job postings, to online news, social media, online ad spends, and more.