20th Century
Blood Tango
In a little over a week in October of 1945, Juan Perón went from vice-president of Argentina to a disgraced…
Under the Jewelled Sky
Under the Jewelled Sky is the story of Sophie Schofield and the men in her life. Not having had the…
In the Shadow of Blackbirds
Editors' choice
In 1918 San Diego, the population lives in fear: fear of the deadly Spanish influenza, and fear of the brutal…
The Child Thief
Editors' choice
In the winter of 1930, the inhabitants of Vyriv, a tiny village in the western Ukraine, wait uneasily for the…
Death and the Olive Grove
Florence, Italy sets the scene for this murder mystery, in which we find Inspector Bordelli and his partner Piras following…
Last Friends
This final volume in Gardam’s trilogy rounds out the saga of the complicated relationship between Sir Edward Feathers, his wife…
The Gunners of Shenyang
The Gunners of Shenyang is set in the early ´60s in Maoist China. The student narrator might, in this country,…
The Bride Box
In 1913, while Egypt’s nominal head is a Khedive, the country is actually controlled by the British High Commissioner. Captain…
The Striker
Early in his detective career, Isaac Bell goes undercover to stop radical pro-union miners from sabotaging coal production. After a…
The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler
As the days passed in 1938, Pope Pius XI was becoming more and more outraged at Hitler’s persecution of European…
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