2008
A Quiet Belief in Angels
A Quiet Belief in Angels follows narrator Joseph Vaughan, an author, who recounts the story of his life, from his…
1066: The Healer
The neat, clever conceit animating John Wright’s novel The Healer is a simple, persistent reminder to the complacency of modern-day…
Birth of a Warrior
510 B.C. Ancient Sparta. At the end of the first book in the Spartan Warrior series, Lysander, the half-breed trainee…
The Lady in Red
When well-bred heiress Seymour Fleming married the urbane Isle of Wight landowner and politician Sir Richard Worsley, it seemed no…
The Promise
This story is set in Newcastle in 1885 and centres around a newspaper investigation into child prostitution within the city.…
Gladiatrix
In the first century AD, a 19-year-old Spartan, Lysandra, is enslaved after being the sole survivor of a shipwreck. In…
The Streets of Babylon: A London Mystery
Renowned Swedish mystery author Euthanasia Bondeson and her companion, Agnes, travel to England to spend a season enjoying the Great…
The Burnt-out Town of Miracles
When his village is evacuated by the Finnish army, Timo Vatanen, a village idiot who makes his living as a…
Cruel Lord Cranham
Sarah Lovell was living a contented life in England in 1803. She had good friends, an attentive father and a…
Beyond the Blossoming Fields
Set in Japan from 1851 to 1913, this novel illuminates the life of Ginko Ogino, the first woman doctor in…
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