2008
The Blood Lance
In 1935 Otto Rahn publishes a book about the Holy Grail that catches the eye of Himmler. Rahn agrees to…
The Fire of Ares
Ancient Sparta. Lysander is a helot – a slave – in Sparta, one of the most ruthless states in the…
The Bolter
Frances Osborne, the great-granddaughter of Idina Sackville, has written a shockingly candid biography of a brazen woman who defied the…
Bloodline
Set in Britain circa 650 AD, Katy Moran’s debut novel is a coming-of-age story featuring a boy named Essa who…
Captivated: J. M. Barrie, Daphne du Maurier and the Dark Secret of Neverland
‘Barrie has a fatal touch for those he loves. They die.’ D. H. Lawrence. This fascinating and disturbing book unravels…
Stranger Room
The fifth title in the Ike Schwartz series finds the erstwhile sheriff of Picketville, Virginia, with a murder on his…
Mrs. Lincoln
Born in 1819 and brought up in Kentucky in a slave-owning family, Mary Lincoln visited a black one-legged ‘conjure woman’…
The Glassblower of Murano
In a tale of genius and tragedy, Leonora Manin is inspired to travel to Murano, Italy, from Hampstead, England, the…
Tainted Tree
This rambling book, which was sent to me for review as a historical novel, is set in 1991 and the…
An Incomplete Revenge
As a Maisie Dobbs newcomer, for me this book was a revelation. It is fresh, unpretentious, and totally gripping. Unlike…
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