Marina Maxwell
Midnight in Peking
In 1937, as the Japanese mustered to invade China, the body of an English girl, Pamela Werner, was found in…
The Sandcastle Girls
The title is deceptive, as this is no lightweight beach read but a serious novel set against the background of…
Hard Country
The Western often suffers from literary snobbishness, but good authors of the genre, like Michael McGarrity, know their era and…
The Midwife of Hope River
Patience Murphy is a “thirty-six year old widow, wanted by the law in two states,” so when she takes up…
Edge of Dark Water
May Lynn dreamed about being a movie star, and when she gets murdered, her three teenaged friends decide to take…
The Lavender Keeper
Luc, the adopted son of Jewish parents, runs a lavender farm in Provence. In 1942 his life is shattered when…
You, Fascinating You
Editors' choice
This biographical novel has a beautiful nostalgic quality, the sort of feeling you get when watching classic noir films, browsing…
Dancing at the Chance
Pepper MacClair, daughter of the seamstress, has grown up in the Chance Theater and is thrilled when she is given…
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