Quercus
Red Sky in Morning
Coll Coyle makes a dreadful mistake that changes the course of his life and is set to lose everything as…
The Devil’s Recruit
This is the fourth novel with Alexander Seaton as its hero, but it was my first introduction to him. The…
Alone in the Classroom
Set in Canada and moving in time between more modern times and the era of the Great Depression, the novel…
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…
Prague Fatale
Prague Fatale continues Philip Kerr’s popular Bernie Gunther series. It is June of 1942, and the cynical homicide detective is…
A Humble Companion
Nellie Welche is twelve when, in 1788, she is selected to be a “humble companion” to the young Princess Sofia…
The House at Sea’s End
The ever-encroaching sea on the coast of Norfolk, England uncovers six skeletons, bound, shot, and hidden in a deep cove.…
Bereft
Quinn Walker returns to his home town of Flint, New South Wales, Australia after terrible experiences in the Great War.…
Slash and Burn
This Doctor Siri Paiboun mystery opens in 1968 when Boyd Bowry, son of a U.S. senator, is presumed dead after…
Shaka the Great
A weighty tome like this is usually a blessing for me, the bigger the better, but sadly this was not…
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