20th Century
Brother Fish
This is the story of three people thrown together through circumstances beyond their control and the friendships that develop through…
The Moments Lost
Olds (Bucking the Tiger, Raising Holy Hell), turns his stylish prose toward turbulent American Progressive Era history in The Moments…
Footsteps in the Dark
Brother and sisters, Peter, Margaret and Celia, inherit The Priory, a rambling ancient house, from their uncle. Celia and her…
A Whisper of Life
Hennaford, a Cornish village, is the setting for the sixth book in the Harvey series. It is 1948 and Jonny…
A Tropical Place Like That
This book of short stories is set in the mountainous part of Michoacan in the 1960s. Lou (Luis) Becton, an…
A Stranger in Burracombe
This sugary saga, set in a Devon village, opens in February 1952 with the arrival of a young woman, Jennifer…
The White Marriage
Sunny Chantry is on the verge of adulthood when she crosses paths with the handsome and glamorous socialite, Gray Wyndham.…
Death Called to the Bar
In February 1902, during a feast at the Inns of Court, a senior barrister mysteriously dies. When a second man…
Fever Moon
A feeling of profound sorrow permeates Carolyn Haines’ latest novel, Fever Moon. Set in the 1940s deep in the Louisiana…
The Lovers’ Room
It is autumn 1945 and Allen “The Spin” Bowler, an Australian in the British Army, is sent as an interpreter…
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