The ground-breaking historical whodunnit, in which 1890s New York is as much a character as the investigators.

A specially priced edition to mark the 25th anniversary of the original publication of the first chronicle of Brother Cadfael.

In Cambridge a child has been hideously murdered and other children have disappeared. A renowned investigator, Simon of Naples, is recruited and he arrives with an Arab and a female doctor, Adelia Aguilar. What's more, her speciality is the study of corpses; she is, in fact, a mistress of the art of death.

Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. But his delicate mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. He collects evidence, deciphers secret symbols and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the cover of night.

In Rome, Ad 70 - One hot day in the Forum, Marcus Didius Falco, private informer, runs into sweet sixteen-year-old Sosia Camillina. She is fleeing for her life. Rescuing her is the start of a dangerous game, involving stolen imperial ingots and a dark political plot.

An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.

For Lady Julia Grey, her husband's sudden death at a dinner party is extremely inconvenient. However, things take a turn for the worse when inscrutable private investigator Nicholas Brisbane reveals that the death was not due to natural causes. This is a tale featuring Lady Julia, and Nicholas Brisbane.

Amelia and her dashing husband Emerson set off for a promising archaeological site in the Sudan, only to be unwillingly drawn into the search for an African explorer and his young bride who went missing twelve years back. Amelia and Emerson must continue making archaeological finds, while doing their best to rescue the innocent.

A paperback edition of a Brother Cadfael novel, in which the monk investigates a poisoning and finds a web of family intrigue where suspicion falls on someone he is certain is innocent. Publication is to coincide with the televising of a new series based on the Cadfael chronicles.

The irascible husband of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody is living up to his reputation as 'The Father of Curses'. Denied permission to dig at the Pyramids of Dahshoor, Emerson is awarded instead the 'Pyramids' of Mazghunah. Nothing in this barren spot seems of any interest, but then a murder in Cairo changes all of that.

When Lady Baskerville's husband Sir Henry dies after discovering what may have been an undisturbed royal tomb in Luxor, she appeals to eminent archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife Amelia to take over the excavation. Amid rumours of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, the intrepid couple proceeds to Egypt.

In this adventure, the heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes, and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies, and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist.

A rich evocative thriller set in the seething vitality of 1890s New York by the author of THE ALIENIST.

In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette - with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal - Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there...'Infamia', the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for the Daily ...

In Cairo, the younger members of the Peabody Emerson clan purchase a mint-condition papyrus of the famed Book of the Dead , the collection of magical spells and prayers designed to ward off the perils of the underworld and lead the deceased into everlasting life. But for as long as there have been graves, there have also been grave robbers.

Justin de Quincy's, knight in the service of Queen Eleanor, duty is clear to restrain his brother Prince John in his relentless quest for the throne, and his dangerous pacts with the French king. But Justin is ensnared in the murder of an innocent pedlar's daughter in a churchyard in Cripplegate until he comes to feel the force of the dead girl.

In his second chronicle Brother Cadfael is asked to administer rites to a group of executed prisoners and discovers he has an extra body to deal with.

A snowy March, 1367, and King Edward is impatient. He wants William of Wykeham confirmed as Bishop of Winchester, but Pope Urban V is stalling, deterred by the man's wealth and political ambition. Thus Owen Archer finds himself heading a deputation from York to Fountains Abbey, to win support for Wykeham from the powerful Cistercian abbots.

Steven Saylor's historical mysteries set in ancient Rome and featuring investigator Gordianus the Finder enjoy a widespread following in America. Over the next two years, Robinson will publish the whole series - five novels to date - in the UK.

Derek Jacobi reads this compelling whodunnit from the Brother Cadfael chronicles