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Join readers who help shape two stories: sociology professor Maggie Blackstone and her horror-writer husband David unraveling academic mysteries, and detectives Gordon Motte and Zara Bailey investigating murders at British archaeological dig sites.
Two Unique Mystery Series
Motte & Bailey Mysteries
British police procedural meets archaeology in the moody countryside of Kent, where equal-rank detective partners investigate crimes at ancient dig sites.
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Warm puzzle-driven mysteries featuring sociology professor Maggie Blackstone and her horror-writer husband David, investigating murders old and new in a Midwestern university town.
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