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Crime Through Time III
A never-before-published collection of historical mysteries from today's top writers!
Contents:
The consul's wife / Steven Saylor --
Merchants of discord / Laura Frankos --
Farmers' law / Harry Turtledove --
The case of the murdered pope / Andrew Greeley --
Lark in the morning / Sharyn McCrumb --
The weeping time / Maureen Jennings --
The Irish widower / Leonard Tourney --
Smoke / William Sanders --
The episode of the water closet / Bruce Alexander --
Suspicion / Michael Coney --
Murder in Utopia / Peter Robinson --
Dr. Death / Peter Lovesey --
Dinner with H.P.B. / Eileen Kernaghan --
The haunting of Carrick Hollow / Jan Burke and Paul Sledzik --
Howard / H.R.F. Keating --
Come flit by me / Elizabeth Foxwell --
Murder on the Denver Express / Margaret Coel --
A single spy / Miriam Grace Monfredo --
Contents:
The consul's wife / Steven Saylor --
Merchants of discord / Laura Frankos --
Farmers' law / Harry Turtledove --
The case of the murdered pope / Andrew Greeley --
Lark in the morning / Sharyn McCrumb --
The weeping time / Maureen Jennings --
The Irish widower / Leonard Tourney --
Smoke / William Sanders --
The episode of the water closet / Bruce Alexander --
Suspicion / Michael Coney --
Murder in Utopia / Peter Robinson --
Dr. Death / Peter Lovesey --
Dinner with H.P.B. / Eileen Kernaghan --
The haunting of Carrick Hollow / Jan Burke and Paul Sledzik --
Howard / H.R.F. Keating --
Come flit by me / Elizabeth Foxwell --
Murder on the Denver Express / Margaret Coel --
A single spy / Miriam Grace Monfredo --
332 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Sharan Newman
52 books194 followersSharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. She took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific.
Rather than teach, Newman chose to use her education to write novels set in the Middle Ages, including three Arthurian fantasies and ten mysteries set in twelfth-century France, featuring Catherine LeVendeur a one-time student of Heloise at the Paraclete, her husband, Edgar, an Anglo-Scot and Solomon, a Jewish merchant of Paris. The books focus on the life of the bourgeoisie and minor nobility and also the uneasy relations between Christians and Jews at that time. They also incorporate events of the twelfth-century such as the Second Crusade and the rise of the Cathars.
For these books, Newman has done research at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France Méridionale et Espagne at the University of Toulouse and the Institute for Jewish History at the University of Trier, as well as many departmental archives.
The Catherine Levendeur mysteries have been nominated for many awards. Sharan won the Macavity Award for best first mystery for Death Comes As Epiphany and the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery of 1998 for Cursed in the Blood. The most recent book in the series The Witch in the Well won the Bruce Alexander award for best Historical mystery of 2004.
Just for a change, her next mystery, The Shanghai Tunnel is set in Portland in 1868.
The Shanghai Tunnel allowed Sharan Newman to explore the history of the city she grew up in. She found that the history she had been taught in school had been seriously whitewashed. Doing research in the city archives as well as the collections at Reed College and the Oregon Historical society was exciting and eye-opening. Many of the “founding fathers” of Portland turn out to have been unscrupulous financiers. Chinese workers were subject to discrimination and there was an active red light district.
On the other hand, Portland in the post-Civil War period also saw some amazingly liberal movements. Women’s rights were an important issue as was religious toleration. Even at that early date, preserving the natural environment was hotly debated.
This is the world in which Emily Stratton, the widow of a Portland merchant and the daughter of missionaries to China, finds herself.
Newman has written a non-fiction book, The Real History Behind the Da Vince Code Berkley 2005. It is in encyclopedia format and gives information on various topics mentioned in Dan Brown’s novel. Following on that she has just completed the Real History Behind the Templars published by Berkley in September of 2007.
She lives on a mountainside in Oregon.
