2012
Abdication
Abdication takes its title from the Abdication Crisis of 1936, but it could as easily have been entitled 1936. Starting…
For the Love of Catherine
Crossing on the Titanic to see her sister on the New York stage, a young mother, Mair (the heroine of…
I, Iago
Editors' choice
How do you take one of literature’s most vile villains and make your readers like him? Nicole Galland begins in…
The Divorce of Henry VIII: The Untold Story from Inside the Vatican
Dr. Catherine Fletcher, who teaches at Durham University, England, has researched an often overlooked piece of the puzzle to Henry…
Death at Woods Hole
Chicagoan and scholar Emily Cabot has escaped the heat of her hometown to spend the summer of 1894 on Cape…
The Orchardist
At the turn of the 20th century, eastern Washington is largely rural and sparsely populated. Lives are bounded by family;…
In Too Deep
1866 Colorado: Rather than return East, widowed Audra reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage to her stepdaughter’s brother-in-law, Ethan. Both…
The Family Corleone
The Family Corleone is a novel based on the screenplay Mario Puzo left upon his death. The Godfather II saw…
The White Forest
I almost thought this was going to be “just” a Gothic thriller, but it quickly became so much more—a dark,…
The Murderer’s Tale
There is a new prioress at St. Frideswide’s nunnery, and Dame Frevisse finds it difficult to get on with her.…
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