Leonidas, champion gladiator of Rome, is set free from the games by a mysterious benefactor who grants him freedom, a place to live, and a servant—Cassia, a scribe—to look after him.But the benefactor is only so generous—Leonidas must pay his own way and Cassia’s, which means hiring himself out. The sharp-witted Cassia quickly lands him a post as a bodyguard, escorting a retired senator to Ostia.The journey soon turns deadly, as Leonidas and Cassia find themselves squarely ...

1816When I, cavalry captain Gabriel Lacey, return to London from the Napoleonic Wars, I am exhausted and fighting melancholia, my army career ended.My interest is piqued, however, when I learn of a man’s missing daughter, possibly kidnapped by a prominent member of Parliament. My search for her uncovers murder and corruption beneath glittering Mayfair society, and to dealings with a leader of the underworld.I also must deal with my disorientation transition...

This collection gathers books 7-9 of the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries into one bundle.Book 7: A Death in NorfolkCaptain Lacey travels to his boyhood home in Norfolk to allay the past and becomes caught up in mysteries surrounding the Lacey estate.Book 8: A Disappearance in Drury LaneMarianne Simmons asks Lacey to look into the disappearance of an actress from the company at Drury Lane. Lacey does so to find the problem far more complex and dangerous than ...

A collection of books 4-6 in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus a novella, The Necklace Affair.Captain Gabriel Lacey, a half-pay cavalry officer who returns to Regency London after being injured in the Peninsular War, has found some purpose investigating crime. Along with his friend, Lucius Grenville, a dandy who’s one of the wealthiest men in England, Lacey delves into the dark world behind the glittering Regency ballrooms. He’s solved murders and robberies, has assis...

A collection of the first three novels in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries series plus two Captain Lacey short stories.Meet Captain Gabriel Lacey, a half-pay cavalry officer who returns to Regency London with little money and no purpose, but with a sense of honor and fairness. He’s pulled into a search for a missing young woman, and thus begins investigating crime, using his status as a gentleman but a poor one to cross the boundaries between the top of society and the working c...

In the spring of 1817, I agree to track down the missing necklace of a society matron and prove the innocence of her maid, who has been arrested for the theft. The matron in question declares that the rival for her husband’s affections has stolen the necklace, but I soon realize that the problem is not so simple.I recruit Lady Breckenridge to infiltrate the household, while Lucius Grenville and I, assisted by Grenville’s robust footmen, follow other leads.The investigation ...

Three historical mysteries span time from the court of Louis XIV to Victorian London.Meet Émilie d’Armand, a young woman who witnesses corruption and murder in seventeenth-century France (The Bishop’s Lady), and Katherine Holloway, an English cook sought after by the wealthy, who finds herself embroiled in murder, assisted only by the mysterious Daniel McAdam (A Soupçon of Poison).Finally, explore the darker side of Regency London in an alternate look at that period. Robert...

A collection of books 13-15 in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries.In Murder in St. Giles, Captain Lacey must clear his bodyguard and former pugilist, Brewster, of murdering a man in the rookery of St. Giles.In Death at Brighton Pavilion, Captain Lacey emerges from a stupor to find himself standing over the dead body of a calvary officer who had once been his bitter enemy. He now must investigate himself for murder.In The Custom House Murders, Lacey is thrust betwee...

This collection brings together two short mysteries in the Captain Lacey series: The Gentleman's Walking Stick and The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald.In The Gentleman's Walking Stick, Captain Lacey is asked to retrieve a walking stick, which embroils him in an affair of theft, deception, and betrayal.In The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald, Lacey hunts for a missing young woman, learning more about a family's sordid secrets than he ...

December 1818Captain Lacey is drawn into affairs of the highest in the land when his friend Grenville is asked by the Prince Regent to look into odd happenings in his lavish abode of Carlton House. Objects of value have gone missing, paintings and sculpture have been moved, and some of the staff have reported strange sounds and movements in the shadows. The Regent and his cronies suspect ghosts or other malign spirits.The Bow Street Runners have a more human suspect for the...

A collection of books 16-18 in the Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries*.*In Murder in the Eternal City, Captain Lacey travels to Rome and finds himself solving crimes that involve the aftermath of Napoleon’s regime.In A Darkness in Seven Dials, Captain Lacey must clear James Denis of a brutal murder committed in the dangerous area of Seven Dials.In Murder on the Rhône, Lacey and his family tra...

A collection of paranormal historical mysteriesA Matter of HonorWhen Robert Archer is set upon and robbed one night, he’s rescued by an unlikely champion. She is a night-slayer, one of the dangerous supernatural beings that hunt through the darker side of London for their prey. Once upon a time, Captain Archer did this night-slayer a good turn, and she has been watching over him, waiting for a chance to repay the debt.Little does Robert know how ent...