20th Century
The Edison Effect: A Professor Bradshaw Mystery
Professor Benjamin Bradshaw is not merely an academic; he is now an “electrical forensic” specialist working with the Seattle police…
Falling from Horses
Although not a fan of cowboy movies, I am a big fan of this book. Gloss takes the reader behind…
Liberty Silk
This is the story of three generations of women linked by a silk dress. First there’s Jessie, whose artist husband…
A Death-Struck Year
A Death-Struck Year is about a girl named Cleo Berry who is seventeen years old. She lives in Portland, Oregon…
A Map of Betrayal
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Was the Chinese spy Gary Shang, who loved his homeland but also the country on which he is spying, a…
Too Long in the Business
Have you ever stopped to think how many people a door-to-door insurance salesman met? Or who? Now imagine an insurance…
The Hundred-Year House
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1999, 1955, 1929, 1900. Time’s arrow, loosed in reverse, slows at these points in its flight through Laurelfield estate, home…
The Sun’s Companion
The Sun’s Companion by Kathleen Jones is the story of a friendship during turbulent political times. In short alternating segments,…
A Liverpool Legacy
In the spring of 1947 Millie and Pete Maynard take their daughter Sylvie on a sailing trip for a celebration…
Valhalla Revealed
Robert Wright’s sequel to his debut espionage thriller, Beyond Ultra, follows the shifting fortunes of his two spotlight families, the…
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