20th Century
A Day of Small Beginnings
In early 20th century Poland, Itzik, a young Jewish boy, kills a Polish Catholic and runs to the graveyard for…
The Officer’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Sixteen-year-old Marta always wanted to be a soldier like her father, an officer in the Polish army. Instead she has…
The Savage Garden
In 1958, Cambridge art history student, Adam Strickland, goes to Tuscany to work on the Mannerist garden of the Villa…
The Alibi Club
It is the summer of 1940 in Paris, and the Germans are beginning their invasion. Sally King, an American model…
Ghost Sea
Editors' choice
“He loved the sea, he loved a boat, he loved a woman, Some would say he loved wrongly or too…
The Tower
Shortly after the Great War, American archaeologist Desmond Garrett disappeared whilst looking for the legendary Tower of Solitude in the…
Charity Girl
Charity Girl explores the little-known to virtually-unheard-of subject of the internment of thousands of American females alleged to be prostitutes…
The Willow Field
The novel tells the life story of Rossie Benasco, from the age of fifteen until he becomes an older man…
Black Water Born
Black Water Born integrates the elements of many different genres: At the beginning, it’s strongly inspirational; at the end, it’s…
Slay Bells
Pray for a rainy day! It’ll give you the perfect excuse to curl up with Kate Kingsbury’s latest book in…
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