2007
We Shall Not Sleep
This is the fifth and final volume in Anne Perry’s series of World War I mysteries about the Reavley siblings:…
Death on the Nevskii Prospekt
Russia, terrorist capital of the world at the beginning of the 20th century. In St Petersburg the body of an…
Killing Che
Editors' choice
Bolivia, 1967: Paul Hoyle, an ex-CIA paramilitary with experience in Laos, Vietnam and various Latin American hot spots, is now…
Forests of the Night: A Johnny Hawke Novel
This first book in a new series set in World War II-era London features ex-cop Johnny Hawke, who has just…
The Midwife of St. Petersburg
This story takes place amidst the turmoil of 1914 Czarist Russia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Serbia has recently been assassinated,…
The Shoe Queen
In Art Deco 1920s Paris when it was a second home to the Americans, the City of Lights was a…
Brother Fish
This is the story of three people thrown together through circumstances beyond their control and the friendships that develop through…
The Moments Lost
Olds (Bucking the Tiger, Raising Holy Hell), turns his stylish prose toward turbulent American Progressive Era history in The Moments…
A Whisper of Life
Hennaford, a Cornish village, is the setting for the sixth book in the Harvey series. It is 1948 and Jonny…
A Tropical Place Like That
This book of short stories is set in the mountainous part of Michoacan in the 1960s. Lou (Luis) Becton, an…
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