Ken Kreckel
Evil for Evil
In this fourth installment of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries, the intrepid lieutenant from South Boston is sent…
The Innocent Spy
In wartime London, Detective Stratton is investigating the death of silent screen star Mabel Morgan. Although it appears to be…
A Quiet Flame
Editors' choice
Framed as a war criminal, ex-SS officer Bernie Gunther is forced to flee to Argentina with the likes of Adolph…
Winston’s War: A Novel of Deception
Following upon the success of Never Surrender, this is another of Michael Dobbs’s previously published novels centering on pivotal moments…
A Trace of Smoke
Trolling for a story at Berlin’s Hall of the Unnamed Dead, crime reporter Hannah Vogel is shocked to find a…
Frontier Medicine: From the Atlantic to the Pacific, 1492-1941
Despite the subtitle, this is primarily a history of medical practice in America’s frontiers, concentrating on the time after the…
Winnie and Wolf
The title refers to Winifred Wagner, the English wife of Richard Wagner’s son Siegfried, and Wolf, the self-chosen nickname of…
Death Was In The Picture
Times are tough for Depression-era girl Friday Kitty Pangborn and her PI boss Dexter Theroux in their run down LA…
City of the Absent
If you ever craved the simpler life that was prevalent, say, before the turn of the century, reading this…
The Diplomat’s Wife
This is the follow-up to the author’s debut novel, The Kommandant’s Girl, a tale centering on a woman reluctantly…
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