Hodder & Stoughton
The Storm We Made
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Malaya, 1935. Cecily’s husband is a minor civil servant who admires the British he kowtows to, but Cecily despises them. When the chance ...Read Review
The Bullet Swallower
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A woman’s red shawl blows off her grave and into a tree, where it turns into a red bird. A cruel and ...Read Review
War Cry (de Norton trilogy)
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AdventureBiographical FictionMilitary
The title refers to the second Barons’ War (1264-67). Fifty years earlier, rebel nobles had curbed royal power with the Magna Carta. Now ...Read Review
The White Lie
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Most historical murder mysteries are simply mysteries set in the past. Others play with history. The White Lie is one of these. The ...Read Review
Child of the Ruins
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The ruins are the ruins of Berlin, which still stood in ruins in 1948 and for several years to come. The child does not ...Read Review
The Last Line (John Cook)
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Besides the obvious preparations which the British made to defend themselves in 1940 against a German invasion – all that concrete and barbed wire everywhere – ...Read Review
Spy Hunter (The Irregular)
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Spy Hunter is the fourth in Lyle’s Irregular series, featuring ‘Wiggins’, super-agent of the newly formed British Secret Service in the early ...Read Review
Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia)
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Fatal Legacy is the latest offering in the extremely popular Flavia Alba series set in 1st-century Rome. The book opens with rabbits and ...Read Review
I, Julian: The Fictional Autobiography of Julian of Norwich
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This reimagining of the life of the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich is a triumph. Taking the few known facts, Gilbert creates ...Read Review
The Forgotten Shore
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If you love Newfoundland you will love this book. If you don’t love Newfoundland, that is probably because you have never been ...Read Review