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The Museum of Abandoned Secrets
This novel, written in the style of Joyce or Proust, is essentially based on Faulkner’s theme: “The past is never…
On the Cold Coasts
In 15th-century Iceland, Ragna Gautadottir is innocently put in an unfortunate situation when she is fourteen. Impregnated by an English…
In the Land of the Long White Cloud
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In the Land of the Long White Cloud reminded me what it was like to get lost, really lost, in…
Between Love and Honor
The book’s prologue is written much like the opening scene of a movie. A bleak flat landscape, divided by a…
Bitter Drink
In 1963, beatnik P.I. Sunny Pascal is hired by a producer to keep Hollywood stars out of trouble during the…
She Wore Only White
It is said the journey is more important than the destination. That is true of She Wore Only White. From…
The Dark Monk
In the dead of winter in a 17th-century Bavarian village, a priest discovers he’s been poisoned. The village executioner, his…
The Flatey Enigma
When seal hunters find a decaying corpse on a deserted Icelandic island, it triggers an investigation involving a secret runic…
The Copper Sign
When Ellen is forced to flee home, she must pretend to be a boy to pursue her life’s passion: to…
The Settlers of Catan
The people of Elasund love their homeland, but life is a struggle. Long winters make for a short growing season,…
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