Crown
A Study in Revenge
1893, Portland, Maine. Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called to investigate a burned body and strange occult symbols in an…
Road to Valor: A True Story of World War II Italy, the Nazis, and the Cyclist Who Inspired a Nation
Siblings Aili, a journalist, and Andres, a historical scholar, meticulously researched this story of a cyclist still revered in Italy…
Silver: Return to Treasure Island
R.L. Stevenson’s novel has enchanted and fascinated generations of readers since its publication in the late 19th century. The story…
My Last Empress
Samuel Pickens is a precocious young man at the beginning of this novel that spans life in Connecticut and China…
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
The swashbuckling heroes in Alexandre Dumas’s The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo have stirred the imaginations of…
The Second Empress: A Novel of Napoleon’s Court
After Napoleon jettisons his only true love, the Empress Josephine, who has not given him an heir, he makes a…
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic’s First-Class Passengers and Their World
The Titanic has captured popular imagination for the last hundred years, and for good reason — it’s a tale of…
The Baker’s Daughter
What does a 17-year-old German baker’s daughter during World War II have in common with the owner of a German…
The Truth of All Things
In Portland, Maine in 1892, detective Archie Lean investigates the brutal murder of a prostitute. The woman is laid out…
The Bedlam Detective
Editors' choice
It’s not often I read a book in one sitting; with this novel, I didn’t leave my chair for so…
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