Viking
The Good Old Days: Crime, Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London
During the 19th century the East End of London was peopled by a demimonde of criminals. The divide between the…
Bowery Girl
Mollie Flynn and Annabelle Lee are bad girls, make no mistake. When the two have their first meet-up with a…
When The Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age
Telling the tale of New York’s famed Astor family, this book takes readers from the family’s humble beginnings in the…
The Observations
In Scotland in 1863, 15-year-old runaway Bessy Buckley finds work as a maid for the beautiful Arabella Reid and her…
Helen of Troy
Once again we have a re-telling of the Trojan War from Helen’s point of view. For those of you who…
Basilica : The Splendour and the Scandal — Building St Peter’s
The Basilica of St. Peter’s has dominated the spiritual and physical landscape of the Catholic Church for centuries, an…
The Deadly Embrace
This exciting thriller is set in the months leading up to D-Day. Second Lieutenant Liza Marantz, who was studying forensic…
Augusta Locke
Augusta Locke feels like a novel in two parts. Augusta (“Gussie”) is born to a Minnesota trapper in 1903, a…
The Night Journal
“A noctuary,” a character explains to protagonist Meg Mabry toward the end of Elizabeth Crook’s third novel, “…it is a…
Passarola Rising
Father Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a pioneer in 18th-century aviation. His flying ship, the Passarola, never succeeded in transporting…
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