Trudi E. Jacobson
Burden of Memory
Elaine Benson arrives at the lake house of a wealthy Canadian family to help the eldest sister write her…
Jubilee Trail
This book, originally published in 1950, is just one of a number of historical novels by Bristow that were…
The Ghost Orchid
This suspenseful novel is set at an artists’ colony in Saratoga in upstate New York. The action alternates between…
Read On… Historical Fiction : Reading Lists for Every Taste
This guide is intended to serve as a resource for librarians who are asked to recommend historical fiction titles…
Blood Moon Over Britain
Cicely Winterbourne is working at Bletchley Park in 1942 when two men she works with seem to commit suicide. She…
The Deadly Embrace
This exciting thriller is set in the months leading up to D-Day. Second Lieutenant Liza Marantz, who was studying forensic…
A Body in Berkeley Square
A member of the ton is found stabbed to death at an elegant ball at a mansion in Berkeley Square.…
In Milady’s Chamber
South has moved from writing charming Regencies to a mystery set during the Regency. Lady Fieldhurst and her husband don’t…
An Imperfect Lens
In 1883 an epidemic of cholera struck Alexandria, Egypt. Several scientists who work in Louis Pasteur’s laboratory in Paris arrive…
The Woman Who Waited
When Vera’s fiancé left in one of the last call-ups of men for the Soviet Army in 1945, she vowed…
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