Margaret Frazer

CbapteR 111 in all it was a warm January, as Januarys went, this year of God's grace 1446, with never a freeze nor snow after Twelfth Night, even at St. Hilary's that was supposed to be a year's coldest day and now it was coming on to St. Paul's. The nights nipped and there were ice-rims to puddles...

Introduction THE CHRONICLES OF CRIMEThis anthology is the first of a kind. It's the first to bring together a selection of stories featuring detectives from the entire history of the civilised world.Stories about historical detectives are relatively new, though they are not as new as some may feel....