Cecelia Holland
The Deception at Lyme, or, The Peril of Persuasion
The legendary sea wall in Lyme, called the Cobb, looms over this Austen-flavored mystery, whose sleuths are Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam…
A Killing Frost
A year after German George of Hanover became King of England, the winter was so cold the Thames froze. Thus,…
Lady on the Loch
In the year 1567, the castle in the middle of Loch Leven receives a mysterious prisoner, who turns out to…
Deathless
Catherynne Valente understands the power of threes, of repetition and incantation, the stuff of fairy tales. In Deathless, her powerful…
Hearts Aglow
Angelina County, Texas, in 1886, is a troubled stew of resentments, but Deborah Vandermark, heroine of Tracie Peterson’s new novel,…
The Long Hitch
If you want to know about managing mule trains in the Old West, this is the book for you. In…
The Rock Hole
In 1964, ten-year-old Top arrives in a small Texas town to live with his grandfather, the county constable. Tagging after…
The Oracle of Stamboul
In the late 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was a husk of the power that had shaken the Mediterranean world.…
The Dawn Country
The Dawn Country concerns the peoples of the Iroquois in the generation before the coming of their great peacemaker Deganawidah,…
Off the Record
Editors' choice
Recording tape and gramophones probably don’t sound like promising grounds for a novel, but in Off the Record the technology…
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