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Acceptable Loss
This mystery is set in 1864 London, when homeless children combed the banks and mudflats of the Thames for whatever…
Betrayal at Lisson Grove
It is 1895, a time of political upheaval in various parts of Europe. Inspector Pitt of Scotland Yard Special Branch…
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Editors' choice
The year is 1986, and widower Henry Lee sees items from World War II discovered intact in a local hotel.…
Broken Promises: A Novel of the Civil War
In 1861, Charles Francis Adams, son of President John Quincy Adams, is sent by the new president, Abraham Lincoln, to…
The Angel of Blythe Hall
This story begins and ends in the border region of Scotland in 1492. Eighteen-year-old Isabeau Blythe has returned home to…
The Final Storm
This last novel in Shaara’s World War II series begins late in the war in February 1945. War in the…
River of Darkness
In River of Darkness, Levy masterfully retells the story of Francisco Orellana’s legendary voyage down the Amazon River in 1541. …
A Christmas Odyssey
Anne Perry’s Christmas novellas have quickly become a tradition for her legion of fans. A Christmas Odyssey is her eighth…
Twilight at the World of Tomorrow
The 1939 New York World’s Fair transformed the dumps of Flushing Meadows into a wonderland of science, architecture, and cultural…
The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
Editors' choice
Catherine de Medici came to the French court as a reluctant princess: young and naive, and yet somehow she knew…
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