20th Century

In the Spirit of French Murder (An American In Paris Mystery)

By Colleen Cambridge - Published 2026

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Mystery/Crime

Tabitha Knight attracts death, as the tarot reader tells us, in this fourth installment of Cambridge’s An American in Paris mystery series. ...Read Review

The Center of the Earth

By Darlene P. Campos - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Excellent YA historical fiction based on real experiences by Jews and Ecuadorians in Germany and Ecuador. The daughter of an Ecuadorian diplomat in ...Read Review

The Dead Ringer

By Dane Bahr - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeWestern

Set in the mid-1930s in Montana, The Dead Ringer is a tautly written crime drama about two brothers who grow up in ...Read Review

A Day of Judgment (Inspector Ian Rutledge Mysteries)

By Charles Todd - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this 25th series volume, Inspector Ian Rutledge of Scotland Yard is sent to England’s northeast coast to investigate the murder of ...Read Review

The Original

By Priya Parmar - Published 2026

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

Enigmatic film star Katharine Hepburn was a figure of fascination in her own time: tall, patrician, redheaded, and androgynous, she played fierce, outspoken ...Read Review

The Racing Line

By Kelly Frost - Published 2026

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At the victory celebrations at the end of the Second World War, Winifred (Freddy) Vaux meets up with an old school friend of ...Read Review

The Empress Murders

By Toby Schmitz - Published 2025

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The Empress Murders is set in 1925 on an ocean liner and, at first, appears to be a Christie-esque cosy whodunit. But be warned: ...Read Review

Vivian’s Decision

By Della Leavitt - Published 2026

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Vivian Jacobson is beyond overwhelmed. The children of Russian Jewish immigrants, she and her loving husband, Mel, moved from Chicago with their family ...Read Review

The American Suspect (Nighthawk Book 5)

By Jim Kelly - Published 2026

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The American Suspect is a richly atmospheric wartime mystery that deftly intertwines past and present. Set in 1942 Cambridge, with American airmen once again ...Read Review

Tisiphone Walking

By Nicola Belluomo - Published 2025

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This novel (the second in the Ishtar’s Gate series) enters that crowded field of Second World War fiction with a story rooted ...Read Review