20th Century
Five Smooth Stones
The story takes place in New Orleans in 1933. Times are hard, money is scarce, and Jim Crow separates black…
Turbulence
From time to time weather forecasters find themselves in the news (remember Michael Fish and the hurricane?) but mostly, they…
Gifts of War
During the Christmas truce along the front in 1914, British infantry officer Hal Montgomery emerges from the trenches to meet…
Sheer Folly
In this latest addition to Carola Dunn’s mystery series set in 1920s England, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, now the mother of…
Bury Me Deep
Phoenix, Arizona, in 1931 is a combination of a dusty Wild West town and a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients.…
The Tale of Applebeck Orchard
In this installment of the Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter series, facts from Potter’s world mix with a fictional mystery…
All the Nice Girls
It’s a pity this book has come up for review for the autumn magazine as it is a perfect…
Letters for a Spy
In April 1943, the British set up Operation Mincemeat with the aim of fooling the Germans into thinking that…
The Daisy Club
Daisy, Freddie, Aurelia and Laura are the Daisy Club, formed from their year at the finishing school at Twistleton…
Something Hidden
In 1928 a train crash and fire in Gloucestershire killed twenty people. Among the dead are two beautifully dressed…
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