2010
Betrayal at Lisson Grove
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It is 1895, a time of political upheaval in various parts of Europe. Inspector Pitt of Scotland Yard Special Branch witnesses a murder and, ...Read Review
Lyrics Alley
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The Abuzeids are one of the most prominent families in 1950s Sudan. The patriarch, Mahmoud Bey, amassed the family fortune through shrewd business ...Read Review
Pattern of Shadows
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Mary is a nursing sister at a Lancashire prison for the housing and treatment of German POWs; although her work is hard, she ...Read Review
Any Survivors?
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The narrator is a refugee in London in 1939. Turfed out of his lodgings and finding himself homeless with five pennies in his pocket ...Read Review
Ellis Island
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Ellie Flaherty was raised by parents who are pious, distant, and haunted by the sins of their ancestors. Her consolation comes from her ...Read Review
Into the Blue
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In late 19th-century Devon, vicar’s daughter Hester Redding longs to experience all the exciting challenges that the approaching new century will bring, ...Read Review
The Tea Lords
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Haasse’s books have achieved classic status in her native Netherlands, and this is the first to be translated for 15 years. The Tea ...Read Review
That Perfect Someone
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Richard and Julia, betrothed as children, loathed one another, so Richard ran away to sea. Back in England they meet, not initially knowing ...Read Review
Shakespeare’s Will
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“For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,/That then I scorn to change my state with kings.” These words might apply to ...Read Review
The Queen’s Jewels
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David Glenn’s two new novels, both mysteries, take place in the later years of Queen Elizabeth I’s court as the main ...Read Review
