Karen Haden left a career in consultancy, including fifteen years with intelligence and cyber security agencies, to write historical crime novels about secrets, spies and evolving security threats rather than dealing with them in the office.Her debut Alexander Baxby mystery Paying in Blood was published by Sharpe Books in March 2024, followed by Naming the Dead in June 2025
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Paying in Blood (Alexander Baxby Mystery #1) - ONLY 99P NOVEMBER 2025
Murder, mystery, secrets and spies, and powerful rivals at court
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Naming the Dead (Alexander Baxby Mystery #2)
Murder, mystery, secrets and spies, misinformation and malevolence in Amsterdam
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