Donna Fletcher Crow

Trouble has hit Jennifer Warner like an unrelenting firestorm.The young widow of a murdered police officer loses her job and her home; and now her faith is reeling from the blows. Faced with the new-found knowledge that she has unwittingly befriended a criminal mastermind, Jennifer agrees to use her special gifts to help track him down. Where should she begin? Five million dollars worth of jewels are missing, and the suspect uses an alias and leaves no fingerprints.Now someone is out for blood--hers.Forced into hiding, Jennifer flees to northern Maine with her three-year-old daughter. While the new beginning promises her the chance for happiness, emotional demons from the past keep her from trusting the local doctor who has offered his friendship and his love. Jennifer's discovery of the killer's true identity draws the flames of intrigue tighter around her. When her daughter and surrogate mother disappear, Jennifer must battle a blizzard and her paralyzing fear of storms to find them. Will she arrive in time, and how will she free them?

Charming, brilliant and lame, Sir Brandley Hilliard believes he can do very well without love of any kind in his life-until he meets the captivating Elinor Silbert. Brandley's search takes a destructive turn until Charles Simeon, Fellow of King's College, takes the young gownsman under his wing and shows him a life beyond any his academic pursuits had taught him.Editorial ReviewsSet in the 1820's, tells the story of a man trying to find self-acceptance as he experiences God's love and acceptance of him. Publisher's WeeklyExhaustively researched . . . Crow's series may be a bit dry for the casual reader, though it's done with great dignity and feeling. John Mort, BooklistMy husband, a Cambridge scholar, kept taking the book from me. He was impressed with the accurate maps of Cambridge, London, and England. . . Our thanks to Donna Fletcher Crow for writing this book about a time lost to us. Eve Braden Hatchett, Pen WomenAn inspirational, historical romance, Brandley's Search is a well-researched, well-written, enjoyable novel. . . Recommended for home and church libraries. Jennifer Jessop, Librarian's WorldExcellent: Donna Crow has peopled her flavorful regency England with likeable realistic characters. The book is readable and immensely enjoyable with allusions to the classics, humor and cameo appearances by actual people. Although less pedantic, Brandley's Search is a beautiful love story reminiscent of the style of George MacDonald. Christian Readers ReviewSet in the 1820's, the story of a man trying to find self-acceptance as he experiences God's love and acceptance of him. Publisher's WeeklyExhaustively researched . . . done with great dignity and feeling. John Mort, Booklist

Mary Tudway is forced to choose between two worlds: the pleasurable life of her high society friends Sarah Child, heiress of Osterley Park, and the Bishop of Raphoe and his dashing Nephew, Roger; or the life of faith and service represented by the Countess of Huntingdon, her lovely daughter Selina and the witty but devout Rowland Hill.The story moves through the fashionable worlds of London and Bath as the death of one friend, the elopement of another and the startling unveiling of the Highwayman of Hampstead Heath play their parts in Mary's finally making a choice of lasting value.

English professors Elizabeth and Richard are celebrating twenty years of marriage with their dream vacation in England visiting Jane Austen's homes. But not even the overpowering personality of their Oxford guide or the careful attentions of their new friends can keep the tour free from lurking alarms. A box of old documents is donated to the Jane Austen Centre in Bath and Richard volunteers to help sort through it. But when he finds the Centre's director bleeding on her office floor he must ask, will the valuable letter that has gone missing lead them to new revelations about Jane Austen's unfinished manuscript The Watsons or into deeper danger? Encounter Jane Austen alongside Elizabeth and Richard on their tour: Visit all the sites so redolent of Austen and her characters in the beautiful city of Bath. Stay in the Chawton House Library and visit the charming Chawton cottage where Jane's writing flowered, and the nearby Steventon church where her father was rector and her own faith was formed. Stand by her grave in Winchester Cathedral and enjoy your time at the lovely country estate of Godmersham. But don't let your guard down. Evil lurks even in the genteel world of Jane Austen.

Elizabeth and Richard want nothing more than a quiet, romantic honeymoon with a touch of literary charm. So they have chosen the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Perfection. Until they find that Desdemona's brilliantly acted death scene wasn't acted and Elizabeth's costume designer sister and her actress roommate are terrified that they are slated to be the next victims.A Midsummer Eve's Nightmare has "all the elements of a throat-gripping, sleep-robbing thriller, while still wooing the reader with the tenderness of sweet romance. . . this is a charming page-turner that will keep readers on edge to the very end." Kathi Macias, Twilight of the Raj series"Crow delivers entrancing moments and plenty of suspense with lots of suspects in her twisty murder plot, and the killer's identity remains a mystery until the very end. Crow's descriptions of the Elizabethan theater, the period music, and, especially, Shakespeare's plays, are delightful. If you love Shakespeare and want an insider's look at the theater world, this book is for you." Susan Fleet, Absolution, 2009 Best Suspense-Thriller, Premier Book Awards

A week at a resort high in the Rockies, enacting and solving a Dorothy L. Sayers-style mystery- a perfect spring break for two English professors. And all the more perfect for Elizabeth when the man of her dreams enters the scene. Until the play-acting embroils them in a real-life murder and the lines between reality and fiction blur dangerously.What happens when fantasy obscures the real world?

