Mary Sharratt
Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders
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Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels showcasing famous historical ...Read Review
Masque of the Gonzagas
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This panoramic epic of the Italian Renaissance is set in the court of Vincenzo Gonzaga, 4th Duke of Mantua, who has devoted his ...Read Review
Secret
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This autobiographical novel tells the story of young Philippe’s childhood in post-war Paris. The sickly only child of glamorous, athletic parents, the ...Read Review
Wintering
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In the late 1950s, bankrupt Jaguar salesman Jim Parker must start his life over again in a village near Glastonbury. He grudgingly accepts ...Read Review
Cold Skin
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Just after the Great War, a man arrives at a remote, sub-Antarctic island where he is to be a weather observer. He finds ...Read Review
The Gentle Wind’s Caress
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Orphaned Isabelle will do anything to escape her Halifax, Yorkshire workhouse, where she is harassed by Neville, the matron’s son. She enters ...Read Review
April in Paris
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Don’t be fooled by this book’s unfortunate UK cover. This is not another romantic wartime saga, but a powerful study of ...Read Review
Skylark Farm
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Skylark Farm is the Arslanian family’s country retreat. The life of this prosperous Armenian family is touchingly centered on the brothers, sisters, ...Read Review
This Breathing World
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This novel encompasses two mirrored stories: one set in 1st Century Rome, the other in 1950s Harvard. The Roman narrative tells of Mazuf, ...Read Review
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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Iris Lockhart is a stubbornly independent young woman in modern Edinburgh. Her only real connections with the past are Kitty, her Alzheimer’s-afflicted ...Read Review
