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This is home to the best-selling Bianca Goddard Mysteries featuring the daughter of an infamous alchemist. Set in Tudor London during the final years of Henry VIII's reign, the series follows Bianca in her pursuit of science to create medicines to help the sick. Along the way, Bianca must deal with a most unhealthy dose of murder and mayhem.
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What the reviewers are saying...
"Lawrence's London is no fairy-tale setting, but her heroine is as plucky as they come."--Kirkus Reviews
"The author has the Tudor language down to a gnat’s eyeball.--Rosepoint Publishing
"...gripping mystery...filled with sharp details"--Foreword Reviews
"Confident and evocative"--Portland Press Herald
"Well-written...language was exceptional"--Sam I Am Reading blog
The Lost Boys of London
Book 5
Red Puddle Print
Trade paper, ebook
ISBN-13:978-1734-7361-06
"Lawrence has done a masterful job with this colorful mystery series."--Bill Bushnell Kennebec Journal
Apple books
An Amazon top 100 medieval historical mystery!
The Alchemist of Lost Souls
Book 4
"Atmospheric...Fans of Tudor historicals will eagerly await the next installment."--Publishers Weekly
"If Tudor London is a place you want to go, Lawrence is the author who will take you there, with the intrepid Bianca as your guide." --Criminal Element
A Suspense Magazine "Best Historical Mystery of 2019!"
"...a portal from our world to the England of 1544"--Kirkus Reviews
..."lively prose-enough to impart the flavor of the times while keeping the novel accessible to general readers. Try this for fans of the C.J.Sansom Matthew Shardlake series."--Booklist
"A satisfying and engrossing read."--Historical Novel Society
Kensington Books
Trade paper, ebook
ISBN-13:978-1496715319
Book 3, A Bianca Goddard Mystery
"beautifully rendered...the pacing is perfect"
--Reviewing the Evidence
"...captures Tudor London in all its colorful, if noisome, splendor."
--Library Journal
"Lawrence never fails to intrigue and set a wonderful sense of place and time in her stories..."
--I Am Indeed blog
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An Amazon top 100
best selling
historical mystery!
"A must read!" -RT Reviews
"Colorful alchemical lore and vividly imagined..." -Publishers Weekly
"...just great fiction!"-I Read What You Write Blog
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Book 2, A Bianca Goddard Mystery
"[Lawrence]...is a talented storyteller"--Historical Novel Society
An Amazon top 100
best selling
historical mystery!
Book 1, A Bianca Goddard Mystery
Trade Paper, eBook
ISBN-13: 978-1-61773-710-7
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An Amazon #1
best selling
historical mystery!
The Bianca Goddard mysteries are: The Alchemist's Daughter, Death of an Alchemist, Death at St.Vedast, The Alchemist of Lost Souls, and The Lost Boys of London. I invite you to read more about the series, my sleuth--Bianca, alchemy, and Tudor London. Sign up for my newsletter, Alchemy and Mystery, to receive occasional tidbits about alchemy, herbs, my research, news, and release dates.
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