Anna Castle

It's 1589 and England is embroiled in a furious pamphlet war between an impudent Puritan calling himself Martin Marprelate and London's wittiest writers. The archbishop wants Martin to hang. The Privy Council wants the tumult to end. But nobody knows who Martin is or where he's hiding his illegal press. Then two writers are strangled, mistaken for Thomas Nashe, the pamphleteer who is hot on Martin's trail. Francis Bacon is tasked with stopping the...

Anthony Bacon returns after thirteen years in France to live in his brother's house at Gray's Inn. Though seldom strong enough to leave his rooms, his gouty legs never hinder his agile mind. He's built the most valuable intelligence service in Europe. Now the Bacon brothers are ready to offer it to the patron with the deepest pockets. Then Francis finds a body lying near Anthony's coach. The clues inside point to Anthony's secretary. Worse, the murdered...

"Either my theater is haunted or someone's trying to drive me into bankruptcy!"Professor Moriarty's new client is the manager of a West End theater. He's three weeks away from opening his Chistmas pantomime, the expensive spectacle that pays for the rest of the year. But after months of freak accidents and spooky incidents, the cast and crew are convinced the show is cursed. Worse, he's out of money and the rent is due.The Moriartys leap to the rescue....

Francis Bacon is charged with investigating the murder of a fellow barrister at Gray's Inn. He recruits his unwanted protégé Thomas Clarady to do the tiresome legwork. The son of a privateer, Clarady will do anything to climb the Elizabethan social ladder. Bacon's powerful uncle Lord Burghley suspects Catholic conspirators of the crime, but other motives quickly emerge. Rival barristers contend for the murdered man's legal honors and wealthy clients....

It's May Day, a time of joyful song and dance. But Jane Moone is called at sunrise to view a sorrowful sight - Lucy Quirk, strangled in the maypole's tangled ribbons. Lucy came to Ayreford to re-unite with her long-lost father. The prominent cunning man is delighted to welcome her into his work, as well as his life. But Lucy has her own agenda and soon starts spilling secrets from his confidential patient notebooks. Jane and John Greenslade, local...

Professor & Mrs. Moriarty tackle a case too ticklish for Sherlock Holmes to handle on his own... James and Angelina Moriarty are settling into their new marriage and their fashionable new home - or trying to.Then Sherlock Holmes comes to call with a challenging case. He suspects a prominent Harley Street specialist of committing murders for hire, sending patients home from his private hospital with deadly doses or fatal conditions. Holmes wants to...

Professor Moriarty commits a small fraud to expose a larger one. A young stockbroker brings a dilemma to the Moriartys which can best be solved by a quiet substitution. Professor Moriarty will turn up for the new position at the dubious investment bank, while the stockbroker spends his days in Russell Square. Moriarty uncovers a dastardly scheme, but the stockbroker's wife, alarmed by her husband's altered behavior, hires Sherlock Holmes to investigate....

Melody Mockingbird, investigator for the Austin Druidic Detective Agency, must solve the murder of a beloved jazz singer before all memory of both the woman and the crime are extinguished.

Jane Moone is hired to identify the witch who cursed a sheep. But her client, Kate Grazier, has already decided who did it -- Dorcas Whiting, the hedge witch who happens to be Jane's father's sweetheart. Dorcas would never harm an innocent sheep and everyone knows it, but she's arrested before Jane can credit the accusation. Now she has to persuade the poorest farmers in the district -- Dorcas's patients -- to stand before the magistrate in Greenslade...

Thomas Clarady, Francis Bacon's clerk, tackles a case on his own. When a beautiful young woman comes looking for Bacon's special services, Tom offers himself as a ready substitute. He needs the money and Bacon would probably say no. But as the day progresses, he finds matching wits with the lady and her equally alluring sister to be trickier than he expected.