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Sent to infiltrate radical Puritans at Cambridge, Thomas Clarady finds his informant dead and must investigate murder as well as sedition. Under Francis Bacon's demanding supervision, he confronts unreliable allies and the suspiciously omnipresent Christopher Marlowe.

Photographer Penelope Trigg's fresh start in a Texas town collapses when a blackmailer threatens to expose intimate photographs. As people begin dying and suspicion falls on her, she must uncover the town's secrets to clear her name.

Francis Bacon investigates a barrister's murder to recover the queen's favor, assigning Thomas Clarady the legwork. Their inquiry moves through rival lawyers, wealthy clients, and powerful courtiers, where ambitions and disguises conceal motives for killing.

As Armada fears grip London, Catholic men are being murdered under cover of patriotic fervor. Commissioned by his aunt's widows' society, Francis Bacon follows an exotic poison while trying to free friends imprisoned in the Tower.

A body on her boyfriend's ranch turns Penelope Trigg's dream photography assignment into a murder investigation. Determined to clear him, she probes family relationships and manipulated evidence, relying on her camera to reveal what others have missed.

An explosion at the International Exhibition leaves Professor Moriarty facing suspicion from Sherlock Holmes. As he investigates fraud to save himself, the alluring Angelina Gould repeatedly crosses his path, pursuing an agenda he cannot yet decipher.

Sherlock Holmes recruits the newly married Moriartys to investigate a physician suspected of murdering female patients. Angelina goes undercover at his hospital, but strains in the marriage threaten their investigation and place her in growing danger.

A girl with a mathematical mind wants some peace and quiet. This brief science fiction story follows that simple wish, placing a young thinker's desire for solitude at the center of its speculative premise.

A bitter pamphlet war turns murderous when writers are strangled in place of Thomas Nashe. Francis Bacon must stop the killer and uncover an elusive Puritan author whose identity may threaten people dangerously close to him.

A gossip's body interrupts the romantic intrigues of midsummer at Richmond Palace. Despite having no patron and facing pressure to stay away, Francis Bacon investigates whether the secret behind the murder concerns forbidden love or political treason.

A theater manager fears sabotage will ruin his Christmas pantomime. Angelina Moriarty joins the cast while James follows the money, but backstage grudges, strange accidents, and Sherlock Holmes's scrutiny threaten both the production and their investigation.

Anthony Bacon returns with a valuable intelligence network, but a murder near his coach threatens everything. Francis and Thomas Clarady follow conflicting accounts of the crime, confronting evidence that implicates Anthony's secretary and perhaps Anthony himself.

Thirteen stories explore mysteries across centuries, from Francis Bacon's earliest investigation to the Moriartys' Victorian cases. Alongside familiar characters, journeys through colonial Yucatán, strange temporal encounters, and a modern paranormal mystery broaden the collection's historical worlds.

James and Angelina Moriarty wager on solving separate cases involving veterans' money and a missing servant. Their friendly competition turns dangerous when military corruption, hidden abuses, and a murder accusation against a friend draw the investigations together.

Returning home to care for her father, cunning woman Jane Moone finds him accused of poisoning a tailor. With a barrister's help, she investigates evidence that keeps changing, while talking animals and meddling fairies complicate her search.

Thomas Clarady pursues a reward for identifying the author of an inflammatory ballad, drawing Francis Bacon into the puzzle. When playwrights become targets and a friend dies, their inquiry exposes a conspiracy that makes finding justice perilous.

Jane Moone must defend a hedge witch accused of cursing a sheep while another witch spreads dangerous magic across the district. Working with her wizard father, she races to identify the real threat before someone dies.

A woman is found strangled in a maypole's ribbons after exposing secrets from her father's patient notebooks. Jane Moone and barrister John Greenslade investigate a town full of suspects while troublesome fairies obscure the truth.

Newly qualified lawyer Thomas Clarady becomes the prime suspect after threatening a corrupt court official who is later murdered. While he hides, Francis Bacon and Lady Dorchester sift through guardians' secrets and evidence that keeps pointing back to him.