Viking
Glow
Meet four American narrators living through the years 1836 to 1941. Glow recounts the tale of the descendants of the…
Circle of Shadows
Another instalment detailing the adventures of Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther, an unlikely detective pairing which works in unusual ways,…
The Time In Between
Editors' choice
From Gone with the Wind to The Thorn Birds, the romantic epic is a tried-and-true favorite, invariably set during a…
On Canaan’s Side
Editors' choice
The narrator of On Canaan’s Side, 89-year-old Lilly Bere, feels herself at the end of her life. She is the…
Rules of Civility
Editors' choice
As a debut novel, Rules of Civility is a tour de force. Breathtaking in its capture of 1938 New…
The German Boy
Elisabeth Mander’s life is in turmoil. It’s 1947, and her dead sister’s teenage son, Stefan Landau, is coming to live…
Island of Bones
In 1783, the excavation of an old family tomb in the Lake District reveals a bloody mystery. Called to investigate…
Elizabeth I
Editors' choice
How can an historical novelist up the ante on the life of Elizabeth I when so much has been written…
The Postmistress
In 1940 the American radio reporter, Frankie Bard, is in London broadcasting to America on the devastation caused by bombing…
The Personal History of Rachel DuPree
In 1917, in the isolated and drought-stricken Badlands of South Dakota, Isaac and Rachel DuPree are struggling to keep their…
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