Nicole Leclerc
The Shanghai Tunnel
Genres:
This is the first in Sharan Newman’s Emily Stratton series. Newman always possesses the special key to a portal that transports her ...Read Review
Zugzwang
Genres:
Zugzwang: a position in chess in which a player is obliged to move, though every move makes his position worse, resulting in helplessness. ...Read Review
Tokyo Year Zero
Genres:
Tokyo, August 1946: one year after Japan’s surrender and the extensive bombings of its capital. The murdered bodies of two women are found ...Read Review
Shadows in the White City
Genres:
Second in the Inspector Ransom series, set in Chicago during the 1893 World’s Fair, this novel is part mystery, part horror story. There ...Read Review
An Eye for Murder
Genres:
Beginning with an exchange between two men in Prague in August 1944, the book proceeds to explore the ramifications of these events in the ...Read Review
The Physician’s Tale
Genres:
The Physician’s Tale is the last entry in a trilogy spanning seven centuries and two continents (14th century Europe and 21st century ...Read Review
The King’s Nun
Genres:
French children still, albeit reluctantly, celebrate Charlemagne’s birthday. They do so because he is considered the inventor of schooling. Indeed, learning plays ...Read Review
Messenger Of Truth
Genres:
In 1931, psychologist and private inquiry agent Maisie Dobbs is hired by a young woman to investigate the death of her artist twin brother. ...Read Review
Liberation Movements
Genres:
For those not familiar with Steinhauer, this is far from being a brain candy novel. It requires work and attention, but the rewards ...Read Review
Billy Boyle
Genres:
Barely promoted to detective in his native Boston, William ‘Billy’ Boyd is sent to England to work with his ‘uncle’ Ike Eisenhower. It ...Read Review