Gilded Age
Fatal as a Fallen Woman
Second in the Diana Spaulding mystery series, the novel continues the adventures of that 19th-century journalist. She has quit her…
The Blaze of Noon
It is 1878. Dan Mora, a fifty-eight-year-old prospector, and his unlikely comrade, Quanto, a Tarahumara Indian, discover more than gold…
Grave Review
Gwen Barrow, the heroine of this novel, is easy to like. Although only in her twenties, Gwen successfully takes on…
Finding Anna
“Saved. Alone.” These two heartbreaking words, telegraphed to businessman Gates Spafford as he waited for news of his wife and…
Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush
In April 1889, men, women and children – red, white and black – gathered at the starting line and raced…
Holmes on the Range
When a writer mixes genres, such as a Sherlock Holmes-style mystery and a Western, you hold your breath. Can two…
Death on the Ladies Mile
The Ladies Mile, stretching from 8th to 23rd Street in 1880s New York City, housed the shops and restaurants frequented…
The Wedding Cake War
Lolly Mayfield steps off the train in Maple Falls, Oregon, believing that she’s about to become the bride of Kellen…
Murder on Nob Hill
This is the first book in a new series set in 1880s San Francisco, featuring Sarah Woolson, one of the…
Murder in a Mill Town
This mystery, set in 1868 in Boston and nearby Charlestown, is the second for Nell Sweeney. She is the governess…
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