20th Century
Anna’s Wish
San Francisco, 1906. The city collapses in earthquake. William and Emma Denny lose everything. Brother and sister board a train…
Brothers
This elegantly written and gripping book provides stunning insight into the China of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution. If your knowledge…
Hornswoggled
Hornswoggled is the second mystery (following The Old Buzzard Had It Coming) in Donis Casey’s series featuring Alafair Tucker, a…
Summer Crossing
Set in post-WWII New York, Summer Crossing tells the story of young socialite Grady McNeil. While her parents set sail…
Restless
Editors' choice
Ruth is a young single mother in mid-1970s Oxford, teaching English to foreign students and executives while avoiding working on…
Twelve Days
Everyone knows about the defeated Hungarian revolution of 1956, but few know the details. Although the rebellion does not start…
In Distant Fields
This story follows a well-worn narrative path. The opening chapters are about a group of young people living the gilded…
Smonk
It’s 1911 in Alabama. The citizens of the small town of Old Texas have had enough of E.O. Smonk, a…
Billy Boyle
Barely promoted to detective in his native Boston, William ‘Billy’ Boyd is sent to England to work with his ‘uncle’…
Sand In My Shoes: War-time Diaries of a WAAF
Joan Rice’s diary covers the years from September 1939 to December 1942. She came from a middle-class family, attended secretarial…
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