Multi-Period
The Picture Book
‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ has a considerable following on TV as well-known people delve into family history. Author…
The Garden Intrigue
Historian Eloise Kelly is back, still working with a treasure trove of primary sources for her dissertation on English spies…
Three Weeks in December
Editors' choice
Schulman has written two stories here in alternating chapters; each stands on its own, so good you hate to leave…
The Book of Lost Fragrances
Jac L’Etoile and her brother, Robbie, are heirs to the House of L’Etoile, a famous perfumery that has been a…
I, Judas
As Taliban fundamentalists dynamited the Bamiyan Buddhas, with this book Reich blows up the Gospels. How can I, Judas possibly…
The Odditorium
The title for The Odditorium fits this slim book of short stories nicely, as most of the tales are indeed…
Hill of Bones
This is an anthology of mystery novellas by the writing team of Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Karen Maitland, Ian Morson,…
Passing Love
Young RubyMae Garrett leaves Mississippi for Paris, following love and the lure of adventure. Postwar Paris is a place where…
Seance in Sepia
Flynn, a modern-day woman, buys an unusual photograph at an estate sale. As she delves into the history behind this…
Kafka’s Leopards
1916: In a shtetl in Bessarabia, Czarist Russia, lives Benjamin Kantarovich, 19, nicknamed “Mousy,” whose sick friend, Yossi, asks him…
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