2012
Unholy Night
Many historical fiction authors take on the Big Stories, but Grahame-Smith has taken on one of the biggest of all:…
The Tree of Forgetfulness
Readers may avoid certain genres, eras, or styles; there are so many novels written, and we over-discriminate. But don’t let…
Timote
David William Foster translated, re-edited and condensed Feinmann’s 2009 novel. In 1970, Peronist rebels kidnap former Argentine president Pedro Eugenio…
The Wrong Hill to Die On
The latest in the Alafair Tucker mystery series finds the 1916 Oklahoma mother of ten a fish out of water…
The Liars’ Gospel
The life of Yehoshuah (Jesus) is related from the perspective of four people who appear in the gospels, but each…
The Mermaid Collector
The Mermaid Festival draws people from all directions to Cradle Harbor, Maine every August. They dash into the ocean and shop…
Against the Tide
As a child, Lydia Pallas lived on her father’s fishing boat, traveling from Greece to Italy and then to Boston…
The Girls in Blue
When her London home is destroyed in a bombing raid, Miranda Beddoes has no choice but to take refuge at…
Unnatural Habits
The always-indomitable and independently wealthy sleuth Phryne Fisher and her cast of sidekicks and supporters is back in this romp…
The Necromancer’s Grimoire (Elysium Texts Series)
In 1495, a woman and nine men are riding on a road near Rome. The group includes five Templar Knights.…
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