2008

The Redemption of Alexander Seaton

By Shona MacLean - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

On a stormy night in 1626 in the Scottish town of Banff, the local apothecary’s assistant collapses in the street. Next morning he ...Read Review

Stealing Athena

By Karen Essex - Published 2008

Genres:

In her highly anticipated follow up to Leonardo’s Swans, Karen Essex delves into the controversial heart of the origins of the Elgin ...Read Review

A Rogue’s Game

By Renee Bernard - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

The title rogue is Victorian-era playboy Julian Clay, Earl of Westerleigh, who is attracted to a young woman he meets at a gambling ...Read Review

My Lord and Spymaster

By Joanna Bourne - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

In her quest to expose the spy known as Cinq and secure her father’s release from prison, Jessamyn Whitby relies on the ...Read Review

From Penvarris with Love

By Rosemary Aitken - Published 2008

Genres:

Romance

Spanning the First World War this romantic novel opens in Penzance in Cornwall in 1914. Maud and Belinda both work at Madame Raymond’s. ...Read Review

Class 1902

By Ernst Glaeser - By Horst Kruse (trans.) - Published 2008

Genres:

Biographical FictionLiterary

The effects of war on ordinary citizens are illustrated with brutal and beautiful clarity in Class 1902, a biographical novel that found instant popularity ...Read Review

Ancient Highway

By Bret Lott - Published 2008

Genres:

Saga

“Hurrah!” Earl Holmes jubilantly whispers this word to his dying brother in 1925, symbolizing their shared belief in victory in all circumstances, even death. ...Read Review

Train to Yesterday

By Nell DuVall - Published 2008

Genres:

RomanceTime-slip

Penny Barton’s life is on track; she’s a vice-president of her company and her disastrous romantic past is finally behind her. ...Read Review

By Royal Command

By Mary Hooper - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime

Elizabethan England. In this sequel to At the House of the Magician, Lucy, maid to the queen’s magician Dr Dee, is now ...Read Review

The Road to Vengeance (The Strongbow Saga, Book Three)

By Judson Roberts - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

This is the third book in Roberts’ Viking adventure series and begins where the last book finished. Recommended as reading for the over-fourteens, ...Read Review