Jazz Age
The Bolter
Frances Osborne, the great-granddaughter of Idina Sackville, has written a shockingly candid biography of a brazen woman who defied the…
The Englishman’s Boy
Two story lines present the title character, caught up in a massacre in 1870s Saskatchewan, and the machinations of 1920s…
The Winter Ground
The latest Dandy Gilver mystery is set in Perthshire in 1925/26 on the estate of Albert Wilson, a wealthy brickmaker…
Devil’s Garden
With the rash of mysteries featuring famous people as amateur detectives, I tend to sigh when I see another one,…
Bright Young People: The Lost Generation of London’s Jazz Age
For American readers, the phrase “lost generation” conjures up the names Hemingway and Fitzgerald and other arty types who spent…
A Question of Death: An Illustrated Phryne Fisher Treasury
Fans of the inimitable Phryne Fisher will rejoice in this cornucopia of short stories, recipes, lists of Phryne’s favorite things,…
Fallen Skies
Still in her teens in 1920, Lily Valance is embarking on a promising stage career as a singer. She is…
High Spirits
In 1921, this third book in the series continues the story of Daisy Gumm Majesty, who supports her World War…
The Leopard’s Prey
Fourth in Arruda’s Jade del Cameron series, The Leopard’s Prey is thoroughly engaging from beginning to end. American Jade is…
Funny Boys
Mickey Fine and Mutzie Feder dream big in 1920s New York. Mickey is a tumler, an entertainer and host…
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