Adelaida Lower
Invisible Country
At the end of the Triple Alliance War, in 1868, Paraguay is a devastated country. Facing a congregation with only…
Walaschek’s Dream
Editors' choice
Forget structure; forget run-of-the-mill plots, and logic. Think James Joyce and then, if that doesn’t scare you, plunge into Walaschek’s…
The King’s Agent
No task is too difficult or dangerous for Battista della Palla, Florentine art dealer, handsome thief, and agent to François…
Waiting for Robert Capa
Almost everything in this novel violates the rules writers are told to follow. The author uses fragmented sentences, tells a…
Love Child
Editors' choice
After her lawyer advises Bill to write her will, the beautiful, wealthy widow sets out to examine her life and…
The War That Came Early: The Big Switch
In the third volume of the alternate history series The War That Came Early, Harry Turtledove brings us to 1940.…
Queens Consort: England’s Medieval Queens, from Eleanor of Aquitaine to Elizabeth of York
From the 11th to the 15th centuries, twenty women became queens consort of England. In her new book, Lisa Hilton,…
Lark & Termite
It’s July 1950, and as Corporal Robert Leavitt commands a platoon in the Korean countryside, his thoughts wander to…
The Empty Mirror: A Viennese Mystery
A young country girl, model and lover of painter Gustav Klimt, is viciously murdered in 1898 Vienna. Klimt, the bête…
A Golden Age
Tahmina Anam, the author of this first novel, begins powerfully: “Dear Husband, I lost our children today.” The voice…
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