20th Century
Beware This Boy
Beware This Boy is the second installment in the Detective Inspector Tom Tyler series from acclaimed author Maureen Jennings, internationally…
Children of Liberty
The Bronze Horseman and its sequels have captured the imagination and hearts of millions of readers. Now, Simons has written…
Navigating Early
When his mother dies, Jack Baker, the son of a soldier in World War II, must go to live near…
The Innkeeper’s Daughter
Val Wood is a Yorkshire woman who now lives in Beverley and certainly knows the region and history of which…
Call Nurse Millie
This novel, set in 1945, tells the story of Amelia (Millie) Sullivan, a Sister employed by St. George’s and St.…
Queenie
It’s 1953, Coronation year. Elsie Kettle lives with her Nan – her unreliable mother is a chorus girl and rarely…
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
On October 18, 1931, Winnie Ruth Judd, a 26-year old medical secretary, boarded a train from Phoenix to Los Angeles…
A Spear of Summer Grass
Delilah Drummond is scandalous, even by 1920s standards. Her latest problem—the suicide of her ex-husband—is too much for her family…
Music of a Life
In this densely written novella, Russian author Andrei Makine evokes the grim, gray, repressive atmosphere of Soviet Russia from the…
Aprons and Silver Spoons
At fourteen years old Mollie is told that she must find a job. Without any skills, she takes a job…
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