Kate Braithwaite
The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd
On October 18, 1931, Winnie Ruth Judd, a 26-year old medical secretary, boarded a train from Phoenix to Los Angeles…
The Hour of Peril
Abraham Lincoln’s train journey from Illinois to Washington becomes a dangerous rush towards safety in Daniel Stashower’s meticulous account of…
The Roots of Betrayal
In the sequel to his novel Sacred Treason, James Forrester returns to the story of the Elizabethan herald, William Harley,…
Rise: A Nightshade Novel
Ember Morrow has fought her family and convention to be allowed to join the Order of the Knights of Conatus…
Frankie’s Letter
With his dying breath, an American journalist whispers to Anthony Brooke that there is a gentleman traitor in England feeding…
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