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El Maestro Envenador    by Angeles Goyanes
Price: $4.99 USD. 95420 words. Published on January 15, 2011. .

En 1473, con la ayuda de Leonardo Da Vinci, Ghezzo Bardi entra como aprendiz en el taller del maestro Verrochio, al tiempo que ambos jóvenes trabajan juntos como camareros en la famosa taberna de "Los Tres Caracoles", donde el padre de Ghezzo es cocinero. Tras la muerte por envenenamiento de todos los cocineros Leonardo es ascendido a jefe de cocina mientras en Ghezzo nace una oscura sospecha.
Prophet, Priest and King: A Novel of King Solomon    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 52880 words. Published on April 21, 2011. .

It's not easy to write a Biblical story and still make it seem relevant to the present times but clearly John Howard Reid knows his subject matter well. This fully-engaging novel presents an aged and not-so-wise King Solomon who is forced to make certain choices. He has to pit his wits against the temple priests when an unknown killer is on the prowl, and the common people are close to rebellion.
In All His Glory: A Novel of Ancient Egypt    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 72270 words. Published on May 13, 2011. .

Lifted from the pages of The Book of Kings, the story of Jeroboam in Ancient Egypt is brought to life. With splendid detail, the reader is transported back to the days of the Pharaohs and submerged into the ordeals of a hostile desert land, as Jeroboam, an outcast from his own country, struggles to survive among Egyptian royalty. Reid has obviously done his homework. Details are full and vibrant.
Leopold's Assassin    by JR Rogers
Price: $3.99 USD. 98200 words. Published on August 23, 2011. .

The 1903 assassination of King Leopold II of Belgium in Dinard, France by an Italian anarchist and his flight to South America pursued by the Belgian Secret Service.
Waiting for Grace    by K.D. Gray
Price: $4.76 USD. 75090 words. Published on October 24, 2011. .

Based on a TRUE story Finally, she speaks … After three hundred years of silence, Virginia’s only convicted witch finally speaks! And the story she tells varies substantially from the rumors and wild speculation that have passed for truth concerning Grace Sherwood’s famous 1703 witchcraft trial.
The Devil's Legacy    by Tom Jackson
Price: $5.99 USD. 116760 words. Published on October 27, 2011. .

The opening of Pandora’s Box creates pandemonium in the office of the British Prime Minister. A team is assembled to solve a two hundred year old conspiracy in order to prevent the Box’s incredible secrets from being revealed to the world and plunging British society into chaos. Will the search for truth be successful? And will it result in the restoration of a country’s stolen heritage?
Mycroft Holmes and The Adventure of the Naval Engineer    by David Dickinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 20260 words. Published by Matthew Lynn on January 27, 2012. .

Mycroft Holmes and The Adventure of the Naval Engineer is the second in David Dickinson’s brilliant series of novellas that started with Mycroft Holmes and the Adventure of the Silver Birches.