Phyllis T. Smith
Oscar Wilde And A Game Called Murder
In this mystery, set in 1892, Oscar Wilde and friends—including Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle—indulge in an after-dinner game.…
The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger
I’m a fan of historical mysteries but hadn’t read Albert A. Bell’s work before, and was thrilled to discover this…
The Darcys Give a Ball : A Gentle Joke, Jane Austen Style
Queen Victoria is on the throne, and the children of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy of Pride and Prejudice are…
Angel of Vengeance : The ‘Girl Assassin’, the Governor of St Petersburg, and Russia’s Revolutionary World
This volume focuses on the life of a woman revolutionary in Tsarist Russia, Vera Zasulich, who in 1878 shot…
My Enemy’s Cradle
Cyrla, child of a Polish Jewish father and a Dutch mother, is sent to live with her late mother’s…
In the Meantime
I Kathryn, Starling, and Luke meet as young children in small-town America in 1931, and become fast friends. In this…
Scottsboro
In Alabama in 1931, young people hitching rides on a freight train have a brawl. A group of white…
Song Yet Sung
Editors' choice
Written by the author of the bestselling memoir The Color of Water, this novel is set in the 1850s. Liz,…
Lady of the Roses
In this novel, we see the War of the Roses through the eyes of Isobel, the wife of Sir John…
A Fire Within
In 16th-century Scotland, Caitlin, cherished sister of the head of the Campbell clan, is abducted by Dar, an outcast from…
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