Bethany Latham
The Cross and the Dragon
In 8th-century Francia, Alda of Drachenhaus is promised to Ganelon of Dormagen, the fair-haired son of a noble family. Ganelon’s…
The Damnation of John Donellan: A Mysterious Case of Death and Scandal in Georgian England
Theodosius Boughton: youthful heir to a baronetcy, womanizing ne’er-do-well, a year from his inheritance … and dead. This nonfiction work…
The Dark Monk
In the dead of winter in a 17th-century Bavarian village, a priest discovers he’s been poisoned. The village executioner, his…
The English Monster, Or, The Melancholy Transactions of William Ablass
Before the advent of Saucy Jack, the Ratcliffe Highway murders were the most brutal to occur in London’s East End.…
Jezebel
In 1930s Paris, beautiful socialite Gladys Eysenach is accused of murdering her 20-year-old lover. The story begins with Eysenach’s trial…
The Flight of Gemma Hardy
The Flight of Gemma Hardy is less a remake of Jane Eyre than it is a variation on a theme.…
A Simple Murder
Maine, 1796, a Shaker settlement. The Shakers are a fascinating movement; their lifestyle and worldview could make for an absorbing…
The Yard
London, 1889. Jack the Ripper has finished his work, but the police’s inability to apprehend him results in an openly…
The Bedlam Detective
Editors' choice
It’s not often I read a book in one sitting; with this novel, I didn’t leave my chair for so…
Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure
This book covers an ambitious amount of ground — biography, cultural history, treatise on American imperialism, and comment on today’s…
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