Jeanne Mackin
A Medal for Murder: A Kate Shackleton Mystery
Detective Kate Shackleton solves her second murder mystery in this fun, well-plotted mystery set in 1920s Harrogate. An amateur theatre…
The Winter Witch
This is a fun, satisfying read about young Morgana, mute since her father’s disappearance, and newly wed to widower Cai…
Mary Coin
Editors' choice
Think of the Depression, and the first image that comes to mind is Dorothea Lange’s wrenching photograph of the prematurely…
Seven Houses in France
The Belgian occupation of the Congo was one of the bloodiest, cruelest events in modern history, a fact reflected in…
The Time of the Wolf: A Novel of Medieval England
The landmark year 1066 has given nourishment to many historical novelists, including now the first-time historical novel author James Wilde.…
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