20th Century
Serpent Box
The author’s debut novel focuses on the Flints, a family of Pentecostal preachers from Depression-era and postwar Leatherwood, Tennessee.…
The Drop Edge of Yonder
The engaging Oklahoma farm wife and mother of ten, Alafair Tucker (The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Hornswoggled), is…
In the Meantime
I Kathryn, Starling, and Luke meet as young children in small-town America in 1931, and become fast friends. In this…
Lambrusco
Lucia Fantini, legendary singer and widow of Aldo, whose village restaurant was her personal stage, secretly helps her son’s…
The Misremembered Man
I could never laugh at “Fawlty Towers.” John Cleese’s performance as a man falling apart was painful for me, not…
The Konkans
Lawrence D’Sai is the firstborn son of a firstborn son, part of a line that stretches back generations. He’s…
Shadow Waltz
This is the third in a series featuring mystery writer and amateur sleuth Marjorie McClelland. It’s 1935 in Ridgebury,…
Death on the Holy Mountain
The seventh Lord Francis Powerscourt murder mystery begins in 1905 with the detective peer returning to his native Ireland…
The White King
Set in an East European communist totalitarian country in the 1970-1980s, this novel is narrated by an 11-year-old boy…
The Moon in the Mango Tree
Editors' choice
Barbara Perkins adores opera. She is a talented singer. When her chance finally comes to work with the Chicago Opera,…
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