Harper
All That I Am
German anti-fascists in Berlin in the 1920s and ’30s felt the weight of history on their shoulders; it was up…
Brothers in Arms
Readers will always be grateful to Bernard Cornwell for bringing the common soldiers, and the spectacularly uncommon Richard Sharpe, to…
The Lion Wakes
For me, this was a book of two halves. Each scene is vividly told, with unusual phrasing and a knowledgeable…
Death of Kings
King Alfred is dying, and Uhtred, his ill-rewarded war captain, is faced again with the choice of his life: will…
The Lantern
Editors' choice
The prologue to this novel leads you to believe that it may be a takeoff on Du Maurier’s Rebecca, but…
The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington
Few events in American history have stirred the national imagination as much as the heroic stand of ragtag colonial militia…
The Dakota Cipher
France, 1800. In Ethan Gage’s third adventure, our hero – lover, adventurer, gambler, sharpshooter and man of unexpected talents –…
The Legacy
Editors' choice
Webb’s well-written romantic mystery spans four generations but, told largely from the perspective of two women, The Legacy is a…
Whispers in the Sand
After a 14-year stint as a trophy wife, Anna Fox is recently divorced and at loose ends. Her great-aunt Phyllis…
Crown of Dust
Editors' choice
The tiny mining town of Motherlode isn’t just another place to try one’s luck in Gold Rush California. It’s also…
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