19th Century
The Moonlit Cage
In 1846, eleven-year-old Darya is on the brink of womanhood. Her dearest companion, her Circassian grandmother, regales Darya with tales…
Cold Cache
Kent Rasmussen, an officer of the North West Mounted Police, is leaving the force to return home to his mother…
The War of Knives
The year is 1800, and the Haitian revolution has become a brutal civil war. Lieutenant Matty Graves of the U.S.…
Northfield: A Western Story
Few American criminals enjoy the attention paid to Jesse James and his gang of Confederate guerrillas and post-Civil War bank…
Companions of Paradise
Continuing the saga of A Singular Hostage and A Beggar at the Gate, Englishwoman Mariana Givens has been separated from…
Sister Pelagia and the White Bulldog
Philologist, critic, essayist and translator from the Japanese Grigory Chkhartishvili adopts the pen name of Boris Akunin for this anticipated…
A Gift for a Rake
Eleanor Carruthers’ coach overturns in the snow on her way to relatives and she is forced to take shelter at…
Pelagia and the Black Monk
Did you know that Boris Akunin writes detective stories as well as thrillers? Neither did I, but the first two…
Then Came Faith
Juliana Harris arrives in New Orleans to do her part in helping to rebuild the South at the end of…
Abraham’s Well
Editors' choice
Until she is about seven years old, Armentia never knows she is a slave. She grows up in the southern…
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