Susan Cook
Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol
This sixth Oscar Wilde mystery is set largely during Wilde’s infamous period of imprisonment between 1895-1897, after he was sentenced…
The Song of the Nightingale
In the winter of 1211, England lies under the double burden of lean times and the interdict laid on the…
Incarnation
Lucy Weston wakes up from a compelling dream – to find herself in a coffin with a stake through her…
Maiden from the Sea
Seventeenth-century historical, time-slip, paranormal, castaway narrative – Maiden from the Sea is a novel that defies easy categorization. The main…
The Tale of Castle Cottage
In the final installment of The Cottage Tales of Beatrix Potter, it is 1913 and Beatrix is busy trying to…
Steel
Sixteen-year-old Jill has devoted years of her life to fencing, but a tournament defeat leaves her doubting her future in…
Partitions
1947, the year British India is partitioned into the independent nations of India and Pakistan. As the country is torn…
Father of Lies
Fourteen-year-old Lidda has spent much of her life feeling different from others around her in Salem village. Then, she starts…
Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus
According to Theodosia’s grandmother, an Edwardian girl of eleven should be learning to be a young lady under the tutelage…
Straw in the Wind
In this mid-Victorian novel, detective Adam Chapman is hired by Dorset sea captain Erasmus Thornton to discover whether his lover’s…
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