20th Century
Serendipity
Serendipity is an intergenerational coming-of-age story set in the present day. The main heroine is Carrie Manning who has just…
Foxfire
This novel, first published in 1951, is set in New York City and the Arizona in the 1930s. Amanda Lawrence,…
The Night of the Burning
This novel tells the true story of Devorah and Nechama Lehrman, the only survivors of a massacre of the Jews…
Where The Heart Leads
Set in 1904, Where the Heart Leads follows the story of Thomas Ollenburger, a young man recently finished with college…
Rachel’s Secret
In 1943 two friends, Rachel and Meriel amuse themselves by tracking down imaginary German spies. It all seems a harmless…
No More Dying
February 1939. As Europe teeters on the brink of war Lord Edward Corinth is asked to unmask an enemy agent…
Death Was In The Picture
Times are tough for Depression-era girl Friday Kitty Pangborn and her PI boss Dexter Theroux in their run down LA…
A Dead Man in Barcelona
Set in 20th-century Barcelona, this is the fifth entry in Michael Pearce’s “a dead man in” series, featuring series protagonist…
Crooked Pieces
I’ve not found first person point of view, present tense, a good way to tell a story set in the…
Bliss
Fourteen-year-old Bliss Inthemorningdew is dropped off at her grandmother’s home in Atlanta, Georgia, so her hippie parents can move to…
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