October 1984, the New England hillsides are ablaze with redgold autumn. Elizabeth is beginning her academic career and recently widowed Richard is stuck in the family business. They should be able to help each other but their meeting strikes sparks and raises old ghosts, possibly even the ghost of Richard's dead wife. When Elizabeth finds an academic coup within her grasp for her thesis on the beloved American novelist Elswyth Thane, Richard stubbornly throws up barriers, but why? Rudyard Kipling, William Beebe, Charles Lindberg, Edna Ferber and a host of celebrities from an age past fill the pages of Elswyth Thane's letters, but where is Elizabeth to find clues to the mystery haunting Richard?A nostalgic return to an earlier, now-vanished time, The Flame Ignites charmingly evokes a long-distance relationship between a young woman just testing her wings and a celebrated American novelist. But what about the smoldering relationship between Elizabeth and Richard?

The elegance of a London season and the atrocities of an Indian mutiny woven into an intricate tapestryAntonia and Charles are swept up in the glittering swirl of a London season as they present Aunt Aelfrida's ward to society. In India Antonia's closest girlhood friend is caught in the most brutal massacre 'in the book of time'. What could these disparate events have to do with murders in London and Brighton? This engrossing story comes to life with all the vivid historical detail readers expect from Donna Fletcher Crow.

A Victorian True-crime NovelA devastating fire at Danvers's ancestral home induces Charles to accept his brother Frederick's plea for help with his work among fallen women and impoverished orphans in York. Charles soon finds himself struggling to identify a ruthless murderer while Antonia helps feed the women and children living in the asylum Frederick runs. The trial of notorious poisoner William Dove leads to surprising discoveries and sets legal precedent still followed today.

Lady Antonia discovers a body at the opening of the Great Exhibition, in the presence of Queen Victoria, no less. The newly married Lord and Lady Danvers put all such unpleasantness behind them, though, as they sail off in his aerostat for a secluded honeymoon in Scotland. Until the shades of grave robbers a generation earlier come back to haunt them."A compelling story peopled with interesting characters and vivid details drawn from impeccable research. Victorian Britain comes to life, thanks to period dialogue that rings all the right notes and a mystery that keeps you guessing until the very last page. Delightful " Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times best-selling author of Mine Is the Night"The historical setting is authentic and allows the reader a glimpse, without overwhelming. An enjoyable book which entertains and delights. Wendy Jones, The DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries"Donna Fletcher Crow's settings are impeccable, every detail accurate, so the reader can enjoy and be enthralled by the deliciously tangled tale she weaves... a spider-web of interlocking crimes and family secrets, all satisfactorily resolved at the end. A thoroughly delightful excursion by an accomplished storyteller." Dorothy Stewart, When The Boats Come Home

Felicity Howard, a young American studying in a remote monastery in England is devastated when she finds her beloved Fr. Dominic bludgeoned to death and Fr. Antony, her church history lecturer, soaked in his blood.A Very Private Grave is a contemporary novel with a thoroughly modern heroine who must learn some age-old truths in order to solve the mystery and save her own life as she and Fr. Antony flee a murderer and follow clues across a sacred landscape. The narrative deftly mixes intellectual puzzles, spiritual aspiration, romance and the solving of riddles ancient and modern. Ancient buried treasure, a brutal murder and lurking danger-an itinerary of terror across a holy terrain

Felicity can't possibly help Father Antony find the valuable missing icon. She's off to become a nun. And then her impossible mother turns up unexpectedly. And a good friend turns up murdered. . .Breathtaking chase scenes, mystical worship services, dashes through remote water-logged landscapes, the wisdom of ancient holy women, and the arcane rites of The Knights Hospitaller keep the pages turning. Will Felicity choose the veil- or Antony?Ancient puzzles, modern murder and breathless chase scenes through remote, waterlogged landscapes

First light, Ascension morning. From the top of the tower at the College of the Transfiguration, voices rise in song.Felicity's delight turns to horror when a black-robed body hurtles over the precipice and lands at her feet, the strange emblem of a double-headed snake clutched in his hand.Matters grow murkier as Felicity and Antony, leading a youth pilgrimage through rural Wales, encounter the same sinister symbol as they travel. Lurking figures follow them through the land of dragons and old Celtic saints. Then a body is found face-down in a well ...

Richard is teaching Jane Austen as a Queen of Crime at the University of London while Elizabeth researches all the London sites Jane knew. It's a lovely interlude to their summer until death falls from the sky.What has Richard's brother Andrew become embroiled in with his bid to buy a set of Jane Austen first editions? Is Richard's student the airhead she seems to be or the victim of spousal abuse? And what are Elizabeth and Richard to do with the young boy thrown into their care?Elizabeth and Richard are exploring Jane Austen's London, but their murderous opponent is all-too contemporary.

It was a sanctuary from the world--and a silent witness to it allAs the legacy of faith passed from generation to generation, each era of believers found refuge in Glastonbury. In its story you will experience the faith that gave Joseph of Arimathea and his family courage to claim new land for Christ. Relive the persecution of St. George and St. Patrick during their captivity under the Roman Empire. Ride along with King Arthur on his historic adventures and discover the spiritual fortitude that enabled him to become the greatest leader of his time. Witness the rekindling of Christianity with St. Augustine of Canterbury. Be inspired by the faith of the remnant in the midst of the Dark Ages. Watch the upheaval under the rule of Henry VIII that led to the Reformation. And as Christianity triumphs over the darkest moments of its history, you may even find your own spiritual roots.An epic novel of the history of the faith.