Simon & Schuster
The Green Shore
On April 21, 1967, a right-wing gang of colonels overthrew Greece’s elected government and installed a military dictatorship. On that…
A Violet Season
The Hudson Valley violet growing business is thriving in 1898, but not everyone is reaping rewards. The two older Fletcher…
The Shoemaker’s Wife
This sprawling history begins in the Italian Alps in the early 20th century. It takes a while for teenaged Ciro…
The Rebel Wife
“I know that Eli is dying.” The opening line of this debut novel by Taylor M. Polites is intriguing, and…
A Dark and Lonely Place
In 1911 John Ashley, a young man from rural Florida, was accused of robbing and murdering a Seminole. In this…
Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders
Editors' choice
If the first four novels of Gyles Brandreth’s series of Victorian murder mysteries had never existed to whet our appetites…
Agent 6
This sprawling novel begins with Moscow in 1950 with the chilling observation, “The safest way to write a diary was…
The Women of the Cousins’ War
This collection of essays is a gift to those who love historical fiction. It not only functions as a history…
Secrets of the Wolves
In this second volume of the Wolf Chronicles series, young wolf Kaala deals with the fallout arising from her heretical…
The Dovekeepers
Editors' choice
A new book by Alice Hoffman is always cause to sit up and take note, and The Dovekeepers does not…
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