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Jane & the Canterbury Tale
****
Stephanie Barron
Bantam, $15, NV
Regency England
Reviewed 11/27/11 (JMW)

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The Deception at Lyme
***
Carrie Bebris
Tor, $22.99, NV
Regency England
Reviewed 1/3/12 (JMW)

I am Half-Sick of Shadows
***
Alan Bradley
Delacorte, $23.99, NV
Post WWII London
Reviewed 11/27/11 (JMW)

Revenger
****
Rory Clements
Bantam, $25, NV
Elizabethan England
Reviewed 9/23/11 (JMW)

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Slash & Burn
****
Colin Cotterill
Soho, $25.99, NV
1978 Laos
Reviewed 1/3/12 (AP)

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Mr. Kill
*****
Martin Limon
Soho, $24, NV
1978 South Korea
Reviewed 1/3/12 (AP)

Dandy Gilver & the Proper Treatment of Blood Stains
****
Catriona McPherson
Minotaur, $23.99, NV
1926 Scotland
Reviewed 11/27/11 (JMW)

The Secret of the White Rose
*****
Stephanie Pintoff
Minotaur, $24.99, NV
Turn of the Century Manhattan
Reviewed 8/29/11 (JMW)

The Borgia Betrayal
***
Sara Poole
Griffin, $14.99, NV
1493 Italy
Reviewed 9/23/11 (JMW)

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The Chalice of Blood
****
Peter Tremayne
Minotaur, $25.99, NV
670 CE Ireland
Reviewed 1/3/12(JMW)

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Troubled Bones
****
Jeri Westerson
Minotaur, $25.99, NV
Medieval England
Reviewed 1/3/12(JMW)


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Review Key
*****Outstanding
****Recommended
***Acceptable
**Think Twice
*Don't Bother
Violence Ratings
NV - Non Violent.
V - Standard Violence - but nothing too graphic.
GV - Graphic Violence - descriptive and potentially disturbing.

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