Trudi E. Jacobson
Comes a Time for Burning
This second book about Dr. Thomas Parks, who practices medicine in 1892 in the Pacific Northwest, is just as enjoyable…
The Very Thought of You
This engaging novel was shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction, and it is not difficult to understand why.…
The Buddha in the Attic
This slim, elegant novel is written from an unusual group perspective. We follow the thoughts and life events of the…
Tiger Hills
This story follows the life of Devi, who was born in Coorg in southern India in 1878, the first girl…
In Vain: A Prequel to the Averillan Chronicles
In 2004, Geisler published the first book in this series, Other Gods, followed shortly by Graven Images. I devoured both,…
Never a Gentleman
Readers first met Grace Fairchild, worthy friend and daughter of a general in the Napoleonic Wars, who stalwartly accompanied her…
Bless the Bride
Private investigator Molly Murphy and NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan are finally planning their wedding! Daniel is in New York City,…
Dark Road to Darjeeling
It is 1889, and Lady Julia Grey and her husband Lord Brisbane are on their honeymoon in Cairo when her…
The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia
The inhabitants of Threestep, Georgia didn’t just gain a schoolteacher when Miss Grace Spivey arrives in town in August 1938.…
The Keening
Lyza’s father is not like other fathers. He doesn’t speak much, and he has to be coaxed to eat when…
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