2012
Cave of Secrets
Ireland, 1639. Twelve-year-old Tom Flynn lives in the Big House near Roaringwater Bay in County Cork. On the surface, his…
Waiting for Sunrise
In Boyd’s latest literary adventure (after Ordinary Thunderstorms, 2010), a young English actor begins a life of deception off-stage, mostly…
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Passion is an emotion usually associated with the young. However, Hulda Klager discovers her passion when she is in her…
Death in August
Set in Florence in 1963, this murder mystery offers the delights and peculiarities of Italy. As the city melts in…
A Tainted Dawn: The Great War 1792-1815, Book 1
The beginning of an intended series spanning the Georgian/Regency period (or, si vous préférez, the Revolutionary/Napoleonic), A Tainted Dawn follows the fortunes…
The White Shadow
According to my library book group, readers either liked or hated The White Shadow. I can understand that. It is…
Bellringer
Chief inspector Louis St-Cyr of the Sureté Nationale and his partner, Detektivinspektor der Kriminalpolizei Hermann Kohler, travel to Vittel in…
Queen’s Bounty: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery
The latest installment in Buckley’s long-running Elizabethan mystery series featuring Ursula Blanchard finds Ursula in the midst of planning her…
To Turn Full Circle
To Turn Full Circle is set in a small fishing port in Devon in 1909. Emma Le Goff has recently…
John Saturnall’s Feast
Editors' choice
Let me not beat about the bush. Lawrence Norfolk’s The Pope’s Rhinoceros is one of the best books I have…
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