2012

Vixen (The Flappers 1)

By Jillian Larkin - Published 2011Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Chicago, 1924. Wealthy society schoolgirl Gloria moonlights as the lead singer for a black jazz band; her ‘country’ cousin Clara comes to help Gloria ...Read Review

The First Crusade

By Peter Frankopan - Published 2012

Genres:

MilitaryNonfiction

Pope Urban’s 1095 clarion call to Western Christendom to re-take Jerusalem from the Turks is the background for many historical novels. In this ...Read Review

Empress of the Seven Hills

By Kate Quinn - Published 2012

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Kate Quinn returns with a gripping sequel to her bestselling debut Mistress of Rome. After the assassination of Emperor Domitian, Thea and Arius ...Read Review

The Apothecary’s Daughter

By Charlotte Betts - Published 2012

Genres:

Romance

January 1665, and the ills in the City of London are mostly treatable fevers and accidents. Susannah Leyton is happy as trusted assistant to ...Read Review

Blood Storm

By Bill Brooks - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

A request for help sends Detective John Henry Cole to Deadwood, the wildest gold mining town in Dakota Territory’s Black Hills in 1876. ...Read Review

The Piccadilly Plot

By Susanna Gregory - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This Thomas Chaloner mystery takes place in London in the spring of 1664. Chaloner has been summoned from Tangier back to London by his ...Read Review

Colorado Dawn

By Kaki Warner - Published 2012

Genres:

RomanceWestern

In 1868, Maddie Wallace is trapped in a loveless marriage with a Scotsman who has abandoned her for the military. She married him for ...Read Review

A Partial History of Lost Causes

By Jennifer Dubois - Published 2012

Genres:

Literary

In 1979 Leningrad, a stranger, Aleksandr Bezetov, arrives in town from the eastern USSR. He befriends three dissidents, and although Aleksandr is there to ...Read Review

Trapeze

By Simon Mawer - Published 2012

Genres:

Thriller

Simon Mawer’s (The Glass Room) latest gift to his avid followers is the first of a projected two-volume novel about a familiar ...Read Review

Wicked City

By Alaya Johnson - Published 2012

Genres:

Alternate HistoryHistorical FantasyMystery/Crime

Alaya Johnson (Moonshine) spins another tale set in an alternate universe 1920s New York City, one that shares its streets with the Others – ...Read Review