WW2
The Secrets of the Cave
In the rural village of Oakey Vale, teenage Betty Barnes dreams of becoming a glamorous movie star. Her sister, now…
Man on the Move
This slim novella translated from the Dutch is the author’s second book. It begins with the protagonist Rob being waved…
The Crooked Cross
This is a masterly fiction of events and characters who, in 1933, hatch an elaborate plot to kill Hitler in…
Stepping on the Cracks
In a small Maryland town in 1944, the specter of world war shadows everyone’s lives. Eleven-year-old Margaret is eager for…
The Innocent Spy
In wartime London, Detective Stratton is investigating the death of silent screen star Mabel Morgan. Although it appears to be…
A Mad Desire to Dance
This elegiac novel follows Doriel, a man who fears he is either mad or possessed by a dybukk, and Dr.…
An Honorable German
Charles McCain’s maiden voyage as a novelist follows a young German naval officer, Max Brekendorf, through his varied assignments in…
The Rescue Man
This is first novel of Anthony Quinn, film critic of The Independent, and a most impressive debut it is. Liverpool…
South of the Border
Ireland 1942. Matt Duggan, fresh out of college, starts his first post as a teacher at the boys’ school…
The German Woman
The German woman of the title is an English woman, Kate Zweig, a trained nurse married to a German surgeon,…
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