Robert Lee Hall, Author Minotaur Books $21.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-312-13568-3
A scruffy highwayman, a damsel in distress and a handsome nobleman join in a 1758 scenario involving a coach full of travelers to Bath, England. But one of the passengers-American diplomat, scientist and, now, sleuth Benjamin Franklin-suspects the...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author St. Martin's Press $0 (343p) ISBN 978-0-312-01477-3
Set in William Randolph Hearst's San Simeon estate in 1934, this slow-moving mystery is overburdened with frenzied characters and a labyrinthine plot. Hearst and his mistress, Marion Davies, are about to launch one of their lavish weekend parties...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (227p) ISBN 978-0-312-01735-4
Benjamin Franklin utilizes some of his reknowned skillsand some of his lesser-known oneswhen he adroitly investigates a series of murders that occur while he is on a diplomatic mission to London in 1757. This robust mystery is off to a brisk start...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author St. Martin's Press $17.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-312-05383-3
In his second mystery convincingly featuring Benjamin Franklin as a sleuth, Californian author Hall ( Ben Franklin Takes the Case ) proves himself a dab hand at recreating the atmosphere of 18th-century London, with all of its harsh realities and...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (279p) ISBN 978-0-312-08266-6
Set in 1758, the latest well-crafted and entertaining Ben Franklin mystery (after The Case of the Christmas Murder ) finds the Pennsylvania colony's astute agent in England waging a snail-paced bureacratic battle with the Penn family. With him are...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author St. Martin's Press $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-312-92670-0
A local merchant dies while presenting a Christmas Eve mummer's play and American patriot Benjamin Franklin suspects murder. ``Hall proves himself a dab hand at re-creating the atmosphere of 18th-century London,'' said PW , adding, ``Franklin's...
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Robert Lee Hall, Author Thomas Dunne Books $21.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-312-16908-4
Benjamin Franklin again takes time from his colonial trade mission chores to help solve several nasty murders in London, circa 1759. In this sixth adventure (following Murder by the Waters), magistrate John Fielding calls on Franklin when two...
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