20th Century
Early’s Fall
Sheriff James Early is an old-fashioned lawman in late 1940s Kansas confronted with a gruesome murder and a daylight bank…
Lark and Termite
Set in 1950s Virginia, Lark and Termite is a suspenseful novel focusing on a cast of characters affected by love,…
Little Gods
This is a story revolving around four people, Jean, Gloria, Jack and Denny. It begins in England just before WWII.…
Death on the Ice
Editors' choice
As every British schoolchild used to know, Captain Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition to win the South Pole for…
Shanghai Girls
Editors' choice
Pearl and May are two sisters born in Shanghai, China, in the early 20th century. Raised in luxury with traditional…
The Summer House
Lady Helen Barstairs marries her soldier husband at her family’s request and regrets it almost instantly when she meets Oliver…
The Chapel at the Edge of the World
In 1942, Italian prisoners of war were taken to the Orkneys and employed to build the defences around Scapa Flow…
American Adulterer
This novel is unputdownable. Much of what makes it compulsive reading, however, is its voyeuristic quality. Although written in prose…
Under this Unbroken Sky
Editors' choice
Lured by promises of prosperity and fertile land for farming, Theo Mykolayenko and his family immigrated to Canada to escape…
Murder in the Dark
Phryne Fisher receives an invitation from the eccentric twins Gerald and Isabella Templar to the Last Best Party of 1928,…
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