Helene Williams
The Matchmaker of Kenmare
World War II, or “The Emergency,” as it’s referred to in neutral Ireland, is in its fourth year, and researcher…
Death and the Running Patterer
Nicodemus Dunne, formerly a Bow Street Runner, or policeman, is now a good-behavior convict in Sydney, Australia, making his living…
Panorama
Editors' choice
Originally published in German in 1968, and now finally (and finely) translated into English, Panorama is Prague author H. G.…
Come Again No More
The second volume in Todd’s planned memoir-turned-fiction trilogy (after Sun Going Down), Come Again No More can also easily stand…
Clara and Merritt
Seattle of the 1930s and 1940s is the setting of the coming-of-age love story of Clara Hamilton and Merritt Driscoll,…
A Small Death in the Great Glen
There’s a lot going on in a small Scottish town in 1956. The local paper, the Highland Gazette, is struggling…
Cupids
In 1610 the Englishman John Guy established a colony at Cupers Cove, Newfoundland (now known as Cupids), at the behest…
Deception
In this many-layered story, Meehan (The Salt of Broken Tears) takes the reader from the Paris of the French Revolution…
Map of the Invisible World
Adam is an orphan, several times over. First, he and his older brother were left at an Indonesian orphanage; then…
The Irresistible Henry House
Henry House is an orphan, yet he has many mothers. He is what was known as a “practice baby” in…
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