SIGISMONDO MYSTERIES
Written as Elizabeth Eyre
| DEATH
OF THE DUCHESS
When a bride
disappears and her handmaid is murdered hours before a marriage
ceremony that is to heal the rift between the noble houses of de
Torre and Bandini, Sigismondo and his sidekick, Benno, spring into
action.
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CURTAINS
FOR THE CARDINAL
After his wife's
death, Prince Livio kills his own son in a fit of rage - and if
it weren't for Sigismondo, his daughter would have met the same
fate. While Sigismondo is acting as the princess's protector, someone
murders the cardinal.
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POISON
FOR THE PRINCE 
In an Italian
Renaissance mystery, Sigismondo, accompanied by Benno and the dog
Biondello, arrives in Viverra, only to find Prince Scipione deeply
engaged in alchemy and murder in the air.
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BRAVO
FOR THE BRIDE
Investigating
a suspicious accident that took place during the nuptials of Prince
Galeotto of Borgo, enigmatic crime-solver Sigismondo and his companions
find resistance from the prince until the young princess bride is
murdered.
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AXE
FOR AN ABBOT
The axe murder
of an abbot draws resourceful Renaissance knight Sigismondo and
his slow-witted sidekick, Benno, into the middle of a political
free-for-all over possession of La Feconda, a magnificent jewel-encrusted
cross said to bring fertility to its owner.
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DIRGE
FOR A DOGE
When aristocrat
Nicolo Ermolin is stabbed to death in his own study, even Italian
Renaissance detective Sigismondo wonders if Venice will sink beneath
the weight of its Machiavellian intrigues and machinations before
he can solve the crime.
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ROBERT BONE MYSTERIES
Written as Susannah Stacey
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GOODBYE NANNY
GRAY
Miss Phoebe
Gray was the model of a proper English nanny until she inherits
a fortune. Then she is the model of a proper dead English nanny,
and Superintendent Bone must discover if she was murdered for money
- or something else.
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A KNIFE AT
THE OPERA
Backstage
at the Tunbridge Wells girls' school production of The Beggar's
Opera, all was bedlam. Miss Claire Fairlie, the hometty English teacher,
was found with a knife plunged into her back. The Superintendent
was in the audience, and as he dug deeper in the case, he discovered
there was a lot more to Miss Fairlie than met the eye.
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GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY
In the course
of 24 hours, the eccentric Mrs. Clare, her son, and her brother
are all found dead. Murder suspects seem to be everywhere, with
the late Mrs. Clare's other son and bitter ex-husband leading the
list. Now Inspector Bone is up to his professional neck in adventure
trying to sort out the clues.
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THE
LATE LADY
While investigating
the seemingly accidental death of a housekeeper, Detective-Superintendent
Robert Bone stumbles upon an eccentric family and a resolute killer
who is secretly plotting the next nasty accident.
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BONE IDLE
Honeymooning
at the home of a close friend, Superintendent Robert Bone and his
new bride are shocked when their friend's husband and an unpopular
tourist are murdered, and Bone is prompted to investigate despite
local resistance.
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DEAD
SERIOUS
Biddinghurst,
a reputedly haunted village in Kent, seems to be home to a serial
killer. Superintendent Robert Bone steps in to investigate, and
instinctively tosses out the obvious -suggesting an unlikely, but
terribly convincing, scenario for the crimes.
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HUNTER’S
QUARRY
Superintendent
Robert Bone must work his way through a maze of deceptions, delusions,
and secrets long past, or else groom-to-be and rock star Ken Cryer
will be dead before he can say "I do".
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