2010
Flowers of Vitriol
1817. On the streets of Amlwch, the copper capital of the world, discontent amongst the poor, hungry, and disaffected is…
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine
The novel begins in a contemporary time at Selwick Hall with Eloise and Colin. The story soon slips back to…
The Sherlockian
Editors' choice
Anyone who has read even a few of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories featuring Sherlock Holmes knows that the author killed…
Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly and Other New Adventures of the Great Detective
Sherlock Holmes is up to his pipe stem in the title mystery and three bonus adventures thanks to this recently…
Fat Fingers
Fatfingers, the name of the unlucky protagonist whose professionally wielded hammer struck his hand more than it did a nail,…
Innocence & Gold Dust
Eutropius, the main character in Frances Webb’s novel, is a eunuch, and this may remind some readers of Mary Renault’s…
The Printmaker’s Daughter
Editors' choice
Readers will cherish this story and not soon forget the daughter of Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1839). The famous painter of The…
The White Witch of Spiton and the Stones of Destiny
The third in the White Witch of Spiton Series sees a young witch transported back in time to 1066. That’s…
Ireland: A History
Irish history is often fragmented into single-period studies – examinations of early Christian Ireland, treatments of the Protestant Ascendancy, narratives…
Song of the Flutist
When the leaders of two city-states in ancient Etruria battle each other for dominance—in ways both subtle and otherwise—the common…
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