Pegasus
Magic Words
I reached the end of this book expecting to find out that most of the story and characters were fictional,…
Spartacus
Historical novels, especially those dealing with well-known events, lack suspense. As we watch the slave army of Spartacus defeat one…
Death in August
Set in Florence in 1963, this murder mystery offers the delights and peculiarities of Italy. As the city melts in…
Crusoe: Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth
The long title of Katherine Frank’s book harkens back to a 17th-century fashion. The book’s subject is rooted in that…
Hawkwood
The Bow Street Runners, generally accepted as London’s first professional police force, was founded in 1749 and operated in London…
Beyond the Ties of Blood
Being too warm is a small price to pay for Boston academic Eugenia Aldunate. She wears long sleeves at all…
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter
This story, an action-packed, superbly written piece of historical fiction, takes place in Boston and covers the two months from…
Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly and Other New Adventures of the Great Detective
Sherlock Holmes is up to his pipe stem in the title mystery and three bonus adventures thanks to this recently…
Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Ted Riccardi is writing in an established genre of Holmes knock-offs. His Holmes seems to be the Basil Rathbone type;…
Silver Like Dust: One Family’s Story of America’s Japanese Internment
Through conversations recorded by her granddaughter, a Japanese-American woman recalls her life during World War II. Born into a poor…
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