Susanne Dunlap
The Tory Widow
The widow Anne Merrick, virtually sold into marriage with a much older man, runs a print shop and coffee house…
Agnes Lake Hickok: Queen of the Circus, Wife of a Legend
Agnes Lake Hickok must have been made of extraordinary stuff. She married circus performer Bill Lake in 1847 and made…
Infinity In The Palm of Her Hand
Editors' choice
Gioconda Belli’s daring feat of climbing inside the world of Adam and Eve, from their creation through the fall and…
Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness, the real-life lawman who took down Al Capone, is appointed Safety Director of Cleveland, a city that in…
The Invention of Everything Else
In 1943 Louisa and her father Walter live alone in a house in Hell’s Kitchen. Louisa is a chambermaid…
Nobody’s Princess
Helen of Sparta is in many ways a typical young girl: she dislikes learning the boring carding and spinning…
Lambrusco
Lucia Fantini, legendary singer and widow of Aldo, whose village restaurant was her personal stage, secretly helps her son’s…
The Reluctant Queen
Richard III is possibly the most maligned of English kings. If for no other reason than that, Jean Plaidy’s alternate…
The Queen of Bedlam
Early 18th century New York is a raw and unformed place. Young law clerk Matthew Corbett is trying to make…
The Anatomy of Deception
Editors' choice
Ephraim Carroll is a young physician in late 19th-century Philadelphia who counts himself lucky to be in the orbit of…
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