Kathryn Johnson
Behold a Pale Horse
What do we like best about a Peter Tremayne novel? The historical settings, the complex blend of mystery and adventure……
The Unseen
As in her earlier, acclaimed novel, The Legacy, author Katherine Webb designs her new story, The Unseen, around a dual…
In the Shadow of Paris
Writing under the pseudonym Claude Izner, two sisters (Liliane Korb and Laurence LeFevre) have conjured up a respectable and widely…
Mister Death’s Blue-eyed Girls
Based on an unsolved double murder in 1950s Maryland, where the author still lives, this chilling tale for young adult…
Mistress of Mourning
It’s a daunting challenge: how to create a historical novel that accurately depicts a distant era without letting facts and…
Blessed are the Dead
Editors' choice
It’s difficult to decide what is best about Malla Nunn’s most recent novel, Blessed are the Dead. The setting is…
Effie: The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin, and John Everett Millais
Published in hardcover two years ago, and now in paperback, this nonfiction treatment shines new light on a famous romantic…
A Voice for Kanzas
This young adult novel speaks to the heart of writers everywhere, young and old, throughout time. When Lucy, the young…
What Dies in Summer
Wright’s novel can easily be read in a variety of ways. As a Southern Gothic. As a coming-of-age novel. Even…
The Seduction of Phaeton Black
Phaeton Black, paranormal investigator, operates in Victorian London. He is charming, clever, playful, ruthless when he needs to be —…
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