(Text taken from: http://www.sharannewman.com/bio.html )
Rather than teach, Newman chose to use her education to write novels set in the Middle Ages, including three Arthurian fantasies and ten mysteries set in twelfth-century France, featuring Catherine LeVendeur a one-time student of Heloise at the Paraclete, her husband, Edgar, an Anglo-Scot and Solomon, a Jewish merchant of Paris. The books focus on the life of the bourgeoisie and minor nobility and also the uneasy relations between Christians and Jews at that time. They also incorporate events of the twelfth-century such as the Second Crusade and the rise of the Cathars.
For these books, Newman has done research at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France Méridionale et Espagne at the University of Toulouse and the Institute for Jewish History at the University of Trier, as well as many departmental archives.
The Catherine Levendeur mysteries have been nominated for many awards. Sharan won the Macavity Award for best first mystery for Death Comes As Epiphany and the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery of 1998 for Cursed in the Blood. The most recent book in the series The Witch in the Well won the Bruce Alexander award for best Historical mystery of 2004.
Just for a change, her next mystery, The Shanghai Tunnel is set in Portland in 1868.
The Shanghai Tunnel allowed Sharan Newman to explore the history of the city she grew up in. She found that the history she had been taught in school had been seriously whitewashed. Doing research in the city archives as well as the collections at Reed College and the Oregon Historical society was exciting and eye-opening. Many of the “founding fathers” of Portland turn out to have been unscrupulous financiers. Chinese workers were subject to discrimination and there was an active red light district.
On the other hand, Portland in the post-Civil War period also saw some amazingly liberal movements. Women’s rights were an important issue as was religious toleration. Even at that early date, preserving the natural environment was hotly debated.
This is the world in which Emily Stratton, the widow of a Portland merchant and the daughter of missionaries to China, finds herself.
Newman has written a non-fiction book, The Real History Behind the Da Vince Code Berkley 2005. It is in encyclopedia format and gives information on various topics mentioned in Dan Brown’s novel. Following on that she has just completed the Real History Behind the Templars published by Berkley in September of 2007.
She lives on a mountainside in Oregon.
(Text taken from: http://www.sharannewman.com/bio.html )
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November 16, 2020
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Consul's Wife
the Consul's Wife by Steven Saylor
Merchants of Discord by Laura Frankos
Farmers' Law by Harry Turtledove
the Case of the Murdered Pope by Andrew Greeley
Lark in the Morning by Sharyn McCrumb
the Weeping Time by Maureen Jennings
the Irish Widower by Leonard Tourney
Smoke by William Sanders
the Episode of the Water Closet by Bruce Alexander
Suspicion by Michael Coney
Murder in Utopia by Peter Robinson
Dr Death by Peter Lovesey
Dinner with H.P.B. by Eileen Kernaghan
the Haunting of Carrick Hollow by Jan Burke
Howard by H.R.F. Keating
Come Flit by Me by Elizabeth Foxwell
Murder on the Denver Express by Margaret Coel
A Single Spy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
Consul's Wife
the Consul's Wife by Steven Saylor
Merchants of Discord by Laura Frankos
Farmers' Law by Harry Turtledove
the Case of the Murdered Pope by Andrew Greeley
Lark in the Morning by Sharyn McCrumb
the Weeping Time by Maureen Jennings
the Irish Widower by Leonard Tourney
Smoke by William Sanders
the Episode of the Water Closet by Bruce Alexander
Suspicion by Michael Coney
Murder in Utopia by Peter Robinson
Dr Death by Peter Lovesey
Dinner with H.P.B. by Eileen Kernaghan
the Haunting of Carrick Hollow by Jan Burke
Howard by H.R.F. Keating
Come Flit by Me by Elizabeth Foxwell
Murder on the Denver Express by Margaret Coel
A Single Spy by Miriam Grace Monfredo
My Rating System:
* couldn't finish, ** wouldn't recommend, *** would recommend, **** would read again, ***** have read again.
October 18, 2016
A very good collection of historical mysteries in short story form. Most are by well-known mystery authors, often writing outside their usual areas. The historical eras appearing in the stories cover many centuries. Having just listened to Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, I especially liked one that featured Thomas More, but there wasn't one story that I didn't read with enjoyment, which is unusual for an anthology. Highly recommended.
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